Sun, 16 Oct 2016, 14:59 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  681 Shawn Cowie                           415 Lee Callaway                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.066  5.301 272.06                    -0.020  9.615  82.94
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Thacker   ) 0.098  5.308 272.17      (J Hart      ) 0.079  5.300 272.01
E1    (J Thompson  ) 0.042  5.541 269.73      (G Gingles   ) 0.079  5.290 272.50
 Qualified:             #9  5.290 272.61                       #12  5.306 271.35

1:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 3,255 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

Callaway is 1 - 0 against Cowie in prior events.

Callaway misses the tree and goes red. He gets about 300 feet out and backs off the throttle. Cowie makes a full pass, his quickest of eliminations.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 453A Bradley Thompson                        1 Joey Severance               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  5.304 268.17                     0.042  5.999 170.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Demke     ) 0.036  5.320 261.07      (J Fricke    ) 0.033  5.263 274.78
E1    (B Litton    ) 0.068  5.358 260.31      (D Hirata    ) 0.082  5.297 273.27
 Qualified:            #14  5.326 265.90                        #7  5.287 272.06

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

This is only Thompson's second race and he is in the semi-finals.

Severance gets out of the gate first, stays in front to the 330 foot mark, then hazes the tires and has to pedal. thompson goes around him at that point and pulls away for the win and go to the final round.

Bradley Thompson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.022), 330 ft(-0.002), 660ft(0.051), 1,000ft(0.281). MOV: 0.6872 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Cowie will have lane choice over Thompson in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink