Sun, 15 Oct 2017, 15:30 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Megan Meyer                             1 Joey Severance               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.092  5.167 277.77                     0.023 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Edstrom   ) 0.077 10.606  71.95      (M Guest     ) -0.015  5.228 273.77
E1    (L Callaway  ) 0.079  7.754 122.12      (D Shields   ) 0.018  5.293 270.81
 Qualified:             #1  5.230 278.58                       #12  5.311 271.57

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 1,907 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Severance is 2 - 1 against Meyer in prior events.

Severance with the starting line advantage, but bang the blower and the chutes deployed and he stopped on the track around half track.

Meyer launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the event. Megan Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.925 sec., 330ft-2.362, 660ft-3.444/231.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.368.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Chris Demke                          5165 Todd Bruce                   
E3                   0.029  6.239 266.74     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.028 247.75
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hart      ) 0.024  5.265 272.61      (S Massey    ) 0.042  5.239 276.75
E1    (B Domingue  ) 0.040  5.348 269.08      (J Fricke    ) 0.028  5.288 277.09
 Qualified:             #7  5.283 272.39                       #11  5.306 277.77

This is the first time Demke and Bruce have faced each other in eliminations.

Bruce with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Demke was up in smoke right at the hit and pedaled it when he saw Bruce start to smoke the tires. He couldn't chase him down as Bruce stayed on it smoking the tires through the finish line. Bruce will give up lane choice to Meyer.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink