Sat, 12 Oct 2024, 19:47 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in 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                      450 Kirk Wolf                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  5.229 280.30                     0.078  5.289 270.79
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dean      ) 0.091  5.266 279.62      (A Sampey    ) 0.064  5.270 276.62
 Qualified:             #2  5.224 280.36                        #7  5.252 275.68

6:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,833 feet.

Wolf is 1 - 0 against Cummings in prior events.

Cummings gets the advantage off of the line and goes down the groove with a good pass to take the win. Wolf makes a decent pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  212 Joe Maynard                             3 Shawn Cowie                  
E2                   0.060  5.267 272.12     ****WINNER****  0.069  5.197 278.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Green     ) 0.053  5.216 273.56      (J Severance ) 0.128  5.263 279.38
 Qualified:             #3  5.232 273.61                        #6  5.243 278.91

This is the first time Maynard and Cowie have faced each other in eliminations.

Cowie goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and pulls away for the win.

Joe Maynard's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.406, 660ft-3.504/227.45 mph, 1,000ft-4.447.

Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.331, 660ft-3.435/223.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.387.

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Mike Coughlin                           1 Julie Nataas                 
E2                   0.023  5.230 269.62     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.182 271.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Januik    ) 0.040  5.207 277.78      (L Swift     ) 0.044  5.822 239.36
 Qualified:             #1  5.216 272.28                        #9  5.271 270.50

Nataas is 4 - 0 against Coughlin in prior events.

Coughlin gets out of the gate first but Nataas makes her quickest pass of the weekend to drive around for the win.

Mike Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.388, 660ft-3.477/230.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.410.

Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.444/231.84 mph, 1,000ft-4.369.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 Karen Stalba                            5 Jackie Fricke                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  5.227 276.53                     0.049  9.197  91.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Grisel    ) 0.079  5.176 279.17      (S Cowie     ) 0.052  5.219 281.37
 Qualified:             #4  5.239 278.48                        #5  5.243 279.07

Fricke gets the holeshot but rattles the tires. She pedals a couple of times and then gives up on the run. Stalba went down the groove with a good pass to take the win.

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

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