Sun, 24 Mar 2024, 14:54 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Reporter

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7051 Trevor Larkin                           8 Madison Payne                
E1                   0.108  5.576 257.09     ****WINNER****  0.085  5.340 274.78
 Qualified:            #10  5.459 265.38                        #7  5.370 274.78

Weather conditions: air temperature 53 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 1,217 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

This is the first time Larkin and Payne have faced each other in eliminations.

Payne with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She makes her quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Larkin dropped a cylinder or two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  212 Joe Maynard                           613 Joey Severance               
E1                   0.047  5.286 270.92     ****WINNER****  0.019  5.292 273.00
 Qualified:             #9  5.398 248.11                        #8  5.378 260.16

Severance with a great light and the power to hole on for the hole shot win. Joey Severance's MOV: 0.0225 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Severance with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Maynard with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  732 Chris Demke                          703Y Shaundra Blinzler            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055  5.481 256.55                     0.115  5.497 252.90
 Qualified:             #4  5.330 270.86                       #13  5.589 235.27

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

Blinzler with his career quickest and fastest pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Ron Anderson                         797L Baruc Llamas                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.092  5.285 278.23                     0.031  5.378 266.95
 Qualified:            #11  5.486 274.05                        #6  5.351 270.70

Llamas with the starting line advantage, but Anderson chases him down around 800 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Anderson with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Shawn Cowie                             9 Hunter Green                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  5.223 279.67                     0.064  5.239 273.66
 Qualified:            #17 11.314  72.80                        #3  5.277 275.56

Cowie and Green have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.

Cowie is in as an alternate for Mike Austin.

Green with the starting line advantage, but Cowie has the difference made up by 330 feet and never trailed for the win in a close one. Shawn Cowie's MOV: 0.0061 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Cowie runs low E.T. of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Anderson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  734 Johnny Ahten                          724 Casey Grisel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  5.227 278.29                     0.089  5.279 274.27
 Qualified:            #12  5.503 257.73                        #5  5.344 270.81

Grisel is 2 - 1 against Ahten in prior events.

Ahten with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Ahten with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will have lane choice over Demke in the next round.

Grisel with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Julie Nataas                          611 Garrett Bateman              
E1                   0.077  5.287 268.65     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.255 278.06
 Qualified:            #15  5.667 226.13                        #2  5.272 275.34

Nataas is 2 - 1 against Bateman in prior events.

Bateman with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will have lane choice over Payne in the next round.

Nataas makes her quickest pass of weekend in her losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  610 Mitch Myers                             7 Mike Coughlin                
E1                   0.036 23.001  59.88     ****WINNER****  0.049  5.267 263.67
 Qualified:            #16  8.471 117.01                        #1  5.232 271.84

This is the first time Myers and Coughlin have faced each other in eliminations.

Myers with the starting line advantage, but lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Coughlin is straight down the groove for the win. He will have lase choice over Severance in the next round.

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