Sat, 27 Sep 2014, 22:25 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 314B Troy Stone                           3110 John Deakins                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.172 202.73                     0.018  7.206 143.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.07 (+/-):  0.102             T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.806
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mandell   ) 0.035  6.108  0.008      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.019  6.411  0.011
 Qualified:             #3  6.115 233.44                       #11  6.405 212.56

9:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 1,873 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Deakins was moving around early in the run and was off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3151 George Atchison                       397 Phillip Oakley               
E2                  -0.001  8.056 105.53     ****WINNER**** -0.008  6.490 204.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  1.406             T/D  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Koron     ) 0.029  6.661  0.001      (R Prince    ) 0.070  6.491  0.001
 Qualified:            #28  6.651 201.61                       #20  6.506 205.29

Atchison just misses the tree and gives the win to Oakley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Phil Unruh                           3879 Richard Edwards              
E2                   0.068  6.664 193.93     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.138 192.58
         T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.304             T/D  Dial: 6.00 (+/-):  0.138
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Strickland) 0.014  6.416  0.046      (R Moser     ) 0.011  6.050  0.010
 Qualified:             #9  6.373 217.70                        #1  6.052 230.17

Edwards gets the holeshot and is off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 177K Alan Kenny                           594T Todd Piper                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.527 208.17                     0.020  6.736 193.07
         T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.017             T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Tidrick   ) 0.026  6.557  0.017      (V Nannini   ) 0.007  6.711  0.011
 Qualified:            #22  6.552 211.16                       #30  6.714 196.42

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   53 Larry Piper                          440M Mallori Rodgers              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.533 194.13                     0.040  9.054 147.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.083             T/D  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  2.564
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Riddle    ) 0.035  6.714  0.264      (L Freer     ) 0.024  6.614  0.124
 Qualified:            #13  6.412 211.30                       #21  6.510 206.73

Piper gets the win and will take on Edwards in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Daniel Oldham                        352N Tony Atchison                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.411 201.07                     0.028  6.856 189.28
         T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.066
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Fisher    ) 0.012  6.388  0.008      (R McKinley  ) 0.023  6.826  0.036
 Qualified:            #10  6.401 210.83                       #34  6.804 191.54

Atchison takes the win and will take on Kenny in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3991 JB Strassweg                         5066 Dan Phelps                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.542 203.98                     0.024  6.669 201.01
         T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hessling  ) 0.027  6.520 -0.020      (L Dicken    ) 0.017  6.655 -0.015
 Qualified:            #23  6.555 205.38                       #15  6.480 212.39

Strassweg gets the holeshot and the win. He will take on Stone in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 306K Kyle Dvorak                           437 Jenifer White                
E2                   0.004  6.537 196.27     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.282 214.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.077             T/D  Dial: 6.26 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mohana    ) 0.009  6.506  0.006      (B Basgall   ) 0.008  6.284  0.014
 Qualified:            #16  6.481 214.04                        #8  6.322 214.35

White gets the win and will take on Oakley in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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