Sat, 14 May 2016, 12:59 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2271 Casey Spradlin                         21 Steve Furr                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.528 208.97                    -0.005  6.413 219.51
         T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  0.048             T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hancock   ) 0.014  6.475  0.005      (L Freer     ) 0.024 12.035  5.635
 Qualified:            #11  6.506 210.64                        #4  6.348 221.60

12:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 2,920 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Furr misses the tree on the wrong side and gives the win to Spradlin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2124 Jeff Strickland                         5 Lynn Ellison                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.523 205.82                     0.020  6.421 210.44
         T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.41 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Walls     ) 0.028  6.489 -0.011      (D Nelson    ) 0.030  6.414  0.014
 Qualified:            #12  6.511 208.71                        #5  6.373 213.98

Strickland gets an almost perfect light and holds off Ellison for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Ross Laris                            170 Alan O'Brien                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.441 219.69                     0.043  6.245 223.28
         T/D  Dial: 6.41 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Luken     ) 0.031  6.386 -0.034      (P Dion      ) 0.120  6.363  0.173
 Qualified:             #9  6.444 220.73                        #2  6.180 226.16

Laris gets the advantage off the line and holds off O'Brien for the win.

Laris will take on Strickland in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3305 Madison Ellison                      2008 Robert Houston               
E2                   0.020  6.901 192.74     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.569 197.51
         T/D  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J R Baxter  ) 0.018  6.885  0.005      (G Thompson J) 0.121  6.542 -0.008
 Qualified:            #21  6.924 192.06                       #14  6.574 206.35

Houston gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

Robert Houston's MOV: 0.0070 seconds (approximately 24 inches).

Houston will take on Spradlin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3991 J.B. Strassweg                        408 Richard Prince               
E2                  -0.001  7.752 119.22     ****WINNER****  0.020 13.946  80.27
         T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  1.362             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  7.816
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Brannon   ) 0.019  6.436  0.016      (C Murray    ) 0.007  6.129  0.009
 Qualified:             #8  6.434 209.14                        #1  6.144 229.16

Strassweg just misses the tree and gives the win to Prince.

Prince rattles the tires off the line and has to back off the throttle.

Prince will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2151 Lindsey Barker                       W266 Wayne Brooks                 
E2                   0.029  6.376 199.08     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.086 186.02
         T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Roberts   ) 0.048  6.344 -0.026      (B Earnest   ) 0.042  7.072 -0.028
 Qualified:             #3  6.264 216.24                       #24  7.103 187.26

Barker gets the advantage off the line but Brooks takes the stripe and the win.

Wayne Brooks' MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  445 Aaron Stanfield                       202 Steve Cohen                  
E2                  -0.004  6.390 208.46     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.557 194.74
         T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.010             T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Moses     ) 0.042  6.391  0.021      (J Lynch     ) 0.019  6.573  0.033
 Qualified:             #6  6.391 207.98                       #13  6.564 201.82

Stanfield leaves a little too quickly and gives the win to Cohen.

Cohen will take on Brooks in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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