Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 11:47 AM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Sunset Racecraft Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Mark Jones                           470L Michelle LeBleu              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086  6.674 174.64                     0.007  6.480 207.40
         T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.104             T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-): -0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Strain    ) 0.040  6.590 -0.030      (B Chauvin   ) 0.048  6.532  0.012
 Qualified:            #15  6.631 204.23                        #7  6.545 207.78

10:29 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 30.21 inches, adjusted altitude 475 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

The trand today has been "take the stripe and lose." Conditions are making breakouts all too common this morning. LeBleu had a nice double-oh light, took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4067 David Smith                          4935 Joseph Mohana                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.558 204.08                     0.021  7.071 190.24
         T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-): -0.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lewis     ) -0.010  7.805  1.285      (J Arabie    ) 0.058  7.136 -0.074
 Qualified:            #10  6.567 202.45                       #34  7.226 185.46

David Smith's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 437M Mike Weaver                          4653 Larry Eidson                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.876 178.21                     0.064  6.426 207.34
         T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.46 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Frazier   ) 0.024  6.984  0.104      (S Benoit    ) 0.136  6.454 -0.046
 Qualified:            #28  6.874 198.85                        #4  6.500 204.01

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 491C Mario Boesch                         4399 Gary Mock                    
E2                   0.008  7.122 190.11     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.990 180.96
         T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.392             T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.240
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Gascoyne  ) 0.024  7.027  0.187      (J White     ) 0.003  6.769 -0.031
 Qualified:            #33  7.194 202.45                       #22  6.776 202.15

Boesch had a great light, but was off the pace on the top end, his speed at leat 10 mph off. Mock races Smith in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4053 Douglas Barnhart                     400B Brett Patterson              
E2                   0.157  6.571 223.14     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.710 196.22
         T/D  Dial: 6.41 (+/-):  0.161             T/D  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Garner    ) 0.033 16.055 10.155      (L South     ) 0.020  6.721 -0.079
 Qualified:             #3  6.467 211.49                       #27  6.814 202.21

Barnhart was late, then rattled the tires. Patterson faces Jones next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4948 Robert Cool                            43 Keith McCullar               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  6.632 184.37                    -0.003  6.638 203.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.052             T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Brener    ) 0.001  6.674 -0.006      (W Kruse     ) 0.037  8.096  1.456
 Qualified:             #8  6.565 202.79                       #16  6.661 198.93

Cool faces Weaver next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4600 Todd Schumert                          44 Allen Constantine            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  6.580 205.16                    -0.013  6.614 204.79
         T/D  Dial: 6.62 (+/-): -0.040             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.064
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Andrus    ) 0.105  6.667 -0.033      (D Burleson  ) 0.034  6.593  0.043
 Qualified:            #21  6.753 200.05                       #13  6.619 204.05

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4299 Jimmy Thibudeax                      4608 Michael Kile                 
E2                  -0.001  6.911 164.89     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.165 222.33
         T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.121             T/D  Dial: 6.06 (+/-):  0.105
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R LeJeune   ) 0.008  7.149  0.339      (M Rodgers   ) 0.075  6.406  0.216
 Qualified:            #25  6.811 196.39                        #1  6.081 224.47

Double-oh lights in both lanes, but Thibudeaux's was on the wrong side of green. Kile races Schumert next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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