Sat, 22 Feb 2014, 17:51 PM
Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th
annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7208 Denny Hills 5116 Dave Slatten
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.084 208.59 0.024 6.731 201.85
T/D Dial: 6.07 (+/-): 0.014 T/D Dial: 6.69 (+/-): 0.041
Qualified: #1 6.040 224.14 #17 6.686 203.00
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.64
inches, adjusted altitude 2,880 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Hills with the slight
starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7029 Bobby Ray McMahan 7762 Chuck Hawk
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 6.610 204.26 -0.002 6.835 199.52
T/D Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.030 T/D Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.005
Qualified: #10 6.604 204.76 #26 6.825 199.40
Hawk was just a little too quick on the tree and turned on the red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7774 Rodger Comstock 73 Mera Silvia
E1 0.013 6.839 198.73 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.637 203.16
T/D Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.001 T/D Dial: 6.63 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #27 6.842 199.17 #11 6.623 204.23
Comstock with the starting line advantage and then took just a little too much stripe to give
Silvia the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6718 Shane Molinari 71 Jake Morris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.123 6.790 203.49 No Time
T/D Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.010 T/D Dial: 6.46 (+/-): 93.539
Qualified: #22 6.763 204.20 #6 6.443 213.67
Morris broke on the burnout and Molinari gets the freebie.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7219 Geneva Nash 52 Phil Unruh
E1 0.041 9.331 93.82 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.643 180.81
T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 2.531 T/D Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 0.073
Qualified: #24 6.800 200.29 #8 6.560 211.30
Nash was out of the groove and over by the wall before he clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7921 Gary Campbell 6087 Mark Colton Sr.
E1 0.135 6.296 223.32 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.745 198.47
T/D Dial: 6.29 (+/-): 0.006 T/D Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.015
Qualified: #3 6.273 223.80 #19 6.725 199.26
Colton with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Silvia in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5186 George Slatten 7336 Justin Davis
E1 0.215 6.708 198.50 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.036 181.89
T/D Dial: 6.71 (+/-): -0.002 T/D Dial: 6.98 (+/-): 0.056
Qualified: #16 6.673 199.17 #32 6.966 190.43
Davis with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Unruh in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6541 Paul Snell 5002 Kent Kroeker
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.485 194.88 0.034 6.844 196.87
T/D Dial: 6.45 (+/-): 0.035 T/D Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.064
Qualified: #7 6.445 214.28 #23 6.797 198.03
They have identical reaction times and Snell gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6591 Moe Trujillo 6640 Trevor Ritchie
E1 0.052 6.706 192.49 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.975 190.92
T/D Dial: 6.67 (+/-): 0.036 T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.035
Qualified: #14 6.650 204.66 #30 6.936 194.55
Ritchie with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Molinari in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7848 Jon Bradford 7730 Mike MacBrair
E1 0.029 6.112 231.04 ****WINNER**** 0.046 6.758 195.76
T/D Dial: 6.07 (+/-): 0.042 T/D Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.018
Qualified: #2 6.060 233.24 #18 6.719 198.67
Bradford with the better light, but MacBrair gets the win. He will face McMahan in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
713 Tom Koenen 756 Bob Button
E1 0.014 6.545 194.21 ****WINNER**** 0.009 6.774 205.19
T/D Dial: 6.42 (+/-): 0.125 T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #5 6.379 214.59 #21 6.754 205.29
Button with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
51 Jeff Koron 709 Chuck Phelps
E1 -0.474 14.123 78.57 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.093 196.39
T/D Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 7.553 T/D Dial: 6.85 (+/-): 0.243
Qualified: #9 6.570 205.01 #25 6.815 192.44
Koron with problems on the starting line and turned on the red light. Phelps will face Hill in
the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7189 Dean Carter 77 Val Torres Jr.
E1 0.065 6.931 184.50 ****WINNER**** 0.028 6.687 199.35
T/D Dial: 6.98 (+/-): -0.049 T/D Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #31 6.961 188.94 #15 6.664 202.12
Torres Jr. with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Snell in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7942 Thomas Bayer 7468 George Prather
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.996 189.36 0.019 6.856 193.77
T/D Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.006 T/D Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 0.096
Qualified: #33 6.981 196.50 #20 6.732 196.27
Bayer is in as an alternate for Burnham. Prather with the starting line advantage, but Bayer
gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7160 Andy Spiegel 7531 Chris Thode
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.696 193.90 0.031 6.900 193.74
T/D Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.046 T/D Dial: 6.87 (+/-): 0.030
Qualified: #12 6.631 202.48 #28 6.869 195.19
This is a great drag race with Spiegel getting the win. He will face Bayer in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7237 Steve Will 7062 Chris Lindsay
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.690 193.02 0.003 6.936 187.42
T/D Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 0.010 T/D Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.046
Qualified: #13 6.636 202.24 #29 6.910 189.68
Lindsay with a great light, but Will gets the win by about four feet. Will will face Button in
the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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