Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 06:48 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 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
 7640 Tom Yancer                           7762 Chuck Hawk Jr.               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  4.478 157.19                     0.011  4.699 142.61
        T/D  Dial: 4.46 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 4.68 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Means     ) 0.010  4.520  0.060      (R Priddy    ) 0.008  4.714  0.054
E1    (R Hartzell  ) 0.021  4.487  0.027      (C Rumis     ) 0.019  4.699  0.029
 Qualified:             #7  6.923 194.41                       #21  7.239 183.57

3:35 p.m. Tom Yancer's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 17 inches). Yancer is really on his stuff today!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7842 Chris Forsyth                        7089 Terry White                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  4.858 139.30                     0.045  4.655 144.78
        T/D  Dial: 4.85 (+/-):  0.008             T/D  Dial: 4.68 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hartzell  ) 0.017  4.871  0.001      (G Nash      ) 0.023  4.681  0.021
E1    (M Henderson ) 0.033  4.875  0.015      (D Steed     ) 0.023  4.659  0.039
 Qualified:            #34  7.643 174.26                       #20  7.222 185.72

Forsyth runs White out of here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7353 Lyle Burnham                         7107 Pat Jones                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  4.373 151.92                     0.105  4.707 146.29
        T/D  Dial: 4.32 (+/-):  0.053             T/D  Dial: 4.72 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Phelps    ) 0.069  4.323  0.013      (G Palacios  ) 0.038  4.975  0.255
E1    (Bye         ) 0.083  4.307  0.037      (M Silvia    ) 0.036  4.731  0.041
 Qualified:             #1  6.587 205.47                       #25  7.357 181.42

Burnham, the #1 qualifier at 1/4 mile, takes a round win over a not going to redlight Jones.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 719R Russell Suyenaga                     7810 Matt White                   
E3                   0.052  4.611 162.47     ****WINNER****  0.068  4.809 140.43
        T/D  Dial: 4.40 (+/-):  0.211             T/D  Dial: 4.77 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Macbrair  ) 0.015  4.410  0.020      (D Cox Jr    ) 0.045  4.781  0.031
E1    (K Kleinewebe) 0.012  4.407  0.057      (S Crifasi   ) 0.015  4.804  0.074
 Qualified:             #3  6.718 204.51                       #27  7.415 182.43

Suyenaga sounded like he pumped the pedal at the hit and White goes away a winner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7062 Chris Lindsay                        7134 Chris McNicol                
E3                   0.033  4.624 144.86     ****WINNER****  0.025  4.908 141.37
        T/D  Dial: 4.61 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 4.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Will      ) 0.014  4.628  0.018      (V Torres Jr ) 0.009  4.904  0.014
E1    (R Tietz     ) 0.019  4.621  0.011      (K Upton     ) 0.073  4.919  0.049
 Qualified:            #19  7.208 185.84                       #33  7.627 176.10

Chris McNicol's MOV: 0.0146 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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