Sun, 13 Oct 2024, 17:39 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 Julie Nataas                            4 Matthew Cummings             
E4                   0.088  5.264 272.18     ****WINNER****  0.050  5.246 279.71
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Cummings  ) 0.058  5.349 271.61      (S Bellemeur ) 0.069  5.232 279.64
E2    (J Maynard   ) 0.051  5.182 271.44      (N on File   ) 0.032  5.229 280.30
E1    (L Swift     ) 0.044  5.822 239.36      (P Dean      ) 0.091  5.266 279.62
 Qualified:             #9  5.271 270.50                        #2  5.224 280.36

4:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 96 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,303 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Nataas is 4 - 2 against Cummings in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Cummings gets out of the gate first and lead all the way through the run.

Matthew Cummings' incremental margins: 60ft(0.006), 330 ft(0.011), 660ft(0.026), 1,000ft(0.037). MOV: 0.0560 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

Cummings wins his sixth career national event.

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