Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 08:40 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2624 Angie Miles                             7 Jeff Brown                   
E3                   0.049  7.018 188.73     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.888 183.49
         TD  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.038              TD  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.014  7.458  0.448      (B HOLLAND   ) 0.010  6.853  0.033
E1    (M LAMBERT   ) 0.012  7.019  0.009      (T MARTIN    ) 0.023  6.830  0.010
 Qualified:            #47  6.995 189.12                       #29  6.828 193.82

7:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,247 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Brown gets the hole shot win. Jeff Brown's MOV: 0.0123 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He clinched the 2007 championship when his closest challengers either skipped this race or fell out of competition in the first two rounds.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  986 Jack Trussell                        9121 Scott Duggins                
E3                   0.013  7.371 158.50     ****WINNER****  0.015  7.052 149.35
         TD  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.561              TD  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.392
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C TRAYLOR   ) 0.008  6.868  0.038      (M ABRUZZI   ) 0.006  6.674  0.004
E1    (L ROBERTS   ) 0.047  6.828 -0.052      (D URBAN     ) 0.016  6.714  0.024
 Qualified:            #38  6.885 186.48                       #20  6.680 198.38

Two good lights and lots of pedaling on the top end gives Duggins the win. He races Brown next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3453 Brad Kerry                           9858 Michael White                
E3                   0.011  6.618 201.37     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.911 196.02
         TD  Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.022              TD  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.081
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R KELLER    ) 0.095  6.663  0.013      (T WILKINS   ) 0.013  6.898  0.028
E1    (M BOWER     ) 0.290  6.675  0.025      (M MANNERS   ) 0.096  6.902 -0.008
 Qualified:            #16  6.653 203.25                       #46  6.961 193.27

Breakout win for White.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 9460 Paul Daigrepont                      1333 Jason Harris                 
E3                   0.026 10.297  57.32     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.256 136.86
         TD  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  3.467              TD  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.406
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J CREASMAN  ) 0.006  6.847  0.017      (E CARECCIA  ) 0.024  6.902  0.032
E1    (S BISSESSAR ) 0.036  6.841  0.021      (J STROUD    ) 0.021  6.892  0.092
 Qualified:            #31  6.839 192.77                       #37  6.883 191.35

Daigrepont slowed early in the run and the track crew took a hard look at his lane, then sent the blower and scrubber and VHT spray rig and sweeper for some repair work. Harris races White in round 4.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Steve Furr                              5 Nick Folk                    
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.012  6.948 186.43
         TD  Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 93.169              TD  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A O'BRIEN   ) 0.029  6.843  0.003      (D HARRIS    ) 0.030  6.958  0.048
E1    (R SCHEUER JR) 0.007  6.863 -0.037      (M WATTS     ) 0.022  6.929 -0.011
 Qualified:            #36  6.880 192.08                       #42  6.914 184.65

8:20 p.m. After a long cleanup, Furr made his burnout and was shut off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1268 Russell Leach                        968X Brett Nesbitt                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.578 189.90                     0.018  6.670 186.90
         TD  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.038              TD  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A MILES     ) 0.036  6.560  0.000      (B FOLK      ) 0.018  6.644  0.004
E1    (M BERTOZZI  ) 0.010  6.615  0.035      (L FREER     ) 0.015  6.639 -0.011
 Qualified:             #9  6.574 199.14                       #15  6.631 197.45

Leach slapped a perfect light on Nesbitt and took the win. Russell Leach's MOV: 0.0208 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He races Folk in the quarterfinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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