Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 04:46 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   55 Cody Perkins                           10 Chase Copeland               
E2                   0.006  5.397 263.87     ****WINNER****  0.024  5.334 272.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Tatum     ) 0.043  5.362 264.44      (A Bart      ) 0.044  5.344 274.61
 Qualified:            #10  5.400 260.11                        #2  5.322 273.33

Copeland is 1 - 0 against Perkins in prior events. Perkins with a great light, but Copeland is able to chase him down by 900 feet. Chase Copeland's MOV: 0.0451 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5050 Scott Palmer                            4 Jim Whiteley                 
E2                   0.069  9.526 101.54     ****WINNER****  0.031  5.343 266.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.069  5.477 247.29      (S Frigo     ) 0.052 11.616 100.47
 Qualified:             #9  5.389 254.52                        #1  5.320 267.75

Whiteley is out of the gate first and never trailed as Palmer was up in smoke right at the hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Chris Demke                           487 Mark Taliaferro              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  5.346 267.75                     0.051 12.108  79.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.084  5.347 268.17      (D St Arnaud ) 0.071  5.336 274.94
 Qualified:             #4  5.345 267.59                        #5  5.352 272.67

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 4,000 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Demke with the starting line advantage and never trailed as Taliaferro was up as soon as he hit the throttle...Demke will give up lane choice to Whiteley in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7599 Megan McKernan                        465 Michael Manners              
E2                  -0.102  5.376 265.01     ****WINNER****  0.041  5.353 272.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Severance ) 0.076  5.369 263.00      (J Finke     ) 0.056  5.324 272.17
 Qualified:            #11  5.413 255.68                        #3  5.322 273.16

McKernan went red...Manners with the easy win. Manners will give up lane choice to Copeland in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink