Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 11:16 AM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 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
 4170 David Strain                          405 Keith Raftery                
E2                   0.026  7.137 184.37     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.731 188.49
        T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.367             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.081
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Cool      ) 0.038  6.780  0.030      (M Kile      ) 0.021  6.651  0.021
 Qualified:            #25  6.767 198.96                       #17  6.647 201.22

10:03 a.m. Strain pedaled and Raftery went by before half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4053 Douglas Barnhart                       44 John Angelle                 
E2                   0.184 36.865  26.06     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.677 191.87
        T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-): 30.475             T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Jones     ) 0.123  6.391  0.011      (J Fiello    ) 0.061  6.616  0.056
 Qualified:             #2  6.435 199.20                       #10  6.578 204.79

Barnhart broke on the launch and coasted through.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   56 Phil Unruh                             49 John Garner                  
E2                   0.015  6.555 204.48     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.697 203.52
        T/D  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.085             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J White     ) 0.080  6.460  0.000      (J Gascoyne  ) 0.030  6.740  0.160
 Qualified:             #3  6.459 212.73                       #11  6.595 205.76

John Garner's MOV: 0.0118 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 440M Mallori McCullar-Rodgers              403 Ed Ridenhour                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.640 202.18                    -0.007  7.502 176.19
        T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.080             T/D  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Vicari    ) 0.007  6.589  0.039      (M Le Bleu   ) 0.004  7.442  0.022
 Qualified:             #8  6.574 204.98                       #32  7.433 177.74

Mallori McCullar-Rodgers wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 766M Paul Gladden                         491C Mario Boesch                 
E2                   0.080  6.631 207.24     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.867 188.44
        T/D  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.091             T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lewis     ) 0.011  6.589  0.099      (W Kruse     ) 0.047  6.804  0.024
 Qualified:            #14  6.639 209.72                       #22  6.730 203.61

Mario Boesch's MOV: 0.1005 seconds (approximately 31 feet). He races Angelle in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Brandon Chauvin                      4717 Shane LeJeune                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.562 201.67                     0.000  6.690 205.72
        T/D  Dial: 6.53 (+/-):  0.032             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Kohutek   ) 0.023  6.512  0.002      (T Koenen    ) 0.028  6.652  0.052
 Qualified:             #4  6.484 207.59                       #12  6.614 209.04

Brandon Chauvin's MOV: 0.0180 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He races Mallori-Rodgers in the quarters.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 437M Mike Weaver                          418X Allen Constantine            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.804 190.35                     0.139  6.735 201.94
        T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.054             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.105
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Barker    ) 0.025  6.731  0.011      (B Gallagher ) 0.054  6.962  0.362
 Qualified:            #23  6.744 200.38                       #15  6.645 193.71

Mike Weaver's MOV: 0.1654 seconds (approximately 49 feet). He races Garner next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Jimmy Arabie                         4548 Britt Cummings               
E2                   0.024  6.816 192.28     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.791 199.11
        T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.046             T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Feist     ) 0.018  6.758 -0.052      (K McCullar  ) 0.024  6.782  0.032
 Qualified:            #13  6.630 203.46                       #21  6.729 202.24

Britt Cummings' MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 2 feet). H eraces Raftery next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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