Sun, 15 Jul 2018, 17:54 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Burndown at Sundown:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 8002 Julie Nataas                           11 Josh Hart                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  5.278 280.19                     0.076  5.277 271.08
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Thacker   ) 0.039  5.371 278.92      (W Smith     ) 0.084  5.348 266.74
 Qualified:             #2  5.299 280.60                        #3  5.366 267.48

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Nataas gets the advantage off the line and holds off Hart for the holeshot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 320X Matt Sackman                           35 Jared Dreher                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  5.304 275.56                     0.032 12.855  83.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Paul Gutie) 0.048  5.326 274.39      (B Greco     ) 0.050  5.371 262.54
 Qualified:             #1  5.269 275.73                        #5  5.387 261.57

Dreher gets out of the gate first but has problems and is out of power early. Sackman goes to the final round in his first race in this class.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink