Sun, 14 Nov 2004, 08:09 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  603 Mitch Myers                          7321 Ashley Force
E4                   0.132  5.287 262.95     ****WINNER****  0.084  5.324 270.21
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Shields   ) 0.117  5.244 266.00      (M Lucas     ) 0.084  5.289 270.32
E2    (H Will      ) 0.096  5.175 268.17      (C Demke     ) 0.051  5.239 268.38
E1    (D Hudson    ) 0.131  5.109 278.23      (S Federlin  ) 0.078  5.340 269.24
 Qualified:             #1  5.118 271.08                        #3  5.260 270.86

4:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,914 feet, track temperature 75 degrees.

The A/FD's have dominated the weekend with unbelievable ET's from the Steve Bogg's tuned EPHA dragster. Ashley Force shows the family heritage with a much better RT to ge out in front of Myers and stay there through the rest of the run. Ashley Force's incremental margins: 60ft(0.020), 330 ft(0.040), 660ft(0.018), 1,000ft(0.003). MOV: 0.0113 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink