Sun, 01 Jul 2018, 23:23 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

WEST LEBANON, N.Y. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Lebanon Valley Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   17 Dan Mercier                           118 Frank Schuster               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.156 15.751  55.68                     0.000 No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  5.373 275.92                        #7  7.657  95.35

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
This round was run on Saturday, June 29, 2018.Schuster did not answer the call so Mercier had a single run for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jackie Fricke                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  5.331 272.63     
 Qualified:             #1  5.338 269.91                     Bye

Fricke had a bye into the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  765 Duane Shields                        1959 Richard St. Pierre           
E1   ****WINNER****  0.112  5.494 271.82                     0.401  5.625 252.43
 Qualified:             #3  5.427 270.81                        #6  5.682 248.87

St. Pierre was slow getting out of the gate. That gave Shields the chance to power down the track for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1128 Karen Stalba                           18 Tom Fox Jr.                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.120  5.717 251.83                     0.082  7.535 115.86
 Qualified:             #5  5.509 263.17                        #4  5.449 263.53

Fox was first off the starting line but spun the tires. Stalba took the win and will move on.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink