Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 15:15 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Joey Severance                       1211 Justin Ashley                
E3                   0.028 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.033  6.111 185.72
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edstrom   ) 0.014  5.266 272.34      (A Bradshaw  ) 0.053  5.241 276.18
E1    (B Sargent   ) 0.119  5.319 270.32      (D Dubbin    ) 0.061  5.313 266.16
 Qualified:             #2  5.295 271.95                        #3  5.297 263.26

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 3,175 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

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

Severance with a slight starting line advantage, but then had severe tire shake and rattled the chutes out and he came to a stop on the track.

Ashley dropped a cylinder or two early and it pushed the car out of the groove and got very close to the wall. He did a great job keeping the car off the wall and getting the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  589 Gord Gingles                            4 Megan Meyer                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.067  5.275 276.35                     0.071  5.395 266.37
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.109 11.968  56.48      (D Shields   ) 0.033  5.217 278.06
E1    (M Anderson  ) 0.059  5.261 274.55      (A Laughlin  ) 0.048  5.361 270.05
 Qualified:             #1  5.283 274.61                        #4  5.298 274.44

Gingles with the slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Ashley in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink