Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 01:36 AM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
  613 Joey Severance                        734 Johnny Ahten                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  5.367 268.01                     0.034  5.491 251.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Anderson  ) 0.069  5.302 269.46      (M Burns     ) 0.027  5.359 267.43
 Qualified:             #1  5.298 270.86                        #4  5.402 265.59

Ahten is away first, but slows a little from his earlier best to give the win to Severance.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  724 Casey Grisel                           64 Kim Parker                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.136  5.506 254.57                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Januik    ) 0.126  5.499 262.23      (S Griboski  ) 0.104  5.318 268.92
 Qualified:             #3  5.376 262.08                        #2  5.362 260.31

Parker makes the burnout and comes back to the starting line and start to go up to stage. The crew chief runs up and gives the "kill it" sign.

Grisel leaves strong and clicks it off a little early down track for the easy win.

Severance will have lane choice in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink