Mon, 06 May 2013, 18:23 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Spring Spectacle of Speed:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bill Reichert                          33 Jared Dreher                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.081  5.431 258.62                     0.055  5.627 236.09
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hirata    ) 0.061  5.417 261.78      (B Booher    ) 0.041  5.460 253.47
 Qualified:             #1  5.301 264.65                        #5  5.350 259.31

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Dreher (the defending event champion) is out of the gate first, but Reichert chases him down and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Marty Thacker                         589 Gordon Gingles               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  5.438 262.33                     0.079  5.428 265.85
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Perry     ) 0.047  5.538 261.42      (R Samsel    ) 0.037  5.349 269.67
 Qualified:             #6  5.399 265.90                        #2  5.328 270.70

Thacker gets the starting line advantage and takes the win. This was a great drag race...Marty Thacker's MOV: 0.0130 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Thacker will give up lane choice to Reichert in the final by 0.007 of second.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink