Fri, 11 Oct 2024, 16:42 PM JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matthew Cummings                      212 Joe Maynard                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081  5.224 280.36                     0.126  5.232 273.61
 Qualified:             #4  5.258 277.83                        #5  5.268 275.35

3:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 2,782 feet.

Cummings gets out of the gate first and pulls away for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Shawn Cowie                           724 Casey Grisel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.064  5.251 279.17                     0.032 13.673  68.59
 Qualified:             #3  5.243 278.91                        #6  5.286 273.91

Grisel hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Cowie makes another good pass and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 Karen Stalba                          584 Prescott Dean                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  5.294 276.45                     0.029  5.391 274.52
 Qualified:             #2  5.239 278.48                        #7  5.292 275.87

Dean gets the advantage off of the line but Stalba is able to get around him and pull away for the win.

Cowie will have lane choice over Stalba in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Mike Coughlin                           1 Julie Nataas                 
E1                   0.059  6.307 161.23     ****WINNER****  0.083  5.271 270.50
 Qualified:             #1  5.216 272.28                        #8 15.901  49.57

Coughlin gets the holeshot but Nataas makes her first full pass of the weekend and goes around for the win.

Cummings will have lane choice over Nataas in the next round.

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