Sun, 4 May 2003, 02:17 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme One of each

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  391 Bill Reichert                           7 Marty Thacker
E3                  -0.025  5.503 272.83     ****WINNER****  0.002  5.444 263.26
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Cannon    ) 0.052  5.450 272.72      (G Kelly     ) 0.039  5.396 262.95
E1    (B Leverich  ) 0.148  5.360 271.24      (D Stripe    ) 0.063  5.511 258.91
 Qualified:             #1  5.279 274.27                        #5  5.431 260.76

2:08 PM Thacker cuts a psychic light while Reichert leaves early. That will leave us with one B/AD and one A/FD in the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1482 Richard Bourke                          1 Arthur Gallant
E3                   0.059  5.596 254.57     ****WINNER****  0.110  5.539 211.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Foley     ) 0.086  5.397 266.42      (D Hitchman  ) 0.085  5.395 246.53
E1    (D Fiorelli  ) 0.107  5.448 262.90      (T Rudy      ) 0.162  5.454 229.12
 Qualified:             #2  5.373 266.48                        #3  5.405 252.38

Gallant, slowing at the finish, barely gets the win.

Arthur Gallant's incremental margins: 60ft(0.009), 330 ft(0.064), 660ft(0.101), 1,000ft(0.117). MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink