Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 16:45 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 4843 Monroe Guest 7015 Jasmine Salinas E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 5.315 261.93 0.079 5.353 263.87 Qualified: #9 5.272 270.64 #8 5.270 268.22Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.11 inches, adjusted altitude 3,414 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.
This is the first time Guest and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations.
Guest with the starting line advantage and
never trailed for thew win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Shawn Cowie 464 Buddy Domingue
E1 0.105 5.425 272.56 ****WINNER**** 0.097 5.342 263.00
Qualified: #3 5.206 277.83 #14 5.322 267.37
Cowie is 1 - 0 against Domingue in prior events. Domingue with the slight starting line
advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Joey Severance 421 Spencer Massey
E1 0.057 12.877 100.52 ****WINNER**** 0.039 5.370 268.81
Qualified: #2 5.157 277.49 #15 5.325 271.68
Severance is 1 - 0 against Massey in prior events. Massey with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Severance is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it
off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 888 Fred Hanssen 3 Megan Meyer E1 0.089 13.078 61.01 ****WINNER**** 0.053 5.240 278.86 Qualified: #13 5.318 273.33 #4 5.214 277.49Meyer is 1 - 0 against Hanssen in prior events.
Meyer with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Hanssen is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 589 Gord Gingles 4824 Shane Conway E1 0.072 5.312 271.08 ****WINNER**** 0.039 5.252 270.21 Qualified: #5 5.251 270.43 #12 5.292 269.03This is the first time Gingles and Conway have faced each other in eliminations.
Conway with
the starting line advantage and the win. He runs his his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
He runs the second quickest pass of the round, unfortunately he will face Meyer, who had the
quickest pass of the round in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Jackie Fricke 23 Josh Hart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.071 5.240 274.66 0.125 5.290 275.51
Qualified: #6 5.262 272.39 #11 5.282 275.90
Hart is 2 - 1 against Fricke in prior events. Fricke with the starting line advantage and
never trailed for the win. She runs her quickest pass of the weekend for the win. She matches
Meyer for quickest pass of the session. She will have lane choice over Domingue in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 4028 David Sheetz 9 Julie Nataas E1 0.111 5.294 271.79 ****WINNER**** 0.036 5.353 271.62 Qualified: #7 5.268 270.00 #10 5.278 270.86This is the first time Sheetz and Nataas have faced each other in eliminations.
Nataas with
the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Julie Nataas' MOV:
0.0163 seconds (approximately 6 feet). She will have lane choice over Massey in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 4934 Steve Collier 4 Troy Coughlin Jr. E1 0.053 5.390 275.67 ****WINNER**** 0.074 5.239 272.50 Qualified: #16 5.374 273.61 #1 5.146 281.19Coughlin Jr. is 1 - 0 against Collier in prior events.
Collier with the starting line
advantage, but Coughlin had the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. He
never trails from there on for the win. He runs low E.T. of round one for the win. He will have
lane choice over Guest in the next round.
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