Sun, 08 Jul 2018, 20:18 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Summer Spectacle:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  325 Troy Coughlin Jr.                      35 Jared Dreher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  5.328 278.86                     0.071  5.351 270.43
 Qualified:             #5  5.376 278.17                        #4  5.323 268.81

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Coughlin gets the holeshot and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1211 Justin Ashley                         303 John Paul Gutierrez          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  5.320 273.27                     0.038  5.483 261.17
 Qualified:             #1  5.293 272.89                        #8  5.473 258.91

Ashley makes another good pass to pull away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Chris Demke                          2030 Will Smith                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  5.432 257.78                     0.036  5.536 267.37
 Qualified:             #3  5.309 274.61                        #6  5.392 274.61

Smith gets a small holeshot but he can't hold off Demke.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Josh Hart                            1490 Brandon Greco                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  5.411 263.51                     0.051  5.777 200.23
 Qualified:             #2  5.297 270.59                        #7  5.442 255.58

Greco gets out of the gate first but has problems and is out of power early.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink