Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 12:20 PM
Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello
Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
696M Mark Simmons 7774 Rodger Comstock
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.672 177.23 0.126 7.182 186.38
T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.072 T/D Dial: 7.19 (+/-): -0.008
Qualified: #12 6.611 208.46 #28 7.213 185.28
Weather conditions: air temperature 49 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 28.96
inches, adjusted altitude 959 feet, track temperature 54 degrees.Simmons with the starting line
advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6 Zach Sackman 77 Brianna Wiens
E1 -0.034 6.755 146.43 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.905 193.60
T/D Dial: 6.15 (+/-): 0.605 T/D Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.005
Qualified: #3 6.231 193.05 #19 6.897 193.99
Sackman goes red to give Wiens the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7155 Jeff Connelly 6010 Grant Durie
E1 0.030 6.700 194.80 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.701 197.54
T/D Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 0.020 T/D Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 0.021
Qualified: #30 10.049 85.00 #14 6.688 197.62
Durie with a few tick advantage on the tree and win in a close one. Grant Durie's MOV: 0.0021
seconds (approximately 7 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
423K Kendra Larson 7219 Geneva Nash
E1 -0.013 7.127 187.60 ****WINNER**** 0.006 6.433 211.69
T/D Dial: 7.14 (+/-): -0.013 T/D Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 0.003
Qualified: #24 7.144 187.31 #8 6.450 210.87
Larson goes red to give Nash the win. Nash with a great light and then runs dead on with a
three. Geneva Nash's package: 0.009.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7145 Jennifer Wiens 3896 Steve Hamilton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 6.274 221.52 -0.030 7.035 191.54
T/D Dial: 6.31 (+/-): -0.036 T/D Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.045
Qualified: #6 6.319 220.15 #22 7.013 190.89
Hamilton goes red to give Wiens the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7182 John Taylor 75 Mike MacBrair
E1 -0.003 6.600 204.85 ****WINNER**** 0.051 6.925 207.05
T/D Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.130 T/D Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.405
Qualified: #15 6.739 203.83 #31 28.000 NS
Taylor is just a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give MacBrair
the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
708 Jeff Taylor 7100 Dan Naylor
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.234 187.18 0.023 6.637 201.46
T/D Dial: 7.21 (+/-): 0.024 T/D Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.013
Qualified: #29 7.222 187.16 #13 6.658 202.30
Taylor with the slight starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7 Steve Casner 710 Mike Mendenhall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 7.032 193.02 -0.009 6.382 219.15
T/D Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.042 T/D Dial: 6.35 (+/-): 0.032
Qualified: #23 7.014 192.11 #7 6.373 219.54
Mendenhall is a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Casner the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6591 Moe Trujillo 7116 Lori Warden
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.604 204.51 No Time
T/D Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 0.034 T/D Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 92.819
Qualified: #10 6.590 204.17 #26 7.200 185.00
Warden with problems before staging and drives off to give Trujillo the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6640 Trevor Ritchie 7212 Peyton Januik
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.578 198.82 0.019 7.226 174.41
T/D Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.018 T/D Dial: 7.14 (+/-): 0.086
Qualified: #9 6.575 209.23 #25 7.151 183.72
Ritchie with a slight starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7942 Thomas Bayer 7029 Bobby Ray McMahan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.852 184.52 0.036 6.196 224.14
T/D Dial: 6.82 (+/-): 0.032 T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): -0.004
Qualified: #18 6.836 195.51 #2 6.213 223.54
McMahan with a couple ticks on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Bayer the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6087 Mark Colton 76 John Richardson
E1 0.033 7.051 195.90 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.478 163.65
T/D Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.331 T/D Dial: 6.16 (+/-): 0.318
Qualified: #17 6.798 197.25 #1 6.168 225.60
Richardson with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5149 Phil Unruh 1 Paul Nero
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 6.154 232.19 -0.003 6.963 192.03
T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.024 T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #4 6.254 197.19 #20 6.958 192.22
Nero is a just a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Unruh the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
8 Steve Will 171M John Taylor Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 6.329 182.55 0.017 7.636 131.08
T/D Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 0.139 T/D Dial: 6.98 (+/-): 0.656
Qualified: #5 6.271 199.76 #21 6.991 192.41
Taylor Jr. with the starting line advantage, but has problems and slows and Will drives around
him for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7168 James Warden D712 Phil Dion
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.216 180.50 0.019 6.575 197.97
T/D Dial: 7.19 (+/-): 0.026 T/D Dial: 6.66 (+/-): -0.085
Qualified: #27 7.207 185.05 #11 6.610 227.61
Warden with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
71 Ed Olpin 6379 Don Knoblauch
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.736 200.35 No Time
T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): -0.034 T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 93.229
Qualified: #16 6.786 200.20 #32 28.001 NS
Knoblauch is a no show to give Olpin the freebie.
Timing data courtesy of
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