Sat, 14 Oct 2017, 11:51 AM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 397F Patty Fisher                            4 Aaron Stanfield              
E2                  -0.003  6.219 225.48     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.206 220.73
         T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.099             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Barker    ) 0.029  6.090  0.000      (R Laris     ) 0.003  6.200 -0.010
 Qualified:             #5  6.134 227.61                       #13  6.201 220.37

10:38 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 29.49 inches, adjusted altitude 2,944 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Fisher leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Stanfield.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4087 Mike Greene                          492G Wayne Johnson                
E2                  -0.006  6.247 209.69     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.178 224.81
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.037             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Purvis    ) 0.015  6.345  0.135      (J Robinson  ) 0.012  6.128 -0.052
 Qualified:            #16  6.225 217.74                        #8  6.179 225.56

Greene leaves a little early and goes red giving the win to Johnson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4030 William Kruse                         499 Kevin Grubbs                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.180 225.30                     0.057  6.319 213.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.040             T/D  Dial: 6.28 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Gibson    ) 0.036  6.201  0.081      (M Jones     ) 0.002  6.284 -0.016
 Qualified:             #3  6.105 230.84                       #27  6.317 214.31

Grubbs is a little behind off the line and then the dragster starts moving around near the end of the run. Kruse goes around him late in the run and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4455 Bill Swann                           4059 Jim Thorp                    
E2                  -0.009  6.302 222.00     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.252 220.30
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Barnhart  ) 0.018  6.303  0.053      (W Hudgins   ) 0.026  6.236 -0.004
 Qualified:            #15  6.211 224.81                       #23  6.276 218.94

Swann leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Thorp.

Thorp will take on Kruse in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Bob Henry                            4979 Wade Pennington              
E2                  -0.002 12.486  83.15     ****WINNER****  0.000  6.056 233.72
         T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  6.156             T/D  Dial: 6.05 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Ellison   ) 0.005  6.321  0.041      (A Kenny     ) 0.015  6.124  0.044
 Qualified:             #9  6.190 222.51                        #1  6.048 231.75

Henry just misses the tree;Pennington has a perfect light and has a .006 package to take the win.

Pennington will take on Stanfield in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Jenifer White                        398F Joe Fisher                   
E2                   0.028  6.186 206.86     ****WINNER****  0.003  6.217 207.27
         T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.006             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Giroux    ) 0.035  6.220  0.040      (D Nelson    ) 0.040  6.201 -0.019
 Qualified:            #12  6.200 218.48                       #20  6.247 220.08

Fisher gets a great light and has a .020 package to take the win.

Fisher will take on Johnson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4142 James Ogden                          430E Shane Eperjesi               
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.016  6.430 210.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.31 (+/-): 93.689             T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Boesch    ) 0.013  6.298 -0.002      (C Peterson  ) 0.038  6.394 -0.016
 Qualified:            #22  6.266 223.88                       #30  6.430 209.36

Ogden had problems getting the dragster going and did not make a pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 J.R. Baxter                            58 Jeff Koron                   
E2                   0.028  6.206 208.84     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.157 229.94
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.056             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Ellison   ) 0.008  6.192  0.022      (C Murray    ) 0.022  6.166  0.046
 Qualified:            #10  6.198 198.93                        #2  6.105 231.48

Koron gets a great light and puts together a .021 package to take the win.

Koron will take on Eperjesi in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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