Sun, 06 Oct 2013, 15:42 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  323 Brandon Booher                         36 Robin Samsel                 
E4                   0.083  5.512 258.71     ****WINNER****  0.020  5.568 248.25
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Page      ) 0.035  5.364 269.46      (R McPhillips) 0.058  5.499 243.81
E2    (J Veale     ) 0.009  5.307 269.19      (R Bourke    ) 0.136  5.449 254.66
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.059  5.338 271.35      (D Foley     ) 0.095  5.470 257.43
 Qualified:             #1  5.307 269.56                        #3  5.378 263.41

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 3,301 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Samsel with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Robin Samsel's MOV: 0.0078 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Samsel picks up his first National event win in his first National event final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink