Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 22:39 PM Top Dragster Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA, Ninth annual Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7531 Chris Thode                            77 Val Torres Jr.               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.014 190.65                     0.021  6.859 195.45
         T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Thompson  ) 0.013  7.024  0.014      (D Hills     ) 0.021  6.878  0.038
E3    (D Lee       ) 0.013  7.024  0.014      (D Provost   ) 0.024  6.873  0.033
E2                   0.008  7.022  0.032      (S Moeller   ) 0.010  6.841  0.021
E1    (J Bradford  ) 0.007  6.971  0.001      (J Dawson    ) 0.035  6.862  0.072
 Qualified:            #22  6.942 192.14                       #15  6.768 199.26

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Chris Thode's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0040 seconds (approximately 14 inches), opponent broke out. Chris Thode's package: 0.016.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7160 Andy Spiegel                               Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.933 No Time           
         T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 93.159    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (E Olpin JR  ) 0.016  6.901  0.061   
E3    (R Comstock  ) 0.046  6.950  0.110   
E2    (G Krause    ) 0.004  6.857  0.027   
E1    (A Englen    ) 0.037  6.814  0.014   
 Qualified:            #16  6.768 198.15                     Bye

Spiegel took the green. He will race Thode for the Top Dragster Wally.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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