Sun, 20 Sep 2015, 20:03 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA, 11th annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3528 Andrew Johnson                       3505 Jim Prevo                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.110 221.16                     0.012  6.504 209.62
         T/D  Dial: 6.04 (+/-):  0.070             T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.124
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Harmon    ) 0.035  6.313  0.173      (E Toolis    ) -0.007  6.389  0.009
 Qualified:             #2  6.235 210.67                        #9  6.407 209.98

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Andrew Johnson's MOV: 0.0280 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Phillip Oakley                        139 Eddie Syrek                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  6.455 206.95                     0.038  6.483 216.13
         T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Elrod     ) 0.029  6.448  0.008      (R Moser     ) 0.014  6.526  0.026
 Qualified:            #14  6.492 208.91                       #21  6.579 214.86

Phillip Oakley's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Karma Hopper                         2151 Lindsey Barker               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.409 209.39                     0.025  6.311 210.28
         T/D  Dial: 6.41 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Keller    ) 0.011  6.422 -0.058      (T Fisher    ) 0.021  6.326  0.006
 Qualified:            #15  6.505 208.94                        #8  6.401 209.95

Karma Hopper's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0070 seconds (approximately 2 feet) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  369 Joe Hessling                         2007 Junior Houston               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.296 212.33                     0.025  6.465 201.40
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Martino   ) 0.031  6.384  0.034      (D Norris    ) 0.002  6.505  0.025
 Qualified:            #25  6.708 217.46                       #18  6.523 201.34

These two hit the stripe less than a thousandth apart, but Hessling had the better light and the smaller breakout and he got the win light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Robert Vance Houston                  341 Rich Fritsche                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.616 171.16                     0.310  6.598 207.66
         T/D  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.146             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kirk      ) 0.002  6.506  0.006      (M Trauth    ) 0.008  6.702  0.002
 Qualified:            #19  6.531 208.42                       #26  6.790 202.06

Fritsche was very late and Houston slowed way down on the top end, still got there first by over a car length.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  326 Danny Waddle Jr.                      344 B J Sexton                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  7.020 193.07                     0.027  6.498 211.03
         T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.030             T/D  Dial: 6.41 (+/-):  0.088
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Deakins   ) 0.004  7.018  0.028      (A Tidrick   ) 0.010  6.423 -0.057
 Qualified:            #27  7.155 191.67                       #20  6.568 210.28

Danny Waddle Jr.'s MOV: 0.0430 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  333 Marco Abruzzi                        398F Joe Fisher                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.290 218.23                     0.006  6.406 207.34
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.010             T/D  Dial: 6.44 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Roberts   ) 0.067  6.764  0.434      (T Elliott   ) 0.026  6.446 -0.004
 Qualified:            #10  6.429 215.55                       #17  6.510 214.25

Fisher hed the light, but took too much stripe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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