Sat, 10 Apr 2010, 10:22 PM
Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd
annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
713 Tom Koenen 4717 Shane LeJeune
E1 0.037 6.884 194.77 ****WINNER**** 0.028 6.652 207.46
T/D Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 0.044 T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.052
Qualified: #28 6.854 195.48 #12 6.614 209.04
8:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted
altitude 895 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.Shane LeJeune's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 4 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
56 Phil Unruh 437 Jenifer White
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.080 6.460 212.66 -0.021 6.574 204.32
T/D Dial: 6.46 (+/-): 0.000 T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #3 6.459 212.73 #19 6.667 203.16
Phil Unruh wins on a red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4030 William Kruse 491C Mario Boesch
E1 -0.036 6.767 163.85 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.804 201.52
T/D Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.207 T/D Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #6 6.550 205.63 #22 6.730 203.61
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
421K Keith McCullar 4548 Britt Cummings
E1 0.050 7.989 159.74 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.782 190.86
T/D Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 1.489 T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.032
Qualified: #5 6.527 205.63 #21 6.729 202.24
McCullar slowed early in the run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
42 Brandon Chauvin 4739 Frank Kohutek
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.023 6.512 203.40 0.029 6.643 196.50
T/D Dial: 6.51 (+/-): 0.002 T/D Dial: 6.67 (+/-): -0.027
Qualified: #4 6.484 207.59 #20 6.673 197.08
Brandon Chauvin wins on a breakout. He races Shane LeJeune next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
403 Ed Ridenhour 470L Michelle LeBleu
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.442 176.67 0.019 6.665 202.42
T/D Dial: 7.42 (+/-): 0.022 T/D Dial: 6.63 (+/-): 0.035
Qualified: #32 7.433 177.74 #16 6.647 204.51
Ed Ridenhour's MOV: 0.0282 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
437M Mike Weaver 4962 Scott Barker
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.731 192.74 0.032 9.056 88.81
T/D Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.011 T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 2.506
Qualified: #23 6.744 200.38 #7 6.553 199.40
Barker slowed around half track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
49 John Garner 411 Jim Gascoyne
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.740 179.16 0.305 6.812 197.33
T/D Dial: 6.58 (+/-): 0.160 T/D Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.058
Qualified: #11 6.595 205.76 #27 6.827 198.67
John Garner wins on a breakout. He faces Unruh in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4170 David Strain 4948 Robert Cool
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.780 197.08 0.018 6.708 185.31
T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.030 T/D Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.022
Qualified: #25 6.767 198.96 #9 6.574 202.00
Cool took too much stripe...David Strain wins on a breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
47 Jimmy Arabie 59 Les Feist
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.758 198.06 -0.012 9.392 96.01
T/D Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.052 T/D Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 2.672
Qualified: #13 6.630 203.46 #29 6.855 194.13
Jimmy Arabie wins on a red light. He races Cummings next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
440M Mallori McCullar-Rodgers 4942 Peter Vicari
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.589 201.19 0.005 7.152 153.53
T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.039 T/D Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.412
Qualified: #8 6.574 204.98 #24 6.746 200.83
Vicarin slowed around half track. McCullar-Rodgers races Ridenhour next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
739 Jonathan Fiello 44 John Angelle
E1 0.020 6.949 178.00 ****WINNER**** 0.061 6.616 204.88
T/D Dial: 6.85 (+/-): 0.099 T/D Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.056
Qualified: #26 6.775 182.72 #10 6.578 204.79
John Angelle's MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 7 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4053 Douglas Barnhart 4746 Mark Jones
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.123 6.391 211.76 0.022 7.930 114.72
T/D Dial: 6.38 (+/-): 0.011 T/D Dial: 6.67 (+/-): 1.260
Qualified: #2 6.435 199.20 #18 6.654 202.03
Jones slowed around half track. Barnhart races Angelle in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
402G Brian Gallagher 418X Allen Constantine
E1 0.166 17.789 39.62 ****WINNER**** 0.054 6.962 172.72
T/D Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 10.729 T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.362
Qualified: #31 7.046 196.27 #15 6.645 193.71
Gallagher was late, then rettled the tires and lifted.Constantine runs Weaver next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
766M Paul Gladden 4885 Jimmy Lewis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.589 208.42 0.002 6.479 189.84
T/D Dial: 6.49 (+/-): 0.099 T/D Dial: 6.48 (+/-): -0.001
Qualified: #14 6.639 209.72 #30 6.946 203.12
Lewis was three thousandths away from perfect, but took a thousandth too mych stripe. Gladden races Boesch next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4608 Michael Kile 405 Keith Raftery
E1 0.036 25.574 41.95 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.651 200.68
T/D Dial: 6.18 (+/-): 19.394 T/D Dial: 6.63 (+/-): 0.021
Qualified: #1 6.308 215.93 #17 6.647 201.22
Last pair. #1 qualifier Kile spun the tires hard and slowed. Raftery races Strain next round.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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