Sat, 05 Mar 2022, 19:28 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710V Taylor Vetter                         724 Casey Grisel                 
E1                   0.073  5.316 276.18     ****WINNER****  0.058  5.309 270.21
 Qualified:             #7  5.374 273.05                        #2  5.259 273.33

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,182 feet.

Grisel with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  610 Mitch Myers                             2 Jackie Fricke                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  5.496 260.51                     0.065  6.032 222.47
 Qualified:             #6  5.336 271.68                        #3  5.260 275.39

Fricke with a slight starting line advantage, but dropped a cylinder right at the hit. Myers kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to take the win. He will give up lane choice to Grisel in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  760 Eric Chesleigh                       737M Madison Payne                
E1                   0.061 12.663  83.94     ****WINNER****  0.129  5.335 273.33
 Qualified:             #8  5.405 246.62                        #1  5.233 264.03

Chesleigh with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and he clicks it off. Payne is straight down the groove with a good clean pass for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7078 Ron Anderson                          613 Joey Severance               
E1                   0.052  5.908 232.71     ****WINNER****  0.070  5.334 272.78
 Qualified:             #5  5.323 273.00                        #4  5.269 274.39

Anderson with the starting line advantage, but then around half track the engine goes away. Severance chases him down for the win. He will have lane choice over Payne by 0.001 seconds in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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