Sat, 21 Sep 2013, 11:32 AM
Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th
annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
400B Brett Patterson 453A Bradley Thompson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.874 182.40 -0.029 16.157 54.36
T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.074 T/D Dial: 6.15 (+/-): 10.007
Qualified: #17 6.889 197.94 #3 6.309 220.76
Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.39
inches, adjusted altitude 2,133 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.Patterson with a great light
and the win. Thompson turned on the red light and launched with wheel up and had a lot of tire
shake.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4318 Cody Draper 571P Anita Pulliam
E1 -0.016 7.328 182.53 ****WINNER**** -0.059 6.615 204.42
T/D Dial: 7.30 (+/-): 0.028 T/D Dial: 6.63 (+/-): -0.015
Qualified: #26 7.357 183.42 #12 6.660 204.14
Draper turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4551 Ronald Gibson 4142 James Ogden
E1 0.018 7.109 181.52 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.654 192.03
T/D Dial: 7.13 (+/-): -0.021 T/D Dial: 6.47 (+/-): 0.184
Qualified: #22 7.198 186.69 #8 6.530 206.67
Gibson the starting line advantage, but then took too much stripe to give the win to
Ogden.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4653 Larry Eidson 4979 Wade Pennington
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.297 215.44 -0.003 6.794 199.26
T/D Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.003 T/D Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.046
Qualified: #4 6.344 213.64 #18 6.892 197.19
Pennington turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4299 Jimmy Thibodeaux 42 Lee Lightfoot
E1 -0.021 6.746 170.75 ****WINNER**** 0.019 6.219 226.43
T/D Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 0.156 T/D Dial: 6.32 (+/-): -0.101
Qualified: #23 7.222 200.80 #9 6.543 215.58
Thibodeaux turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5580 Cynthia Davis 58 Jeff Koron
E1 -0.403 9.288 120.77 ****WINNER**** 0.042 6.652 204.20
T/D Dial: 7.36 (+/-): 1.928 T/D Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.002
Qualified: #28 28.000 NS #14 6.724 203.34
Davis goes red...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
437 Jenifer White 5186 George Slatten
E1 0.113 6.453 202.73 ****WINNER**** 0.238 6.850 188.04
T/D Dial: 6.51 (+/-): -0.057 T/D Dial: 6.81 (+/-): 0.040
Qualified: #6 6.503 210.87 #20 6.920 194.69
White with the starting line advantage and then takes too much stripe to give the win to
Slatten.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4608 Michael Kile 213A Anthony Bertozzi
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.294 215.72 0.015 6.797 187.16
T/D Dial: 6.26 (+/-): 0.034 T/D Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.067
Qualified: #2 6.126 224.06 #16 6.799 192.52
Michael Kile's MOV: 0.0277 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
480 Steve Evans 51 Phil Unruh
E1 0.166 8.640 105.40 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.611 171.45
T/D Dial: 6.45 (+/-): 2.190 T/D Dial: 6.45 (+/-): 0.161
Qualified: #19 6.898 193.29 #5 6.503 211.16
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4110 Cody Moore 421K Keith McCullar
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.326 180.52 0.016 6.523 205.57
T/D Dial: 7.29 (+/-): 0.036 T/D Dial: 6.48 (+/-): 0.043
Qualified: #24 7.348 182.80 #10 6.560 206.48
Cody Moore's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4281 Rob McKinley Jr. 428G Rodney Frazier
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 6.079 221.45 -0.014 6.681 205.51
T/D Dial: 6.08 (+/-): -0.001 T/D Dial: 6.71 (+/-): -0.029
Qualified: #1 6.122 220.94 #15 6.770 203.28
Frazier turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
428A Dennis Ake Jr 459D J.R. Baxter
E1 0.171 7.268 183.99 ****WINNER**** 0.003 6.696 181.62
T/D Dial: 7.31 (+/-): -0.042 T/D Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 0.076
Qualified: #25 7.353 182.65 #11 6.653 202.52
Baxter with a great light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
444Z Randy Zunker 405 Keith Raftery
E1 -0.003 6.835 195.34 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.458 203.77
T/D Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.015 T/D Dial: 6.44 (+/-): 0.018
Qualified: #21 6.924 194.83 #7 6.518 204.54
Zunker turns on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5908 Lyle Byrum 4357 Jeremy Maples
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.049 6.907 184.04
T/D Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999 T/D Dial: 7.55 (+/-): -0.643
Qualified: #13 6.686 200.89 #27 7.598 177.93
Byrum is a no show.
Timing data courtesy of
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