Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 21:48 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Shawn Cowie                           611 Garrett Bateman              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.092  5.284 274.72                     0.060  5.374 268.38
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Parker    ) 0.069  5.297 274.72      (J Severance ) 0.073  5.342 269.94
E1    (F Hanssen   ) 0.097  5.319 273.11      (M Burns     ) 0.052  5.309 272.23
 Qualified:             #2  5.281 272.28                        #4  5.305 271.68

5:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 27.69 inches, adjusted altitude 4,491 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Shawn Cowie has 23 wins and 18 R/U's in TAD. He also has one win and one R/U in Top Comp

Garrett Bateman has seven wins and six R/U's to date.

Bateman got a big initial RT advantage, but Cowie drove on by after the 60' lights and they ran together down the track. Bateman started to pull back up on Cowie after half track, but ran out of race track.

Cowie gets the win!

Shawn Cowie's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.009), 330 ft(0.053), 660ft(0.054), 1,000ft(0.048). MOV: 0.0581 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.373, 660ft-3.502/219.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.466.
Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.458, 660ft-3.588/221.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.546.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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