Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 15:11 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  596 Randy Meyer                           748 Cameron Ferre                
E3                  -0.147  6.096 197.28     ****WINNER****  0.036 13.435  85.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Domingue  ) 0.036  5.719 246.53      (C Demke     ) 0.043  5.342 272.83
E1    (B Litton    ) 0.063  5.416 270.05      (J Hart      ) 0.073  5.353 274.83
 Qualified:             #1  5.183 271.90                        #5  5.274 274.00

3:01 p.m. Meyer went red, then Ferre spun the tires hard and idled through.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                        176 Jeff Veale                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.354 273.05                    -0.085  5.387 274.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Thacker   ) 0.016  5.324 271.46      (B Booher    ) 0.043  5.393 271.19
E1    (J Dreher    ) 0.027  5.333 271.30      (T Tatum     ) 0.019  5.438 267.96
 Qualified:            #10  5.357 271.35                       #11  5.366 276.13

Severance had no problems until after he crosssed the stripe, then his car got very sideways. He got it straightened out, did not appear to have any damage. He will have lane choice against Ferre in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink