Sun, 19 Feb 2012, 19:28 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 168T Luc Angers                             21 Dylan Stott                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  4.364 160.00                     0.010  4.345 162.74
         T/D  Dial: 4.35 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 4.31 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Careccia  ) 0.019  4.366  0.006      (S Cohen     ) 0.001  4.317 -0.003
E1    (P Wheeler   ) 0.120  4.382  0.032      (K Cooke     ) 0.022  4.430  0.110
 Qualified:             #9  6.819 196.36                        #5  6.747 199.46

7:12 p.m. Luc Angers' MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2246 Melissa Hutson                         53 Les Feist                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005  3.983 181.20                     0.065  4.397 159.72
         T/D  Dial: 3.96 (+/-):  0.023             T/D  Dial: 4.40 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Kendrick  ) 0.067  3.977 -0.003      (L Roberts   ) 0.041  4.602  0.192
E1    (L Freer     ) 0.053  4.049  0.059      (S King      ) 0.013  4.442  0.042
 Qualified:             #2  6.199 223.17                       #14  6.898 195.31

Melissa Hutson's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0340 seconds (approximately 8 feet), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2412 Steven Furr                           226 Bill Empke                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  4.476 154.97                    -0.093 15.095  46.75
         T/D  Dial: 4.46 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 4.27 (+/-): 10.825
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Cauffield ) 0.013  4.488  0.008      (M Laws      ) 0.013  4.313  0.033
E1    (R Miller    ) 0.019  4.507  0.017      (L Barker    ) 0.049  4.302  0.012
 Qualified:            #22  7.072 186.74                        #3  6.675 205.44

Empke's car may have been broken when he staged it, when Furr went green, Empke slowly rolled forward and went red. Furr races Angers in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2059 Mark Brown                           2550 Angela Travis                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  4.375 158.48                    -0.015  4.489 154.19
         T/D  Dial: 4.39 (+/-): -0.015             T/D  Dial: 4.48 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Kalin     ) 0.008  4.408  0.018      (L Strickland) 0.002  4.784  0.574
E1    (A Peavler   ) 0.013  4.406 -0.034      (K Wells     ) 0.082  4.245  0.045
 Qualified:            #16  6.908 194.04                        #4  6.744 197.39

Travis went red and Brown will face Hutson in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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