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Sun, 26 Feb 2012, 18:04 PM

Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in HUGHES PERFORMANCE Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7848 Jon Bradford                         7791 George Clark                 
E3                   0.021  7.267 182.95     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.998 194.74
         T/D  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.017             T/D  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Roubicek  ) 0.020  7.281  0.021      (P Snell     ) 0.005  6.990  0.010
E1    (J Overland  ) 0.010  7.256  0.006      (L Burnham   ) 0.006  6.958  0.018
 Qualified:            #42  7.236 185.26                       #25  6.964 194.66

3:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 28.16 inches, adjusted altitude 3,379 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Bradford was the winner of the 7-1 race here on Friday and George Clark sends him home today in a close finish. MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 24 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                          5186 George Slatten               
E3                   0.014  6.779 194.24     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.970 190.89
         T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Dawson    ) 0.018  6.759  0.019                     0.003  6.954  0.044
E1    (R Scott     ) 0.025  6.701 -0.029      (D Hills     ) 0.053  6.951  0.011
 Qualified:             #8  6.708 201.22                       #24  6.913 190.32

Identical 0.014 RT's and George Slatten runs 0.010 to his dial for the win. MOV: 0.0193 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Phil Unruh                           7336 Justin Davis                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.468 214.14                     0.061  7.018 187.57
         T/D  Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.11 (+/-): -0.092
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Trujillo  ) 0.021  6.499  0.029      (S Molinari  ) 0.054  7.125  0.065
E1    (C Hawk      ) 0.022  6.456  0.016      (J Lewis     ) 0.062  7.098  0.078
 Qualified:             #4  6.446 215.07                       #32  7.035 187.86

Phil Unruh misses his dial by just -0.002 for the win. MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  744 Del Cox Jr                           780V Val Torres Jr.               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.069  6.879 191.84                     0.044  6.847 196.42
         T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.009             T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Rumis     ) 0.038  6.898  0.028      (J Lobner    ) 0.055  6.852  0.052
E1    (D Johnson   ) 0.047  6.909  0.049      (A Madrid    ) 0.028  6.829  0.059
 Qualified:            #17  6.854 193.74                       #12  6.776 198.70

Del Cox Jr wins on the top end with a 0.009 to his dial in. MOV: 0.0032 seconds (approximately 11 inches). Cox will run Clark later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5002 Kent Kroeker                         5822 John Lobner                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.896 196.30                     0.028  6.874 191.87
         T/D  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M MacBrair  ) 0.003  6.882  0.022                     0.012  6.854  0.044
E1    (D Aguayo    ) 0.003  6.855  0.005      (R Cracraft  ) 0.010  6.819  0.009
 Qualified:            #18  6.860 197.86                       #13  6.793 198.85

Only 0.001 difference in their RT's and 0.003 in their dial ins. Kent Kroeker runs closer at the top end for the win. MOV: 0.0096 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Davis in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 766M Paul Gladden                         7056 Chuck Phelps                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.565 211.49                    -0.002  7.360 166.91
         T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  0.085             T/D  Dial: 7.33 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Upton     ) -0.031  6.656  0.186      (C Lindsey   ) 0.004  7.352 -0.008
E1    (A Pulliam   ) 0.019  6.467  0.017      (G Nash      ) 0.020  7.355  0.055
 Qualified:             #5  6.472 212.83                       #44  7.314 182.23

Phelps's goes red by -0.002 and Gladden takes the win and will race Slatter in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink