Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 01:32 PM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
 7842 Chris Forsyth                        7640 Tom Yancer                   
E4                   0.028  7.509 173.23     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.284 180.33
        T/D  Dial: 7.50 (+/-):  0.009             T/D  Dial: 7.27 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hartzell  ) 0.005  7.511  0.031      (C Langdon   ) 0.003  7.290  0.040
E2    (S Casner    ) 0.013  7.485 -0.015      (G Nash      ) 0.017  7.285  0.035
E1    (T Koenen    ) 0.016  7.505  0.015      (T Mc Bride  ) 0.044  7.332  0.082
 Qualified:            #28  7.469 178.07                       #14  7.213 186.02

10:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,483 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Yancer has the RT advantage and catches Forsyth for the close win. Tom Yancer's MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  647 JR Leerkamp                          724M Larry Alvery                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.506 165.36                     0.008  7.526 177.09
        T/D  Dial: 7.43 (+/-):  0.076             T/D  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.176
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Priddy    ) 0.014  7.440  0.020      (D Steed     ) 0.030  7.368  0.018
E2    (Bye         ) 0.019  7.438 -0.012      (G Nelson    ) 0.014  7.354 -0.016
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.022  7.480  0.010      (G Palacios  ) 0.038  7.579  0.209
 Qualified:            #24  7.437 183.32                       #22  7.372 179.11

Identical RT's and a big win for Leerkamp, after Alvery's altered makes a strange move off the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7246 Charles Boyd                         7647 Stewart Koch                 
E4                   0.019  7.622 174.03     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.082 181.57
        T/D  Dial: 7.58 (+/-):  0.042             T/D  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Davis     ) 0.029  7.602  0.032      (C Rumis     ) 0.006  7.097  0.077
E2    (M Silvia    ) 0.024  7.586  0.026      (K Seipel    ) 0.007  7.031 -0.009
E1    (D Morgan    ) 0.019  7.582  0.032      (M Quigley   ) 0.016  7.060  0.020
 Qualified:            #32  7.543 176.17                        #7  7.021 192.55

Boyd gets a full bulb head start and Koch gets a small advantage off the line. Lots of in and out of the throttles on the top end and Koch gets the win. MOV: 0.0194 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

10:27 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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