Sat, 19 Sep 2015, 20:00 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 183 Tom Fox Jr. 6 Duane Shields E1 0.077 9.724 88.63 ****WINNER**** 0.114 5.404 271.62 Qualified: #15 5.483 260.61 #2 5.277 271.687:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.23 inches, adjusted altitude 3,174 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.
Fox goes up
in smooke early, pedals once, then gives up on the run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 194D Mia Tedesco 215 Jake Allen E1 0.056 15.660 50.29 ****WINNER**** 0.041 5.402 261.22 Qualified: #9 5.397 263.77 #8 5.390 263.87Tedesco is 1 - 0 against Allen in prior events.
Tedesco boils the hides at the hit and has to
give up on the run quickly. Allen makes a decent pass, his second quickest of the weekend.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 415 Lee Callaway 2025 Josh Hart E1 0.125 10.099 84.07 ****WINNER**** 0.079 5.348 265.59 Qualified: #12 5.425 265.38 #5 5.342 261.83This is the first time Callaway and Hart have faced each other in eliminations.
Callaway has
traction problems at the hit and is out of the throttle early. Hart makes the quickest pass of the
round so far to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 596 Randy Meyer 144 Tripp Tatum E1 0.096 5.406 270.43 ****WINNER**** 0.046 5.307 274.11 Qualified: #10 5.403 269.29 #7 5.363 267.06Meyer is 1 - 0 against Tatum in prior events.
Tatum gets out of the gate first, then makes his quickest pass of the weekend as he pulls away from Meyer.
Tatum will have lane choice over
Shields in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 530 Alan Bradshaw 1128 Karen Stalba E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 5.452 250.64 No Time Qualified: #11 5.421 244.52 #6 5.349 268.22This is the first time Bradshaw and Stalba have faced each other in eliminations.
Stalba was
unable to get the engine to start and did not make a pass. Bradshaw made a clean, straight pass to
move on to the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 15 Wayne Morris 34 Brandon Booher E1 0.097 5.741 248.61 ****WINNER**** 0.066 5.424 270.37 Qualified: #13 5.441 265.90 #4 5.325 271.95This is the first time Morris and Booher have faced each other in eliminations.
Morris hazes the tires right off the line, recovers, but is falling behind at that point. Booher goes right down the groove with a clean pass to take the win.
Hart will have lane choice over Booher in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 31 Marty Thacker 4 Rich McPhillips E1 ****WINNER**** -0.004 5.458 256.60 No Time Qualified: #14 5.449 263.77 #3 5.321 264.96Thacker is 3 - 2 against McPhillips in prior events....Make that 4-2. McPhillips does a burnout but leaves a trail of fluid behind him and has to shut down the engine.
Thacker makes a clean
pass but will give up lane choice to Bradshaw in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 37 Robin Samsel 1490 Brandon Greco E1 ****WINNER**** 0.156 5.461 268.81 0.040 11.608 69.53 Qualified: #1 5.248 270.75 #16 5.600 253.75This is the first time Greco and Samsel have faced each other in eliminations.
Greco goes up
in smoke just off the line and gives up on the run. Samsel makes a clean pass but will give up lane
choice to Allen in the next round.
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