Sat, 6 Oct 2007, 05:40 PM Top Dragster Shootout Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in K&N Top Dragster Shootout at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Joe Roubicek                         7449 Chip Rumis                   
E1                  -0.001  6.909 192.55     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.815 195.28
        T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.049             T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:             #2  0.012   NS                          #7  0.017   NS  

2:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 30.04 inches.

Roubicek misses the green by -0.001 to give the win to Rumis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7892 Will Boxold                          766M Paul Gladden                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.063 180.89                     0.027  6.874 196.62
        T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.073             T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.144
 Qualified:             #4  0.014   NS                          #5  0.015   NS  

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  744 Del Cox Jr                           7800 Les Figueroa                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.878 179.54                     0.034  7.120 182.45
        T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.058             T/D  Dial: 7.13 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:             #1  0.010   NS                          #8  0.018   NS  

Cox has a 0.001 RT and pushes Figueroa out to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 765M Jim Momjian                          7356 Adam Burnham                 
E1                  -0.002  7.258 182.16     ****WINNER****  0.090  6.965 191.46
        T/D  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.058             T/D  Dial: 9.79 (+/-): -2.825
 Qualified:             #6  0.016   NS                          #3  0.013   NS  

Momjian goes red and Burnham goes on.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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