Sat, 05 May 2012, 17:33 PM
Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza,
Day Two:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4653 Larry Eidson 4X42 James Ogden
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.023 7.107 189.39 0.024 7.681 173.24
T/D Dial: 7.09 (+/-): 0.017 T/D Dial: 7.70 (+/-): -0.019
Qualified: #14 7.083 190.35 #34 7.627 175.13
3:53 p.m. Almost identical lights, Ogden took too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
418 Ron Matheny 4950 Bill Thomas
E1 -0.500 8.170 126.67 ****WINNER**** 0.048 7.882 170.71
T/D Dial: 7.25 (+/-): 0.920 T/D Dial: 7.80 (+/-): 0.082
Qualified: #18 7.251 188.79 #38 7.872 168.53
Matheny left at least one bulb early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4419 Ryan Spruell 482A Thomas Levatino
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.829 170.74 0.005 7.303 174.85
T/D Dial: 7.80 (+/-): 0.029 T/D Dial: 7.24 (+/-): 0.063
Qualified: #37 7.831 169.39 #17 7.211 185.33
Levatino had a great light, could not catch Spruell. Ryan Spruell's MOV: 0.0273 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4072 Chase Murray Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 6.396 218.97
T/D Dial: 6.35 (+/-): 0.046
Qualified: #1 6.322 219.51 Bye
Murray gets the scheduled bye.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4935 Joseph Mohana Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.095 191.16
T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.055
Qualified: #12 7.035 191.89 Bye
Mohana was supposed to run car 9X44 - that turned out to be a bogus number, was not discovered until the cars were already
paired. He will run Murray next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
403 Ed Ridenhour 4407 Nick Carmena
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 No Time -0.008 10.956 75.61
T/D Dial: 7.29 (+/-): 92.709 T/D Dial: 7.55 (+/-): 3.406
Qualified: #19 7.278 183.93 #39 7.883 172.18
Ridenhour gets an easy win...then his car dies and coasts to a stop at half track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4170 David Strain 2 Austin Cowan
E1 -0.500 6.873 196.97 ****WINNER**** 0.018 7.440 180.03
T/D Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.043 T/D Dial: 7.43 (+/-): 0.010
Qualified: #4 6.816 198.15 #24 7.394 179.10
Strain left at least one bulb early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4551 Ron Gibson 4772 Shawn Labue
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.010 7.466 180.18 -0.500 8.146 154.50
T/D Dial: 7.48 (+/-): -0.014 T/D Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 1.196
Qualified: #27 7.448 180.25 #7 6.907 198.41
Labue also "beat the tree," more than a bulb early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4X97 Wynette Hudgins 459A Justin Albritton
E1 0.016 7.015 192.63 ****WINNER**** 0.024 7.514 178.32
T/D Dial: 6.98 (+/-): 0.035 T/D Dial: 7.51 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #9 6.985 193.17 #29 7.480 177.09
Justin Albritton's MOV: 0.0238 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4822 Scott Ball 444Z Randy Zunker
E1 0.037 7.724 169.71 ****WINNER**** 0.010 7.182 186.21
T/D Dial: 7.72 (+/-): 0.004 T/D Dial: 7.17 (+/-): 0.012
Qualified: #35 7.636 175.43 #15 7.094 190.67
Rucker put together a 0.022 package to take Ball out. Randy Zunker's MOV: 0.0191 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4473 Keith Broussard 2444 Scott Pruitt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.103 190.75 0.013 7.652 173.81
T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.063 T/D Dial: 7.60 (+/-): 0.052
Qualified: #13 7.058 192.10 #33 7.600 175.02
Broussard was perfect on the tree, Pruitt was a little over a hundredth back. Good race! Keith Broussard's MOV: 0.0022 seconds
(approximately 7 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4312 Crystal Peterson 477 Chris Mitchell
E1 -0.044 7.645 172.18 ****WINNER**** 0.575 8.160 167.50
T/D Dial: 7.62 (+/-): 0.025 T/D Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 0.820
Qualified: #20 7.301 188.32 #40 8.076 168.19
Peterson went red and Mitchell saved the parts for round 2.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4299 Jimmy Thibodeaux 4973 Kenny Salvadra
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.045 192.88 0.001 7.573 177.86
T/D Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 0.045 T/D Dial: 7.50 (+/-): 0.073
Qualified: #8 6.968 195.69 #28 7.478 179.03
Salvadra was almost perfect on the tre, let Thibodeaux get by at the stripe. Jimmy Thibodeaux's MOV: 0.0035 seconds
(approximately 11 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4545 Gordon Cole 4186 Michael Pennington
E1 -0.019 6.886 199.60 ****WINNER**** 0.003 7.487 179.92
T/D Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.004 T/D Dial: 7.50 (+/-): -0.013
Qualified: #5 6.872 197.58 #25 7.423 181.15
Cole went red and Pennington advances.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
413M Audy McCool 4941 Sam Patrick
E1 0.010 6.676 210.28 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.407 174.68
T/D Dial: 6.47 (+/-): 0.206 T/D Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.077
Qualified: #2 6.455 215.93 #22 7.316 183.97
McCool had a very good light, but could not run the number.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4994 Ken Zeller 403A Dennis Reynolds
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.085 182.85 0.016 7.603 179.89
T/D Dial: 7.07 (+/-): 0.015 T/D Dial: 7.56 (+/-): 0.043
Qualified: #11 7.031 190.39 #31 7.558 180.61
These two were just 0.004 seconds apart at the green, but Zeller ran much closer to his dial for the win. Ken Zeller's MOV:
0.0328 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4470 Mike Nicoll 499M Michael Keylich
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 7.237 187.57 -0.007 7.719 172.61
T/D Dial: 7.20 (+/-): 0.037 T/D Dial: 7.74 (+/-): -0.021
Qualified: #16 7.190 188.04 #36 7.737 172.14
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4099 Lee Lightfoot 4672 Lyndon Rutland
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.610 209.74 0.023 No Time
T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.010 T/D Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 92.599
Qualified: #3 6.509 210.97 #23 7.383 181.08
Lightfoot had a great light and something blew through the timing beams in Rutland's lane. However, Lightfoot had a 0.015
package, better than Rutland's reaction time, so Lightfoot was the clear winner and there won't be a rerun.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4167 T-Glen Rester 4083 Neil Arsement
E1 -0.500 8.859 99.76 ****WINNER**** 0.025 7.331 185.14
T/D Dial: 6.70 (+/-): 2.159 T/D Dial: 7.29 (+/-): 0.041
Qualified: #41 9.153 97.46 #21 7.304 185.75
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
421X John Angelle 4225 Todd Robinson
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.495 178.74
T/D Dial: 7.52 (+/-): 92.479 T/D Dial: 7.52 (+/-): -0.025
Qualified: #6 6.889 198.98 #26 7.434 179.17
Angelle was a no-show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4246 T.J. Tracey 4249 Jeb Adams
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 7.476 179.56 No Time
T/D Dial: 7.47 (+/-): 0.006 T/D Dial: 7.47 (+/-): 92.529
Qualified: #30 7.483 179.03 #10 6.997 193.00
Adams was a no-show.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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