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Sat, 15 May 2021, 19:36 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.     51   3  Rachel Meyer, Meyer-Hemi             4  0.092   5.186 277.89
  2.     54   1  Robin Samsel, MLR-Chevy              5  0.066   5.226 270.54
  3.   7015   4  Jasmine Salinas, Page-Hemi          12  2.200   5.391 272.12
  4.   1011   2  Dan Dietrich, CNE-NRE               13  NT-Broke Before Staging

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 30.20 inches, adjusted altitude 1,611 feet.
Dietrich can't get the car to fire and is pushed off the starting line.
Samsel is second out the gate and will finish second in this quad.
Meyer Is just off her qualifying time to win the quad.
Salinas is just off her qualifying time. Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft 1,000 ft Finish Robin Samsel Lane 1: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/002 0.000 0.014/007 Dan Dietrich Lane 2: Broke Rachel Meyer Lane 3: 0.026 0.026 0.035 0.029/000 0.010 0.000/000 Jasmine Salinas Lane 4: 2.134 2.190 2.278 2.306/006 2.308 2.313/006

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.      3   3  Julie Nataas, Meyer-BAE              2  0.012   5.225 270.21
  2.      6   4  Duane Shields, Copeland-Chrysler     7  0.103   5.328 265.90
  3.    250   2  Megan Smith, McKinney-BAE           15  0.054   5.536 261.32
  4.    104   1  Corey Michalek, Spitzer-AJPE        10  0.048   5.618 193.68

Michalek is second off the line, but slows on the top end.
Smith is third off the line and runs her career best, but can't chase down Nataas. She finishes third in this quad.
Nataas with a great light and never trailed for the win.
Shields is last off the line, but has enought to grab second place in this quad.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Julie Nataas was 0.1941 sec./about 76 feet ahead of 2. Duane Shields, who was 0.159 sec./about 61 feet ahead of 3. Megan Smith, who was 0.076 sec./about 22 feet ahead of 4. Corey Michalek
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft 1,000 ft Finish Corey Michalek Lane 1: 0.036 0.012 0.011 0.045/011 0.160 0.429/077 Megan Smith Lane 2: 0.042 0.070 0.152 0.237/017 0.311 0.353/009 Julie Nataas Lane 3: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/000 0.000 0.000/000 Duane Shields Lane 4: 0.091 0.073 0.081 0.114/009 0.164 0.194/004

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.   2380   1  Matthew Cummings, Hadman-BAE         3  0.111   5.206 272.45
  2.    238   4  Mick Steele, Copeland-BAE            6  0.131   5.256 276.29
  3.     15   2  Tom Fox Jr., Hadman-BAE             11  0.100   7.648 151.37
  4.   2030   3  Will Smith, MLR-Chrysler            14  0.026  13.773  64.04

Cummings is third off the starting line, but first to the finish line. He makes a great pass.
Fox Jr. is second off the line, but up in smoke.
Smith with a great light, but is up in smoke right at the hit.
Steele is last off the line, but makes a good pass to finish second.
Cummings will have lane choice, Nataas will get the second pick, Steele will chose third and Shields will go where they put him.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Matthew Cummings was 0.0702 sec./about 28 feet ahead of 2. Mick Steele, who was 2.361 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 3. Tom Fox Jr., who was 6.051 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Will Smith
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft 1,000 ft Finish Matthew Cummings Lane 1: 0.085 0.000 0.000 0.000/000 0.000 0.000/004 Tom Fox Jr. Lane 2: 0.074 0.351 1.109 1.390/055 1.839 2.431/125 Will Smith Lane 3: 0.000 0.493 2.194 3.852/151 6.022 8.482/212 Mick Steele Lane 4: 0.105 0.029 0.046 0.061/003 0.069 0.070/000

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.   1128   1  Karen Stalba, Page-BAE               1  0.077   5.212 279.85
  2.      7   3  James Stevens, CNE-MBR               9  0.073   5.275 272.72
  3.    613   4  Joey Severance, Hadman-NRE           8  0.051   5.390 265.48

Stevens is last off the line, but is second in this quad.
Stalba is second off the line and wins this quad to advance to Sunday.
Severance is first off the line, but will not advance.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Karen Stalba was 0.0594 sec./about 24 feet ahead of 2. James Stevens, who was 0.093 sec./about 36 feet ahead of 3. Joey Severance
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft 1,000 ft Finish Karen Stalba Lane 1: 0.026 0.021 0.029 0.003/000 0.000 0.000/000 Lane 2: Lane empty. James Stevens Lane 3: 0.022 0.008 0.000 0.000/009 0.033 0.059/007 Joey Severance Lane 4: 0.000 0.000 0.029 0.052/013 0.105 0.152/014

Meyer will have lane choice, Stalba will get the second choice, Stevens will get the third choice and Samsel will go where they put him.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink