Sun, 25 May 2003, 03:21 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Marty Thacker                         391 Bill Reichert
E3                  -0.005  5.441 241.63     ****WINNER****  0.086  5.312 270.59
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Wells     ) 0.030  5.445 262.03      (M Lucas     ) 0.058  5.193 277.03
E1    (B Badgett   ) 0.013  5.398 263.67      (T Rudy      ) 0.178  7.418 142.51
 Qualified:             #4  5.383 262.03                        #1  5.289 274.50

2:07 PM Current weather conditions: 71 degrees, 35 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.12 inches under sunny skies.

Thacker was just "this much" early on the tree, then his car veered toward the centerline, and he popped the burst panel in the lights. Meanwhile, Reichert still out ran him, but was not quick enough to back up the 5.193 as a record.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Alan Bradshaw                         303 Todd Datweiler
E3   ****WINNER****  0.056  5.294 269.89                     0.077  5.509 252.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Howard    ) 0.034  5.378 259.26      (K Stark     ) 0.097  5.336 265.48
E1    (M Myers     ) 0.037  5.673 255.48      (M Bowers    ) 0.086  5.321 264.96
 Qualified:             #2  5.321 254.38                        #6  5.386 260.97

Bradshaw made a very good run and Datweiler made his worst run of the weekend, so it will be Bradshaw versus Reichert in the final, Bradshaw with lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink