Sun, 19 Sep 2021, 12:36 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 13th annual DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1128 Karen Stalba                            3 Julie Nataas                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.166  5.320 277.94                    -0.025  5.103 277.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Samsel    ) 0.097  5.207 276.63      (M Steele    ) 0.139  5.228 268.60
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.094  5.293 276.52      (B Mcbride   ) 0.049  5.232 272.94
 Qualified:             #6  5.242 278.46                        #2  5.168 274.89

12:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 2,929 feet.

This is the first time Stalba and Nataas have faced each other in eliminations.

Nataas leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Stalba. Stalba's engine sounded like it stumbled a little at the hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1011 Dan Dietrich                         2380 Matthew Cummings             
E3                   0.122  6.927  35.77     ****WINNER****  0.081  5.173 271.02
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Severance ) 0.128  5.879 180.19      (R Meyer     ) 0.070  5.135 281.71
E1    (D Shields   ) 0.145  5.903 189.26                     0.072  5.213 279.61
 Qualified:            #13  5.427 264.55                        #1  5.123 280.54

This is the first time Dietrich and Cummings have faced each other in eliminations.

Cummings gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Dietrich gets about 300 feet and the engine goes silent, not sure why.

Cummings will have lane choice over Stalba in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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