Sat, 09 Feb 2019, 17:11 PM
Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello
Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
708 Jeff Taylor 5149 Phil Unruh
E2 0.024 6.789 194.16 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.229 226.01
T/D Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 0.029 T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 0.029
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Devenpeck ) 0.016 6.760 -0.040 (B Wiens ) 0.009 6.186 0.006
Qualified: #26 6.784 194.83 #3 6.139 233.96
Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.87
inches, adjusted altitude 1,783 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.Unruh with the starting line
advantage and the win. Phil Unruh's MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
171M John Taylor Jr. 7089 Terry White
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.008 7.153 167.18 No Time
T/D Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 0.123 T/D Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 92.899
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Trujillo ) 0.011 7.078 0.048 (M Mendenhall) 0.057 7.126 -0.034
Qualified: #30 7.028 192.25 #22 6.679 201.61
Taylor Jr. with a great light and the win. White's car didn't move after the light turned
green. Taylor Jr. will face Unruh in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6640 Trevor Ritchie 8 Steve Will
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.017 6.586 197.42 0.017 6.269 226.81
T/D Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.026 T/D Dial: 6.24 (+/-): 0.029
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Hamilton ) -0.424 6.556 0.056 (G Durie ) 0.074 6.259 0.049
Qualified: #14 6.503 211.69 #6 6.186 231.28
They have identical reaction times and Ritchie gets the win in a close one. Trevor Ritchie's
MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 14 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7145 Jennifer Wiens 2501 Kevin Brannon
E2 -0.005 6.392 218.65 ****WINNER**** -0.008 6.291 185.00
T/D Dial: 6.38 (+/-): 0.012 T/D Dial: 6.23 (+/-): 0.061
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Comstock ) 0.002 6.401 0.061 (A Spiegel ) 0.018 6.265 0.055
Qualified: #10 6.336 212.86 #2 6.131 225.48
Wiens is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Brannon the win. He will
face Ritchie in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7942 Thomas Bayer 6 Zach Sackman
E2 0.033 10.306 82.60 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.364 182.58
T/D Dial: 6.82 (+/-): 3.486 T/D Dial: 6.24 (+/-): 0.124
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Nash ) 0.039 6.840 0.000 (J Connelly ) 0.002 6.320 0.110
Qualified: #27 6.829 195.73 #4 6.161 226.32
Sackman with the starting line advantage and the win as Bayer has problems.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7122 Tony Jardino 1 Paul Nero
E2 0.035 6.671 200.53 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.983 190.83
T/D Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.031 T/D Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.033
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Dion ) 0.039 6.654 -0.016 (A Hoover ) 0.017 6.967 0.017
Qualified: #20 6.664 202.58 #28 6.937 192.93
Nero with the starting line advantage and the win. Paul Nero's MOV: 0.0188 seconds
(approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7029 Bobby Ray McMahan 71 Ed Olpin
E2 0.059 6.388 225.26 ****WINNER**** 0.033 6.821 187.11
T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.258 T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 0.051
Prior rounds:
E1 0.035 6.298 0.168 (K Upton ) 0.019 6.780 0.030
Qualified: #1 6.120 226.92 #24 6.746 200.98
Olpin with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Nero in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
75 Mike MacBrair 76 John Richardson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.050 6.580 182.35 0.015 6.979 148.23
T/D Dial: 6.51 (+/-): 0.070 T/D Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.459
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Fitzpatric) 0.042 6.558 -0.142 (P Januik ) 0.015 7.709 1.189
Qualified: #23 6.703 211.63 #16 6.525 208.65
Richardson with the starting line advantage, but has problems and MacBrair gets the win. He
will face Sackman in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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