Sun, 01 May 2016, 18:19 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Joey Severance                        415 Lee Callaway                 
E4                   0.039  6.610 141.46     ****WINNER****  0.026  5.285 271.84
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Massey    ) 0.032  5.313 269.67      (M Meyer     ) 0.072  5.288 272.23
E2    (S Cowie     ) 0.036  5.308 271.13      (D Sheetz    ) 0.115  5.321 269.08
E1    (G Cooper    ) 0.057  5.327 271.30      (B Domingue  ) 0.133  5.344 268.33
 Qualified:             #5  5.439 256.75                        #2  5.300 271.62

5:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,383 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

This is the first time Severance and Callaway have faced each other in eliminations.

Callaway, in his first-ever final round, had a small holeshot at the green and it was close for about 400 feet. Then Severance started hazing the tries and falling back, giving Callaway an easy first win with his best ET of the event.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink