Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 10:38 AM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Silver Dollar Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  270 Cynthia Farrow                       2090 Eddie Careccia               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.173 169.64                     0.081  6.056 232.63
        T/D  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.083             T/D  Dial: 6.07 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Miller    ) 0.012  7.163  0.073      (J Burnett   ) 1.677 16.271 10.201
 Qualified:            #26  7.111 182.43                        #2  6.074 231.68

10:28 a.m. Careccia is last off the line and breaks out trying to run down Farrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Vance Houston                        2749 Scott King                   
E2                  -0.010  7.361 179.49     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.431 179.16
        T/D  Dial: 7.34 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.081
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schumert  ) 0.136  8.342  1.002      (C Spradlin  ) 0.030  7.405  0.055
 Qualified:            #30  7.337 181.35                       #22  6.891 198.06

Houston leaves a little too soon and gives the win to King.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2855 Ken Wells                             202 Steve Cohen                  
E2                  -0.001  6.860 194.52     ****WINNER**** -0.010  6.838 196.99
        T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Stott     ) 0.003  6.879  0.019      (R Adkins    ) 0.005  6.851  0.021
 Qualified:            #20  6.835 197.28                       #12  6.664 206.26

Wells just misses the tree and gives Cohen the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 343A Larry Conolty                        2946 Vaughn Cauffield             
E2                   0.004  6.693 200.41     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.988 193.13
        T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.007             T/D  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Payne     ) 0.004  6.751  0.041      (P Oakley    ) 0.029  7.028  0.058
 Qualified:            #15  6.697 202.09                       #23  6.978 194.80

Conolty gets the hole shot but takes a little too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2139 Steve Estes                          3506 Troy Galbraith               
E2                   0.055 11.268  70.91     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.944 153.37
        T/D  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  4.298             T/D  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  0.274
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Eyer      ) 0.102  7.025  0.065      (B George    ) 0.020  6.715  0.025
 Qualified:            #21  6.860 195.76                       #13  6.674 202.76

Estes comes off the line, gets about 300 feet out and smoke starts pouring from the right side header.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3985 Bob Nichols                          2550 Angela Travis                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.060 187.86                     0.021  6.767 197.62
        T/D  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.010             T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Elliott   ) 0.065  7.061  0.011      (B Bridges   ) 0.100  6.754  0.054
 Qualified:            #19  6.819 201.34                       #11  6.660 201.31

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2656 Phil Owens                           5066 Dan Phelps                   
E2                   0.001  7.467 167.88     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.677 197.62
        T/D  Dial: 7.41 (+/-):  0.057             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Roberts   ) 0.008  7.442  0.022      (K Cooke     ) 0.002  6.697  0.037
 Qualified:            #32  7.417 180.21                        #8  6.632 202.76

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 418X Allen Constantine                    3991 John Strassweg               
E2                   0.015  6.761 197.42     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.701 195.11
        T/D  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.041             T/D  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hutson    ) 0.054  6.763  0.043      (L Freer     ) 0.021  6.731  0.011
 Qualified:            #17  6.710 200.50                        #9  6.647 201.64

In the next round it will be Strassweg vs. Galbraith, Nichols vs. Caufield, Farrow vs. king, and Cohen vs. Phelps.

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