Sat, 26 Jun 2010, 09:56 AM Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 335X Dave Connolly                        1635 Katie Gardner                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.999 186.85                     0.021  6.962 180.16
        T/D  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.019             T/D  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #14  6.785 199.17                       #30  6.924 190.16

9:04 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,825 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

First pair of the "Go Fast" bracket.

Almost identical RT and dial ins, so a close race.

Dave Connolly's MOV: 0.0221 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3030 Chuck Maruniak                       2412 Steve Furr                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.207  6.922 189.12
        T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-): 93.549             T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.122
 Qualified:             #3  6.518 200.41                       #19  6.830 192.22

Nitrous vs. blower.

Maruniak does the burn out and stops out on the track. Furr has to shut off and wait for the blown car to be pushed back. He'll get the free pass to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  257 Dennis Kline                         369K Harold Katz                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.724 198.00                    -0.004  6.837 195.11
        T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-): -0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #10  6.722 198.41                       #26  6.873 197.88

Dennis Kline wins on a -0.004 red light by Katz.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  105 Mike Gardner                           33 Rick Forish                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 14.244  64.10                    -0.012  6.640 205.57
        T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  7.394             T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #21  6.840 191.62                        #5  6.623 205.29

Gardner may have broke on the pass, but it doesn't matter, as Forish had already gone red by -0.012.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3558 Rob Kropfeld                         1506 Gary Antinora                
E1                   0.007  6.838 192.63     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.673 199.37
        T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.032             T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.027
 Qualified:            #24  6.861 198.12                        #8  6.701 203.19

Good looking side by side race with identical 0.007 RTs and a close double breakout win for Antinora.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 329A Tyson Fabish                         314B Troy Stone                   
E1                   0.017  6.827 186.61     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.084 226.39
        T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.037             T/D  Dial: 6.08 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:            #17  6.806 197.94                        #1  6.072 230.65

Two good lights and Stone runs 0.004 to his dial for the four foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  316 Thomas Martino                         31 John Coughlin                
E1                   0.006  6.842 181.69     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.627 198.06
        T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.028             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #22  6.851 189.92                        #6  6.631 206.73

John Coughlin wins on a double-breakout after Martino cuts a 0.006 light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3726 Pascal Lecompte                       202 Steve Cohen                  
E1                   0.034  6.712 200.83     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.891 179.21
        T/D  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:             #9  6.709 200.26                       #25  6.864 194.80

Advantage Cohen off the line and a seven foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Dean McIlvain                         340 Terry Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.757 194.46                     0.011  6.820 194.35
        T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.027             T/D  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.060
 Qualified:            #11  6.737 202.61                       #27  6.873 195.42

Dean McIlvain wins on a breakout. Two great lights too.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 342T Bob Cireddu                           334 Jeff Brown                   
E1                   0.043  6.902 188.86     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.746 191.10
        T/D  Dial: 6.92 (+/-): -0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #29  6.905 190.86                       #13  6.751 196.22

Jeff Brown wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  321 Jim Kreitzer                         357X Ricky Adkins                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.109  6.690 184.75                     0.021  7.192 178.24
        T/D  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.050             T/D  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.142
 Qualified:             #4  6.610 202.33                       #20  6.838 195.93

Kreitzer is way late, but drives around Adkins, when he slows on the top end.

Jim Kreitzer's MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  170 Alan O'Brien                           34 James Monroe                 
E1                   0.083  6.889 195.70     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.784 187.34
        T/D  Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #28  6.891 191.54                       #12  6.746 197.65

O'Brien is running a 500ci AMC engine!

Monroe gets a 0.004 RT and wins on O'Brien's -0.001 breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Jeffrey Serra                         333 Marco Abruzzi                
E1                   0.007  6.945 183.64     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.844 168.89
        T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-): -0.045             T/D  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.064
 Qualified:            #31  6.971 190.94                       #15  6.795 194.24

Two good lights and Marco Abruzzi wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  156 Michael Galofaro                     2550 Angie Travis                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.709 194.46                     0.090  6.821 198.64
        T/D  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.019             T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:             #7  6.687 200.68                       #23  6.860 196.44

Big wheels up leave for Galofaro and the breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3230 Frank Carpinelli                     2692 Dylan Stott                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.000 185.89                    -0.001  6.808 194.80
        T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.000             T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #32  7.030 185.69                       #16  6.796 197.05

Stott goes red by -0.001 and then Carpinelli runs right on his 7.000 dial in to boot!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2090 Eddie Careccia                        362 Joe West                     
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.029  6.785 199.14
        T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 93.199             T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:             #2  6.483 223.95                       #18  6.827 198.82

West gets a single, when Careccia is a No Show.

9:30 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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