Sun, 27 May 2012, 13:57 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Maple Grove Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Duane Shields                           2 Bill Reichert                
E3                   0.050  5.457 265.01     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.452 259.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bourke    ) 0.097  5.407 268.60      (J Finke     ) 0.038  5.429 255.58
E1    (D Page      ) 0.064  5.427 268.60      (R McPhillips) 0.033  5.490 256.80
 Qualified:             #5  5.410 270.43                        #6  5.419 262.49

1:53 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,922 feet.

This was a close one. Shields got out of the gate a thousandth of a second quicker than Reichert, who made up the difference right away. This is the fourth time Reichert has won this event in the past five years. Bill Reichert's incremental margins: 60ft(0.020), 330 ft(0.029), 660ft(0.039), 1,000ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink