Sat, 26 Jun 2010, 11:02 AM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 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                          31 John Coughlin                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.989 188.81                     0.042  6.643 200.17
        T/D  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Gardner   ) 0.022  6.999  0.019      (T Martino   ) 0.015  6.627 -0.023
 Qualified:            #14  6.785 199.17                        #6  6.631 206.73

10:51 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 3,087 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Great light for Connolly and he takes the six foot hole shot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  202 Steve Cohen                          314B Troy Stone                   
E2                   0.024  6.858 193.02     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.081 229.31
        T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.08 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lecompte  ) 0.012  6.891  0.021      (T Fabish    ) 0.023  6.084  0.004
 Qualified:            #25  6.864 194.80                        #1  6.072 230.65

Troy Stone wins on a -0.002 breakout by Cohen.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  257 Dennis Kline                          362 Joe West                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.264 141.03                           No Time      
        T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.524             T/D  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 93.219
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Katz      ) 0.018  6.724 -0.016      (E Careccia  ) -0.029  6.785 -0.015
 Qualified:            #10  6.722 198.41                       #18  6.827 198.82

For some reason, the starter motioned West back away from the line and he has to shut off the engine. Klein hammers the throttle and clicks it early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  321 Jim Kreitzer                           34 James Monroe                 
E2                   0.056  6.601 204.91     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.741 195.73
        T/D  Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.039             T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Adkins    ) 0.109  6.690  0.050      (A O'Brien   ) 0.004  6.784  0.054
 Qualified:             #4  6.610 202.33                       #12  6.746 197.65

James Monroe wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  105 Mike Gardner                          334 Jeff Brown                   
E2                   0.018  7.059 179.61     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.811 184.90
        T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.109             T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Forish    ) 0.022 14.244  7.394      (B Cireddu   ) 0.025  6.746 -0.004
 Qualified:            #21  6.840 191.62                       #13  6.751 196.22

Lot of banging in the headers from Brown's engine going down the track. It's good enough though, as Gardner can't run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Dean McIlvain                        2412 Steve Furr                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  6.797 183.22                     0.028 13.468  51.17
        T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.057             T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  6.668
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.016  6.757  0.027      (C Maruniak  ) 0.207  6.922  0.122
 Qualified:            #11  6.737 202.61                       #19  6.830 192.22

Furr has a big advantage at the green and then lifts before the 330 lights. McLlvain gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3230 Frank Carpinelli                     1506 Gary Antinora                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.031 181.86                     0.001  6.730 201.31
        T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Stott     ) 0.018  7.000  0.000      (R Kropfeld  ) 0.007  6.673 -0.027
 Qualified:            #32  7.030 185.69                        #8  6.701 203.19

Antinora cards a super 0.001 RT and can't catch Carpinelli before the lights.

Frank Carpinelli's MOV: 0.0181 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  156 Michael Galofaro                      333 Marco Abruzzi                
E2                   0.037  6.708 191.87     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.820 174.19
        T/D  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Travis    ) 0.046  6.709  0.019      (J Serra     ) 0.005  6.844  0.064
 Qualified:             #7  6.687 200.68                       #15  6.795 194.24

Abruzzi has the better light and takes a four foot hole shot win over Galofaro.

10:59 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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