Fri, 03 Sep 2021, 14:24 PM JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Julie Nataas                          528 Aaron Cooper                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  5.162 280.72                     0.059  6.124 222.07
 Qualified:             #2  5.265 271.57                        #7  5.747 231.71

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,499 feet.

Nataas with a great light and runs low E.T. of the weekend for the win. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.393, 660ft-3.466/234.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.373.

Cooper started to lose traction and pedaled it.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jackie Fricke                         613 Joey Severance               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.244 277.09                     0.040 14.693  47.38
 Qualified:             #3  5.277 277.83                        #6  5.747 264.65

Severance with the starting line advantage, but shook and then used up an engine. The word is there is parts and pieces on the track.

Fricke is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend. She will give up lane choice to Nataas in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   31 Mike Bucher                             6 Duane Shields                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  5.883 232.83                     0.092 10.821  89.79
 Qualified:             #4  5.293 271.52                        #5  5.404 275.00

Bucher with the starting line advantage, he started to lose traction and pedaled it. Shields started to shake and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up and finally clicked it off. Bucher takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Shawn Cowie                             7 James Stevens                
E1                   0.080 21.508  55.63     ****WINNER****  0.042  5.336 268.97
 Qualified:             #1  5.209 277.72                        #8  7.658 151.34

Stevens with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Cowie is up in smoke right at the hit. Stevens with his quickest pass of the weekend and will have lane choice over Bucher in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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