Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 14:25 PM
Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7029 Bobby Ray McMahan 7531 Chris Thode
E1 -0.003 6.588 203.71 ****WINNER**** 0.063 6.824 196.76
T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): -0.012 T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #7 6.608 203.92 #23 6.812 195.90
10:41 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted
altitude 959 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.Chris Thode gets the easy win. MOV: opponent's -0.003 red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7848 Jon Bradford 756 Robert Button
E1 -0.004 17.241 46.20 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.810 185.03
T/D Dial: 6.01 (+/-): 11.231 T/D Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 0.050
Qualified: #1 6.038 231.64 #17 6.770 202.15
Bradford goes red by -0.004 and then his blown car does another burnout at the green. Button gets the free pass to round
two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7237 Steve Will 7117 Jake Morris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.613 202.09 0.019 7.001 175.94
T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.013 T/D Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.051
Qualified: #9 6.641 205.54 #25 6.827 198.99
Perfect RT for Will and he runs 0.013 to his dial for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
73 Roy Cracraft 6591 Moe Trujillo
E1 0.064 6.850 193.74 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.710 200.41
T/D Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.020 T/D Dial: 6.66 (+/-): 0.050
Qualified: #27 6.852 194.86 #11 6.650 203.00
Cracraft's dragster gets the wheels up on the launch, but Moe Trujillo gets the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0075 seconds
(approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7774 Rodger Comstock 7730 Mike MacBrair
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.006 6.980 170.54 0.025 6.871 180.02
T/D Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.050 T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.121
Qualified: #29 6.881 197.94 #13 6.746 198.70
Great 0.006 light for Comstock and he gets the easy win, as MacBrair slows.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7219 Geneva Nash 6319 Eddie Wells
E1 ****WINNER**** No Time No Time
T/D Dial: 6.79 (+/-): 93.209 T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 93.449
Qualified: #22 6.795 198.23 #6 6.570 211.83
Well that was weird. Both cars go up to stage and are backed off by the starter. Nash gets the car prestaged and Wells rolls
through the lights. Nash drives on down for the strange win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
613 Randy Pressel 713 Tom Koenen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.896 193.77 -0.007 6.773 199.85
T/D Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.006 T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 0.003
Qualified: #33 6.907 192.77 #21 6.788 199.88
Randy Pressel's MOV: opponent's -0.007 red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6077 Chuck Glanz 7693 Will Harrison
E1 0.035 6.760 197.74 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.916 193.05
T/D Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 0.000 T/D Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 0.006
Qualified: #15 6.749 200.17 #31 6.901 194.44
Will Harrison gets the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0171 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Glanz runs right on his dial to no
avail
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7391 Jimmy Johnson 7733 Melissa Westerman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.203 6.793 194.27 No Time
T/D Dial: 6.79 (+/-): 0.003 T/D Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 93.439
Qualified: #24 6.812 195.59 #8 6.628 201.58
The revs go sky high on Westerman's engine and she quickly clicks it off. Johnson gets the free pass to the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7208 Denny Hills 6374 Toni Prockish
E1 0.045 6.082 220.22 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.763 196.59
T/D Dial: 6.04 (+/-): 0.042 T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #2 6.080 221.52 #18 6.774 197.39
Toni Prockish has the better package for the win. MOV: 0.0421 seconds (approximately 14 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6229 Jim Pappas 6541 Paul Snell
E1 0.016 6.863 194.88 ****WINNER**** 0.028 6.698 199.91
T/D Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.007 T/D Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 0.018
Qualified: #28 6.858 196.99 #12 6.684 199.61
Paul Snell has the second best RT and gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.007.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4880 Jimmy Lewis 7353 Lyle Burnham
E1 0.030 8.776 98.90 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.289 133.35
T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 2.006 T/D Dial: 6.36 (+/-): 0.929
Qualified: #19 6.781 196.96 #3 6.359 212.90
Lewis gets the starting line advantage and then clicks it way early. Burnham slows for the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7468 George Prather 6087 Mark Colton Sr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.267 149.46 -0.013 9.304 106.57
T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.517 T/D Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 2.394
Qualified: #16 6.751 194.10 #32 6.904 194.58
George Prather's MOV: opponent's -0.013 red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7867 Dean Hall 7796 John Richardson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.854 176.42 0.035 7.127 160.56
T/D Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 0.094 T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.247
Qualified: #14 6.746 198.47 #30 6.891 193.46
Richardson slows and Hall gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7062 Chris Lindsay 7160 Andy Spiegel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.835 181.52 0.015 6.549 196.79
T/D Dial: 6.79 (+/-): 0.045 T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): -0.001
Qualified: #20 6.785 193.02 #4 6.531 206.89
11:02 a.m. RIchardson looks to have left some "stuff" down track. The sweepers are out in force!11:18 a.m. Back to
racing.
Spiegel has the front wheels up at the green and carries them out a long ways, but breaks out by -0.001. Lindsay gets the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7089 Terry White 780V Val Torres Jr.
E1 0.025 6.903 180.36 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.672 198.99
T/D Dial: 6.92 (+/-): -0.017 T/D Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #26 6.845 195.62 #10 6.643 201.34
Val Torres Jr.'s MOV: Opponent broke out.
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