Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 12:48 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7647 Stewart Koch                         7449 Chip Rumis                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.097 182.67                     0.034  6.819 196.59
        T/D  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.077             T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Seipel    ) 0.007  7.031 -0.009      (R Tietz     ) 0.005  6.787  0.007
E1    (M Quigley   ) 0.016  7.060  0.020      (Bye         ) 0.004  6.797  0.037
 Qualified:             #7  7.021 192.55                        #1  6.777 198.79

9:37 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,608 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Rumis and Koch dial what they qualified with. Koch has the better light and Rumis just misses catching him. Stewart Koch's MOV: 0.0002 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 706C Chad Langdon                         7640 Tom Yancer                   
E3                   0.020  7.915 168.72     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.290 175.91
        T/D  Dial: 7.85 (+/-):  0.065             T/D  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Cracraft  ) 0.015  7.905  0.005      (G Nash      ) 0.017  7.285  0.035
E1    (R Stickler  ) 0.033  7.923  0.023      (T Mc Bride  ) 0.044  7.332  0.082
 Qualified:            #42  7.844 170.47                       #14  7.213 186.02

Yancer with the light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7336 Justin Davis                         7246 Charles Boyd                 
E3                   0.105  7.516 178.14     ****WINNER****  0.029  7.602 166.89
        T/D  Dial: 7.50 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 7.57 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Burnham   ) 0.039  7.531  0.031      (M Silvia    ) 0.024  7.586  0.026
E1    (D Cox Jr    ) 0.033  7.535  0.035      (D Morgan    ) 0.019  7.582  0.032
 Qualified:            #26  7.454 180.21                       #32  7.543 176.17

Davis has the better dial, but is late off the line. Boyd goes on to round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7169 Don Steed                            724M Larry Alvery                 
E3                  -0.063  6.869 204.01     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.368 177.46
        T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.069             T/D  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Mc Nicol  ) 0.009  6.846 -0.024      (G Nelson    ) 0.014  7.354 -0.016
E1    (J Richardson) 0.022  6.892  0.012      (G Palacios  ) 0.038  7.579  0.209
 Qualified:             #5  6.883 203.55                       #22  7.372 179.11

Steed goes red and Alvery gets a free pass to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7842 Chris Forsyth                          72 Ron Hartzell                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.511 172.72                     0.027  7.430 171.82
        T/D  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Casner    ) 0.013  7.485 -0.015      (C Dwyer     ) 0.032  7.410  0.000
E1    (T Koenen    ) 0.016  7.505  0.015      (M Nervil    ) 0.677  7.420 -0.030
 Qualified:            #28  7.469 178.07                       #23  7.406 182.38

Almost identical dial-ins. Advantage Forsyth off the line and stays in front for the win.Chris Forsyth's MOV: 0.0218 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Ryan Priddy                           647 JR Leerkamp                  
E3                   0.028  7.116 187.21     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.440 174.37
        T/D  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.036             T/D  Dial: 7.42 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Fiello    ) 0.017  7.099 -0.001      (Bye         ) 0.019  7.438 -0.012
E1    (M White     ) 0.020  7.119  0.019      (J Roubicek  ) 0.022  7.480  0.010
 Qualified:             #8  7.071 189.07                       #24  7.437 183.32

Leerkamp has the jump on Priddy and stays in front for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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