Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 01:11 PM
Top Comp Round 2 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Comp at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets
Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7693 Will Harrison 776A Steve Buchanan
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.036 7.457 179.80 0.020 7.776 171.01
TC Dial: 7.48 (+/-): -0.023 TC Dial: 7.80 (+/-): -0.024
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Lamb ) 0.024 7.571 0.021 (T Litton ) 0.075 7.829 0.009
Qualified: #54 7.477 178.73 #65 7.743 171.03
9:14 a.m. Harrison takes it on a double breakout...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7334 Shawn Langdon 4147 Greg Lair
E2 0.012 7.209 173.05 ****WINNER**** 0.037 7.083 196.76
TC Dial: 7.25 (+/-): -0.041 TC Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.043
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Alvey ) 0.012 7.277 0.027 (J Devey ) 0.027 7.059 0.009
Qualified: #32 7.224 183.19 #16 7.090 196.62
Lair's car made a big move toward the centerline at half track, but Langdon too way too much stripe, over a tenth of a
second.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6157 Todd Hoerner 6077 Chuck Glanz
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.011 7.883 163.16 0.019 7.135 188.89
TC Dial: 6.79 (+/-): 1.093 TC Dial: 7.17 (+/-): -0.035
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Jardino ) 0.169 6.847 0.017 (P Snell ) 0.017 7.211 0.051
Qualified: #5 6.810 202.36 #21 7.158 187.91
Hoerner shook hard and backpedaled, but Glanz took the stripe by well over a second and broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4009 Greg Tucker 7531 Chris Thode
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.001 200.44 0.021 7.443 173.67
TC Dial: 6.87 (+/-): 0.131 TC Dial: 7.48 (+/-): -0.037
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Weiss ) 0.004 6.912 0.082 (J Freer ) 0.027 7.501 0.001
Qualified: #7 6.821 207.72 #55 7.482 179.80
Tucker had the front wheels in the air and his car made a hard move out toward the wall - and once again the opposing car broke
out, taking way too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7640 Tom Yancer 6524 Kurtis Tamez
E2 -0.007 7.304 182.45 ****WINNER**** 0.057 7.029 195.53
TC Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 0.044 TC Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Hobson ) 0.059 7.337 0.067 (S Leerkamp ) 0.013 7.104 0.034
Qualified: #29 7.213 184.57 #13 7.039 194.86
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6643 Randal Olynyk 5299 Martin Simpson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.040 7.478 162.45 0.014 7.770 176.40
TC Dial: 7.35 (+/-): 0.128 TC Dial: 7.56 (+/-): 0.210
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Turner ) 0.005 7.410 0.060 (R Priddy ) 0.007 7.578 0.018
Qualified: #43 7.351 185.74 #59 7.550 181.32
Top Comp is fun because it mixes dragsters and doorslammers - next year, however, it will be split into Top Sportsman and Top
Dragster, running in separate eliminators.Simpson shook and danced.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5445 Wayne Glasgow 31 Donnie Peden
E2 -0.216 9.218 134.91 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.277 165.64
TC Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 2.228 TC Dial: 7.20 (+/-): 0.077
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Dunn ) 0.236 7.481 0.491 (G Krause ) 0.010 13.555 6.305
Qualified: #14 7.055 191.87 #30 7.224 190.19
Glasgow shook hard and lifted. Unlike many this round, Peden gave himself lots of slack on the top end for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
501B Bob Fuller 5899 Ron Williams
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 7.334 184.88 0.034 7.405 180.84
TC Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.004 TC Dial: 7.44 (+/-): -0.035
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Wagner ) 0.017 7.416 0.046 (T Koenen ) 0.006 7.483 0.033
Qualified: #41 7.335 184.75 #57 7.507 179.49
Good race, Fuller with the better light, leaving Williams little to work with.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
73 Joe Roubicek 696 Bob Israelson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.874 195.05 0.195 7.802 181.47
TC Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.006 TC Dial: 8.01 (+/-): -0.208
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Gebhardt ) 0.020 6.926 -0.004 (D Hennick ) 0.099 8.168 0.158
Qualified: #10 6.916 194.24 #70 8.203 171.38
Israelson got loose and danced around in the middle of his run, still got to the line first and broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
559 Steve Johnson 6207 Jim Morris
E2 0.024 7.152 185.87 ****WINNER**** 0.018 7.336 183.47
TC Dial: 7.18 (+/-): -0.028 TC Dial: 7.36 (+/-): -0.024
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Rumis ) 0.004 7.225 -0.025 (J Johnson ) 0.028 7.393 0.013
Qualified: #28 7.211 186.36 #44 7.352 182.50
Good, close race, six thousandths apart at the tree and two thousandths apart at the finish line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7468 George Prather 529Y Steve Holloway
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 7.438 162.16 0.005 6.667 207.66
TC Dial: 7.43 (+/-): 0.008 TC Dial: 6.68 (+/-): -0.013
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Hindman ) 0.002 7.493 0.043 (D Scholtz ) 0.075 6.738 0.028
Qualified: #51 7.442 176.42 #3 6.704 206.73
Holloway ran him down, took too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6718 Shane Molinari 7265 Larry Scarth
E2 0.025 7.137 184.04 ****WINNER**** 0.030 7.297 180.98
TC Dial: 7.15 (+/-): -0.013 TC Dial: 7.30 (+/-): -0.003
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Smyth ) 0.016 7.185 -0.025 (S Cowie ) 0.050 7.351 0.021
Qualified: #24 7.190 185.00 #40 7.314 185.05
Molinari's car shook and turned left on the launch.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7444 Del Cox Jr. 7807 David Cook
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.040 6.741 182.18 0.028 7.537 160.14
TC Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.021 TC Dial: 7.49 (+/-): 0.047
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Burnham ) 0.025 6.794 0.044 (K Tupper ) 0.006 7.658 0.098
Qualified: #4 6.737 196.87 #52 7.458 178.52
Del Cox Jr.'s MOV: 0.0149 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6552 Frank Tamez 7800 Les Figueroa
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.059 196.99 0.023 7.177 184.67
TC Dial: 7.05 (+/-): 0.009 TC Dial: 7.20 (+/-): -0.023
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Morris ) 0.017 7.119 0.039 (J Devey ) 0.004 7.297 0.057
Qualified: #15 7.069 195.68 #31 7.224 186.82
Tamez put together a winning 0.016 package.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
757M John Propp 7017 Jess Nelson
E2 -0.007 7.108 189.23 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.261 183.99
TC Dial: 7.17 (+/-): -0.062 TC Dial: 7.30 (+/-): -0.039
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Juel ) 0.026 7.202 0.042 (C Bakx ) 0.019 7.327 0.007
Qualified: #18 7.134 189.47 #34 7.268 182.92
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7009 Dave Morgan 5995 Steve Swenson
E2 0.032 7.367 178.66 ****WINNER**** 0.043 7.219 182.60
TC Dial: 7.38 (+/-): -0.013 TC Dial: 7.22 (+/-): -0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Slatten ) 0.058 7.470 0.060 (G Groves ) 0.038 7.285 0.025
Qualified: #49 7.394 181.37 #33 7.248 183.72
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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