Sun, 06 May 2012, 10:40 AM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 4 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
 4099 Lee Lightfoot                        4470 Mike Nicoll                  
E4   ****WINNER**** -0.002  6.589 208.62                    -0.136  7.287 186.76
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.107
 Prior rounds:
E3                   -0.002  6.667  0.077      (N ARSEMENT  ) 0.022  7.185 -0.005
E2    (K BROUSSARD ) 0.023  6.630  0.040      (T ROBINSON  ) 0.019  7.202  0.002
E1    (L RUTLAND   ) 0.005  6.610  0.010      (M KEYLICH   ) 0.036  7.237  0.037
 Qualified:             #3  6.509 210.97                       #16  7.190 188.04

9:31 a.m. Nicoll pulled the trigger too soon. Look at Lightfoot's numbers on the free time trial...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4072 Chase Murray                         4653 Larry Eidson                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.365 207.13                     0.072  7.091 189.15
         T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.005             T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R SPRUELL   ) 0.024  6.359 -0.031      (E RIDENHOUR ) 0.033  7.102  0.012
E2    (J MOHANA    ) 0.018  6.764  0.374      (A COWAN     ) 0.016  7.108  0.018
E1                   0.037  6.396  0.046      (J OGDEN     ) 0.023  7.107  0.017
 Qualified:             #1  6.322 219.51                       #14  7.083 190.35

Chase Murray's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0240 seconds (approximately 7 feet), opponent broke out. Chase Murray's package: 0.019. He gets a bye to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4246 T.J. Tracey                          4941 Sam Patrick                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.467 172.47                     0.024  7.354 183.11
         T/D  Dial: 7.46 (+/-):  0.007             T/D  Dial: 7.31 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R ZUNKER    ) 0.031  7.588  0.118      (J THIBODEAUX) 0.005  7.364  0.014
E2    (C MITCHELL  ) 0.031  7.483 -0.007                     0.040  7.355 -0.025
E1    (J ADAMS     ) 0.032  7.476  0.006      (A MCCOOL    ) 0.022  7.407  0.077
 Qualified:            #30  7.483 179.03                       #22  7.316 183.97

Tracey was tough at both ends of the track. T.J. Tracey's MOV: 0.0534 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Tracey's package: 0.015. He will race Lightfoot in the semifinals.T.J.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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