Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 02:24 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 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
   38 Dean McIlvain                         333 Marco Abruzzi                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.853 200.68                     0.029  6.900 180.89
        T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.083             T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Furr      ) 0.054  6.797  0.057      (M Galofaro  ) 0.021  6.820  0.020
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.016  6.757  0.027      (J Serra     ) 0.005  6.844  0.064
 Qualified:            #11  6.737 202.61                       #15  6.795 194.24

2:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.75 inches, adjusted altitude 4,209 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

McLlvain cuts a 0.002 light and takes the win by two feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  334 Jeff Brown                           314B Troy Stone                   
E3                   0.025  6.767 188.46     ****WINNER****  0.003  6.224 226.62
        T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.023             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Gardner   ) 0.023  6.811  0.071      (S Cohen     ) 0.024  6.081  0.001
E1    (B Cireddu   ) 0.025  6.746 -0.004      (T Fabish    ) 0.023  6.084  0.004
 Qualified:            #13  6.751 196.22                        #1  6.072 230.65

Stone has been deadly with low six second runs. It's easy this time as Brown breaks out. Terrific RT for a blown car!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3230 Frank Carpinelli                       34 James Monroe                 
E3                   0.027  7.553 170.00     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.857 179.78
        T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.543             T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.097
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Antinora  ) 0.022  7.031  0.031      (J Kreitzer  ) 0.016  6.741  0.011
E1    (D Stott     ) 0.018  7.000  0.000      (A O'Brien   ) 0.004  6.784  0.054
 Qualified:            #32  7.030 185.69                       #12  6.746 197.65

Advantage Monroe at the green and gets an easy win, as Carpinelli slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  257 Dennis Kline                         335X Dave Connolly                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.762 195.00                     0.028  7.065 188.73
        T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-): -0.008             T/D  Dial: 7.08 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J West      ) 0.034  7.264  0.524      (J Coughlin  ) 0.007  6.989  0.029
E1    (H Katz      ) 0.018  6.724 -0.016      (K Gardner   ) 0.022  6.999  0.019
 Qualified:            #10  6.722 198.41                       #14  6.785 199.17

Dennis Kline wins on a double-breakout. -0.008 to -0.015

2:20 p.m. Brown vs. McLlvain and Klein vs. Monroe in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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