Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 17:48 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jackie Fricke                          43 Michael Manners              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.078  5.467 243.19                     0.074 12.577  74.31
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Demke     ) 0.028  5.643 233.32      (D Shields   ) 0.068  5.296 264.39
E1    (C Copeland  ) 0.027  5.389 245.81      (C Ferre     ) 0.082  5.273 264.08
 Qualified:            #14  5.441 250.74                        #2  5.281 266.95

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.81 inches, adjusted altitude 4,435 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

This is the first time Fricke and Manners have faced each other in eliminations. Manners with a slight starting line advantage, but was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  611 Garrett Bateman                       530 Alan Bradshaw                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.069  5.300 268.65                     0.054  5.469 255.00
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Litton    ) 0.024  5.285 267.00      (J Severance ) 0.052  5.488 265.01
E1    (C Grisel    ) 0.072  5.331 269.46      (M McKernan  ) 0.033  5.509 260.06
 Qualified:             #1  5.249 269.94                       #13  5.402 258.47

Bradshaw is 1 - 0 against Bateman in prior events. Bradshaw with the starting line advantage, but Bateman has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Bateman was out of the groove early, but reeled it in and takes the win. He will have lane choice over Fricke in the final

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