Sat, 11 Sep 2021, 17:53 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7015 Jasmine Salinas                      1128 Karen Stalba                 
E2                   0.178  5.235 282.66     ****WINNER****  0.055  5.191 281.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hepp      ) 0.152  5.231 284.93      (F Schuster  ) 0.125  5.242 279.32
 Qualified:             #5  5.205 281.54                        #4  5.203 280.49

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 1,958 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Stalba is 1 - 0 against Salinas in prior events.

Stalba with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Stalba runs her quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Salinas ran the ninth fastest pass in round one, she has another good pass with big speed in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Duane Shields                           4 Jackie Fricke                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086  5.240 278.75                     0.084  5.422 266.21
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Nichols   ) 0.080  5.333 278.23      (B Horner    ) 0.174  5.224 278.46
 Qualified:             #6  5.242 272.23                        #3  5.196 277.09

Fricke is 4 - 2 against Shields in prior events.

Fricke with a couple ticks on the tree, but Shields has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Shields runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2380 Matthew Cummings                           Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  5.163 277.66     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Kosky     ) 0.081  5.192 277.77   
 Qualified:             #1  5.181 258.32                     Bye

Cummings with the bye here and he is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. He will have lane choice over Stalba in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   54 Robin Samsel                         1900 Dan Page                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.097  5.139 279.61                     0.059  5.292 273.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Dietrich  ) 0.122  5.161 279.38      (T Fox       ) 0.050  5.333 268.60
 Qualified:             #2  5.184 277.09                        #7  5.285 274.94

Page is 1 - 0 against Samsel in prior events.

Page with the starting line advantage, but Samsel has the difference made up by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Samsel launched hard and runs his career quickest and low e.t. of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Shields in the semifinal.

Robin Samsel's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.351, 660ft-3.426/232.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.344.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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