Sun, 12 Nov 2017, 18:49 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 8002 Julie Nataas                            3 Shawn Cowie                  
E4                   0.068  5.481 272.50     ****WINNER****  0.078  5.272 274.72
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Severance ) 0.099  5.263 278.35      (R Eakins    ) 0.114  5.241 274.44
E2    (C Demke     ) 0.045  5.165 280.43      (G Bateman   ) 0.094  5.266 273.72
E1    (K Webster   ) 0.069  5.271 278.58      (A Sanford   ) 0.068  5.228 274.78
 Qualified:             #1  5.115 280.49                        #3  5.230 274.00

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,675 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Nataas with the starting line advantage, but then has some cylinders go wet...Cowie has the starting line difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and takes the win. Cowie wins his 10 National event Wally and the fourth this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink