Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 23:36 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Taylor Vetter                         628 Kim Parker                   
E2                   0.056 12.497  64.59     ****WINNER****  0.129  5.386 241.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Fricke    ) 0.057  5.530 272.28      (J Stevens   ) 0.080  5.324 267.85
 Qualified:             #4  5.179 281.01                        #5  5.197 268.22

5:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,063 feet.Vetter strikes the tires right off the line and slows.

Parker is way lucky with a terrible RT and still takes the easy win on a slowing pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Joey Severance                       4494 Hunter Green                 
E2                   0.059 11.263  70.22     ****WINNER****  0.004  7.959 252.95
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Grisel    ) 0.071  5.308 268.22      (A Sampey    ) 0.045  5.261 280.84
 Qualified:             #3  5.177 275.96                       #11  5.270 278.40

This is the first time Severance and Green have faced each other in eliminations.

Upset! Severance looked to have an easy win, with Green smoking the right off the line. A little further down the track Severance's engine goes silent and he is coasting. Green pumps the pedal sever times and finally drive right on by for the win.

Hunter Green's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.204), 330 ft(-1.228), 660ft(-0.478), 1,000ft(1.258). MOV: 3.3595 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shawn Cowie                           314 Tony Stewart                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  5.176 280.25                     0.040  5.206 276.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Baldwin   ) 0.110 18.756  78.71      (M Payne     ) 0.050  5.319 276.13
 Qualified:             #1  5.162 279.09                        #8  5.218 276.92

Stewart gets away first, but Cowie has the power and drive right on by right before the 330 foot light and take the close win. He will have lane choice over Parker in round three tomorrow.

Stewart makes his best run of the weekend to no avail.

Shawn Cowie's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.025), 330 ft(0.018), 660ft(0.019), 1,000ft(0.011). MOV: 0.0167 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  611 Garrett Bateman                         2 Matthew Cummings             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.186 277.26                     0.076  5.298 273.05
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Myers     ) 0.077  5.240 274.27      (J Nataas    ) 0.118  5.262 274.50
 Qualified:             #2  5.164 278.75                       #10  5.264 273.94

Bateman gets away first and steadily pulls ahead to the finish line for a decisive win. He will have lane choice over Green next round.

Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.455/230.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.383.
Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.449, 660ft-3.548/228.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.484.

5:59 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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