Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 17:19 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  713 Jay Livingston                       1072 Bruce Horner                 
E1                   0.122  7.143 124.91     ****WINNER****  0.097  5.777 217.00
 Qualified:            #17  6.507 245.81                       #11  5.749 235.56

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 1,981 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

This is the first time Livingston and Horner have faced each other in eliminations. Livingston is in as an alternate for Kosky. Horner with the starting line advantage and then Livingston had the lead as they went by the Christmas tree. Livingston started to drop cylinders just past the 330-foot mark and Horner drove back around him for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1008 Tom Pickett                          1482 Richard Bourke               
E1                   0.080  5.548 258.76     ****WINNER****  0.076  5.296 255.24
 Qualified:            #10  5.728 244.21                        #7  5.458 266.69

Bourke is 1 - 0 against Pickett in prior events. Bourke with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Bourke with a great pass, the second quickest of the event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1766 Mike Burns                           1900 Dan Page                     
E1                   0.042  5.835 189.98     ****WINNER****  0.071  5.350 271.46
 Qualified:            #14  6.012 244.25                        #3  5.319 272.78

Page is 1 - 0 against Burns in prior events. Burns with the starting line advantage and then got out of the groove and over by the wall as he reeled it back in he got loose again over by the centerline. Page was straight down the groove for the win. He will have lane choice over Horner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   16 Wayne Morris                         1212 Jackie Fricke                
E1                   0.065  5.390 270.32     ****WINNER****  0.077  5.300 277.26
 Qualified:            #15  6.029 183.69                        #2  5.302 275.73

Fricke is 1 - 0 against Morris in prior events. Morris with the starting line advantage, but Fricke chases him down by half track and takes the win. She runs the third quickest pass of the weekend. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.567/228.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.497. Morris with a great pass in the losing effort. She will give up lane choice to Bourke in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 Karen Stalba                            4 Mia Tedesco                  
E1                   0.033  5.683 249.39     ****WINNER****  0.064  5.421 265.27
 Qualified:             #8  5.488 248.39                        #9  5.673 260.71

This is the first time Stalba and Tedesco have faced each other in eliminations. Stalba with the starting line advantage, but Tedesco has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and takes the win. Stalba is trailing smoke all the way down the 1320.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2025 Josh Hart                               9 Rich McPhillips              
E1                   0.088  5.334 268.01     ****WINNER****  0.018  5.332 270.37
 Qualified:            #18  6.951 219.69                        #5  5.343 273.77

McPhillips is 1 - 0 against Hart in prior events. Hart is in as an alternate for Dietrich. McPhillips with a great light and never trailed for the win. Rich McPhillips' MOV: 0.0725 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  568 Cody Perkins                            2 Chris Demke                  
E1                   0.029  9.544  89.15     ****WINNER****  0.011  5.257 272.39
 Qualified:            #13  5.938 245.18                        #4  5.334 272.23

Perkins and Demke have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Demke with a great light and then runs low E.t. of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over McPhillips in the next round. Perkins with problems right off the starting line and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  183 Tom Fox Jr.                           117 Mike Lewis                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.454 258.27                     0.075  5.495 271.57
 Qualified:            #16  6.143 255.29                        #1  5.275 275.45

This is the first time Fox Jr. and Lewis have faced each other in eliminations. Lewis with the slight starting line advantage and launched with the wheels up and Fox had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Tom Fox Jr.'s MOV: 0.0361 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He will give up lane choice to Tedesco in the next round.

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