Sat, 05 May 2012, 19:36 PM
Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza,
Day Two:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4299 Jimmy Thibodeaux 4950 Bill Thomas
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.095 7.035 194.04 0.005 7.927 170.81
T/D Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 0.005 T/D Dial: 7.80 (+/-): 0.127
Prior rounds:
E1 (K SALVADRAS ) 0.026 7.045 0.045 (R MATHENY ) 0.048 7.882 0.082
Qualified: #8 6.968 195.69 #38 7.872 168.53
6:21 p.m. Thomas sawed the tree down, but did not run the number. Jimmy Thibodeaux's MOV: 0.0323 seconds (approximately 8
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4653 Larry Eidson 2 Austin Cowan
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.108 187.11 0.017 7.429 180.39
T/D Dial: 7.09 (+/-): 0.018 T/D Dial: 7.41 (+/-): 0.019
Prior rounds:
E1 (J OGDEN ) 0.023 7.107 0.017 (D STRAIN ) 0.018 7.440 0.010
Qualified: #14 7.083 190.35 #24 7.394 179.10
Larry Eidson's MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 7 inches) in a very close drag race. Eidson was a thousandth better at the
start and a thousandth closer to his dial.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
403 Ed Ridenhour 459A Justin Albritton
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 7.321 178.53 0.015 7.543 174.28
T/D Dial: 7.29 (+/-): 0.031 T/D Dial: 7.50 (+/-): 0.043
Prior rounds:
E1 (N CARMENA ) No Time (W HUDGINS ) 0.024 7.514 0.004
Qualified: #19 7.278 183.93 #29 7.480 177.09
Ridenhour keeps dodging bullets, Albritton with the better light, Ridenhour taking the stripe for the win. Ed Ridenhour's MOV:
0.0044 seconds (approximately 13 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4072 Chase Murray 4935 Joseph Mohana
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.764 197.15 0.017 7.613 183.97
T/D Dial: 6.39 (+/-): 0.374 T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.573
Prior rounds:
E1 0.037 6.396 0.046 0.017 7.095 0.055
Qualified: #1 6.322 219.51 #12 7.035 191.89
Just a thousandth apart at the tree, but Mohana slowed early in the run and Murray backed way off to be safe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4994 Ken Zeller 4083 Neil Arsement
E2 0.015 7.103 182.88 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.364 184.35
T/D Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 0.043 T/D Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.034
Prior rounds:
E1 (D REYNOLDS ) 0.012 7.085 0.015 (T GLEN RESTE) 0.025 7.331 0.041
Qualified: #11 7.031 190.39 #21 7.304 185.75
Neil Arsement's MOV: 0.0205 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4099 Lee Lightfoot 4473 Keith Broussard
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 6.630 201.43 0.018 7.175 180.97
T/D Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 0.040 T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.135
Prior rounds:
E1 (L RUTLAND ) 0.005 6.610 0.010 (S PRUITT ) 0.000 7.103 0.063
Qualified: #3 6.509 210.97 #13 7.058 192.10
Broussard was better on the tree, but could not run the number and Lightfoot sailed by on the top end for a surprisingly easy
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4470 Mike Nicoll 4225 Todd Robinson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.202 186.41 0.040 7.520 172.71
T/D Dial: 7.20 (+/-): 0.002 T/D Dial: 7.52 (+/-): 0.000
Prior rounds:
E1 (M KEYLICH ) 0.036 7.237 0.037 (J ANGELLE ) 0.026 7.495 -0.025
Qualified: #16 7.190 188.04 #26 7.434 179.17
Nicoll had a good light and was just two thousandths off his dial-in for the win. Robinson was dead-on his dial-in, but left too
much on the tree. Mike Nicoll's MOV: 0.0196 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4419 Ryan Spruell 4551 Ron Gibson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.013 7.927 147.54 -0.018 16.466 67.49
T/D Dial: 7.80 (+/-): 0.127 T/D Dial: 7.47 (+/-): 8.996
Prior rounds:
E1 (T LEVATINO ) 0.012 7.829 0.029 (S LABUE ) -0.010 7.466 -0.014
Qualified: #37 7.831 169.39 #27 7.448 180.25
Gibson went red and Spruell backed off to save the parts for later rounds.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4186 Michael Pennington 444Z Randy Zunker
E2 0.006 7.441 176.29 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.159 189.47
T/D Dial: 7.46 (+/-): -0.019 T/D Dial: 7.15 (+/-): 0.009
Prior rounds:
E1 (G COLE ) 0.003 7.487 -0.013 (S BALL ) 0.010 7.182 0.012
Qualified: #25 7.423 181.15 #15 7.094 190.67
Great lights in both lanes...and Pennington took a bit too much stripe, giving the win to Zunker. Randy Zunker's package:
0.011.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4246 T.J. Tracey 477 Chris Mitchell
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.483 169.26 0.015 7.327 176.99
T/D Dial: 7.49 (+/-): -0.007 T/D Dial: 7.34 (+/-): -0.013
Prior rounds:
E1 (J ADAMS ) 0.032 7.476 0.006 (C PETERSON ) 0.575 8.160 0.820
Qualified: #30 7.483 179.03 #40 8.076 168.19
Mitchell had the better light, took too much stripe. T.J. Tracey's MOV: Double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 4941 Sam Patrick
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.040 7.355 183.67
T/D Dial: 7.38 (+/-): -0.025
Prior rounds:
E1 (A MCCOOL ) 0.022 7.407 0.077
Qualified: #22 7.316 183.97
Patrick closes out the round with the bye run.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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