Mon, 11 Feb 2019, 17:52 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, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 320X Matt Sackman                            2 Shawn Cowie                  
E4                   0.035  5.299 276.18     ****WINNER****  0.113  5.156 279.73
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Bateman   ) 0.048  5.219 274.33      (C Demke     ) 0.100  5.151 279.38
E2                   0.044 10.446  76.71      (D Shields   ) 0.099  5.162 280.25
E1    (D Green     ) 0.061  5.286 266.00                     0.084 11.400  67.08
 Qualified:             #2  5.181 276.52                        #1  5.166 280.25

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 1,559 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Sackman with the starting line advantage, but Cowie grabbed the lead around 200 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He wins his 14th National event Wally and the third time at the Winternationals. He runs the second quickest pass for a Supercharged car, he ran the quickest pass for Supercharged car in the semifinal.

Sackman with another good looking pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink