Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 19:59 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  748 Cameron Ferre                         765 Duane Shields                
E4                   0.061  5.625 265.74     ****WINNER****  0.052  5.412 264.13
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Demke     ) 0.031  5.252 277.54      (A Olivarez  ) 0.058  5.295 272.06
E2    (S Cowie     ) 0.087  5.341 273.05      (C Copeland  ) 0.072  5.592 256.99
E1    (G Bateman   ) 0.058  5.293 274.94      (J Severance ) 0.060  5.410 260.91
 Qualified:             #7  5.330 273.33                        #9  5.337 266.42

4:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,411 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Shields has nineteen wins already. Ferre has one National Event win here in Super Comp in 2012. This is the first time Ferre and Shields have faced each other in eliminations.

Shields gets the starting line advantage and Ferre was starting to move up. Ferre had to pedal before the 330 lights and then started to drop cylinders.

Shield was pulling steadily ahead until after half track, where his engine started to drop cylinders too. No worries though, as he was way ahead for the easy win.

Duane Shields' incremental margins: 60ft(0.024), 330 ft(0.106), 660ft(0.189), 1,000ft(0.221). MOV: 0.2229 seconds (approximately 87 feet).

Cameron Ferre's incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.595, 660ft-3.795/211.30 mph, 1,000ft-4.785.
Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.498, 660ft-3.615/223.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.573.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink