Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 18:10 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7796 John Richardson                      7498 Steve Casner                 
E3                   0.002  6.346 201.64     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.056 185.54
         T/D  Dial: 6.28 (+/-):  0.066             T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Snell     ) 0.014  6.313  0.033      (J Harry Bond) 0.001  7.123  0.113
E1    (G Durie     ) 0.062  6.428  0.148      (C Phelps    ) 0.024  6.982  0.002
 Qualified:             #8  6.283 221.67                       #28  7.018 186.90

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,672 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Richardson with a near perfect light, but doesn't run the number and Casner gets the win in a close one.

Steve Casner's MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5501 Eddie Olpin Jr.                       387 Mike Coughlin                
E3                  -0.014  6.812 198.20     ****WINNER****  0.009  6.143 193.88
         T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.05 (+/-):  0.093
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Ritchie   ) 0.033  6.830  0.030      (T White     ) 0.012  6.052  0.032
E1    (B Fitzpatric) 0.048  6.862  0.112      (S Faller    ) 0.034  6.227  0.137
 Qualified:            #23  6.801 198.32                        #3  6.135 216.55

Olpin Jr. goes red and Coughlin gets the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7591 Frank Young                          7160 Andy Spiegel                 
E3                  -0.314  6.701 203.34     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.670 200.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.011             T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Byrum     ) 0.019  6.702  0.002      (C Thode     ) 0.017  6.658  0.008
E1    (J Bradford  ) 0.004  6.707  0.027      (R Comstock  ) -0.009  6.622 -0.008
 Qualified:            #18  6.688 203.40                       #14  6.634 200.32

Young goes red and Spiegel with the freebie. He will face Casner in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  756 Bob Button                              8 Jesse Adams                  
E3                   0.009  5.982 233.80     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.041 226.05
         T/D  Dial: 6.00 (+/-): -0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.01 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Glanz     ) 0.019  6.003  0.003      (G Krause    ) 0.055  6.184  0.124
E1    (T Jardino   ) 0.021  6.004  0.004      (D Morgan    ) 0.047  5.938 -0.102
 Qualified:             #1  6.013 233.80                        #5  6.155 205.10

They both dial them down and Button with a great light, but takes too much stripe to give Adams the win. Adams will face Coughlin in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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