Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 03:12 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 2 eliminations in Spitzer Top Dragster at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 357X Ricky Adkins                          333 Marco Abruzzi                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.299 176.97                     0.017  6.954 184.17
        T/D  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  0.079             T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Anderson  ) 0.022  7.225  0.005      (G Koebbe    ) 0.008  6.850  0.000
 Qualified:            #13  6.985 190.97                        #5  6.869 196.47

3:00 p.m. Ricky Adkins' MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 334X Mark Harmon                           168 Wayne Hofmann                
E2                  -0.138 11.707  48.92     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.962 192.88
        T/D  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  5.027             T/D  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Rienschiel) 0.029  7.153  0.333      (R Nichols   ) 0.004  6.914 -0.026
 Qualified:             #3  6.826 195.14                       #11  6.945 191.29

Harmon broke, his car stopping in the shutdown area.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3627 Bill Webb                            3748 Herb Raymond                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.382 178.90                     0.016  7.382 176.21
        T/D  Dial: 7.36 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 7.30 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Koenen    ) 0.005  7.357 -0.013      (E Alessi    ) 0.003  7.315 -0.035
 Qualified:            #23  7.088 183.84                       #31  7.261 184.32

Bill Webb's MOV: 0.0387 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He races Hofmann next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3726 Pascal Lecompte                      3558 Rob Kropfeld                 
E2                   0.040  6.927 195.08     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.282 177.21
        T/D  Dial: 6.93 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 7.26 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Withrow   ) 0.030  6.941  0.051      (J Ledford   ) 0.008  7.270 -0.010
 Qualified:            #10  6.937 189.47                       #33  7.283 177.60

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  316 Tom Martino                          3708 Adam Lear                    
E2                   0.013  7.628 174.32     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.265 176.93
        T/D  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.558             T/D  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.125
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Swigart   ) 0.038  7.087  0.027      (D Mc Ilvain ) 0.006  7.145  0.015
 Qualified:            #17  7.031 191.13                       #25  7.132 183.84

Martino slowed before half track, then recovered but lost a bunch of time. Lear runs Adkins next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  329 James Monroe                          405 Keith Raftery                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.072 185.66                     0.009  7.018 191.95
        T/D  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Brown     ) 0.021  7.054 -0.006      (K Blume     ) 0.015  6.979 -0.011
 Qualified:            #22  7.087 189.34                       #14  7.003 192.33

James Monroe's package: 0.011.
Keith Raftery's package: 0.027.
James Monroe's MOV: 0.0163 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He runs Kropfeld next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3016 Rick Forish                          3930 Greg Kamplain                
E2                   0.054  7.189 186.15     ****WINNER****  0.015  7.341 182.18
        T/D  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 7.31 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Glaser    ) 0.019  7.178  0.028      (B Cireddu   ) 0.000  7.336  0.026
 Qualified:            #28  7.162 186.56                       #34  7.312 183.34

Greg Kamplain's MOV: 0.0374 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 109N Ryan Ondrejko                          31 John Coughlin                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.038 189.68                     0.017  7.089 179.47
        T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.008             T/D  Dial: 7.09 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Damron Jr ) 0.053  7.026  0.016      (B Smith     ) 0.001  7.152  0.062
 Qualified:            #16  7.004 188.83                       #24  7.089 188.15

last pair. Coughlin had the light by over three hundredths, broke out by "a lousy thou." Ondrejko willo race Kamplain in the quarterfinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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