Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 05:32 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Harley Davidson Top Dragster at the NHRA, Fourth annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A784 Gerald Palacios                      7107 Pat Jones                    
E2                  -0.075  8.987  52.00     ****WINNER****  0.038  4.975 112.50
        T/D  Dial: 4.80 (+/-):  4.187             T/D  Dial: 4.72 (+/-):  0.255
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Fitzpatric) 0.404  4.851  0.051      (M Silvia    ) 0.036  4.731  0.041
 Qualified:            #35  7.646 164.59                       #25  7.357 181.42

2:18 p.m. Palacios goes red and Jones moves on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7640 Tom Yancer                           7526 Cathy Means                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  4.520 146.08                     0.118  4.927 140.65
        T/D  Dial: 4.46 (+/-):  0.060             T/D  Dial: 4.91 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hartzell  ) 0.021  4.487  0.027      (S Koch      ) 0.073  4.917  0.017
 Qualified:             #7  6.923 194.41                       #36  7.659 176.60

Great light for Yancer as he takes out Means.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 719R Russell Suyenaga                     7730 Mike MacBrair                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  4.410 164.75                     0.033  4.601 152.28
        T/D  Dial: 4.39 (+/-):  0.020             T/D  Dial: 4.53 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Kleinewebe) 0.012  4.407  0.057      (S Casner    ) 0.022  4.536 -0.014
 Qualified:             #3  6.718 204.51                       #13  7.096 189.82

Russell Suyenaga's MOV: 0.0694 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780V Val Torres Jr.                       7134 Chris McNicol                
E2                   0.017  4.744 144.27     ****WINNER****  0.009  4.904 141.46
        T/D  Dial: 4.75 (+/-): -0.006             T/D  Dial: 4.89 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Jardino   ) 0.015  4.775  0.055      (K Upton     ) 0.073  4.919  0.049
 Qualified:            #23  7.293 188.81                       #33  7.627 176.10

Chris McNicol wins on a breakout. Torres was .006 to quick.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7353 Lyle Burnham                          790 Chuck Phelps                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.069  4.323 163.20                     0.022  4.841 141.47
        T/D  Dial: 4.31 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 4.77 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) 0.083  4.307  0.037      (J Fiello    ) 0.003  4.755  0.055
 Qualified:             #1  6.587 205.47                       #30  7.507 174.82

Lyle Burnham's MOV: 0.0116 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7219 Geneva Nash                          7089 Terry White                  
E2                   0.021  4.788 143.66     ****WINNER****  0.023  4.681 147.88
        T/D  Dial: 4.76 (+/-):  0.028             T/D  Dial: 4.66 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Nelson    ) 0.017  4.771  0.001      (D Steed     ) 0.023  4.659  0.039
 Qualified:            #29  7.461 180.14                       #20  7.222 185.72

Terry White's MOV: 0.0058 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  744 Del Cox Jr                           7810 Matt White                   
E2                   0.029  4.661 145.28     ****WINNER****  0.045  4.781 145.36
        T/D  Dial: 4.59 (+/-):  0.071             T/D  Dial: 4.75 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Fischle   ) 0.037  4.616  0.046      (S Crifasi   ) 0.015  4.804  0.074
 Qualified:            #18  7.195 183.10                       #27  7.415 182.43

Matt White's MOV: 0.0244 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7762 Chuck Hawk Jr.                       7167 Ryan Priddy                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  4.714 149.71                    -0.003  4.577 152.23
        T/D  Dial: 4.66 (+/-):  0.054             T/D  Dial: 4.56 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Rumis     ) 0.019  4.699  0.029      (J Richardson) 0.010  4.553 -0.017
 Qualified:            #21  7.239 183.57                       #12  7.079 189.71

Chuck Hawk Jr. wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7251 Matt Hartzell                        7842 Chris Forsyth                
E2                   0.005  4.724 144.88     ****WINNER****  0.017  4.871 136.88
        T/D  Dial: 4.71 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 4.87 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Nann      ) 0.027  4.716  0.026      (M Henderson ) 0.033  4.875  0.015
 Qualified:            #24  7.345 182.28                       #34  7.643 174.26

Chris Forsyth's MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7062 Chris Lindsay                        7237 Steve Will                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  4.628 142.88                     0.111  4.993 151.04
        T/D  Dial: 4.61 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 4.53 (+/-):  0.463
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Tietz     ) 0.019  4.621  0.011      (J Nelson    ) 0.000  4.539  0.059
 Qualified:            #19  7.208 185.84                        #9  6.953 197.08

Will was really late so the win is in the left lane and Lindsay.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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