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Sat, 04 May 2019, 09:50 AM

Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   5 Ross Laris                   
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.007  6.186 227.61
                                                   T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.107 230.37
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 75 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 2,832 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Laris with the bye.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Aaron Stanfield                      2969 Howard Bowman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.345 178.26                     0.131  8.526 157.78
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.135             T/D  Dial: 7.70 (+/-):  0.826
 Qualified:            #14  6.211 220.73                       #27  7.892 164.81
Stanfield with the bye and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Darian Boesch                        2415 Robert May                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.181  6.186 224.85                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): -0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 93.809
 Qualified:             #2  6.138 227.00                       #15  6.249 222.40
May is a no show to give Boesch the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Robert Houston                          2 Mark Jones                   
E1                   0.032  7.463 170.92     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.210 222.55
         T/D  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.023             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.000
 Qualified:            #26  7.435 179.23                       #13  6.204 225.75
Houston with the starting line advantage, but Jones runs dead on with a zero for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 459D J.R. Baxter                           232 Clint Riley                  
E1                   0.018  6.503 225.30     ****WINNER****  0.037  7.353 181.25
         T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.283             T/D  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:            #12  6.201 200.41                       #25  7.327 186.85
Baxter with the starting line advantage, but Riley holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2564 Bill Earnest                         H218 Jeremy Hancock               
E1                   0.002  6.300 217.25     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.078 188.28
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.090             T/D  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:            #10  6.177 223.95                       #23  7.056 188.78
Earnest with a near perfect light, but Hancock holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 444B Wayne Landry                          202 Steve Cohen                  
E1                   0.077  6.095 225.56     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.600 205.41
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.035             T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:             #7  6.170 225.90                       #20  6.597 201.46
Cohen with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 497B Rusty Baxter                         2520 Denver Maltba                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.212 196.16                     0.073  6.322 209.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.072             T/D  Dial: 6.28 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:             #3  6.139 225.22                       #16  6.261 221.96
Baxter with the starting line advantage and the win. Rusty Baxter's MOV: 0.0101 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3305 Madison Ellison                        35 John Strassweg               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.345 178.71                     0.040  6.198 209.82
         T/D  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  0.025             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #24  7.325 183.57                       #11  6.193 214.38
Ellison with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3244 Megan Strassweg                      4369 Holden Laris                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  7.047 181.52                     0.070  6.193 217.28
         T/D  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.007             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #22  7.035 189.98                        #9  6.176 229.12
Strassweg with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 W266 Wayne Brooks                         4948 Robert Cool                  
E1                  -0.013  6.172 224.92     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.043 189.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-): -0.038             T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:             #8  6.174 226.58                       #21  7.022 190.86
Brooks goes red to give Cool the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2708 Lauren Freer                         296C Larry Roberts                
E1                   0.034  6.347 213.50     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.224 215.93
         T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #19  6.345 221.56                        #6  6.166 222.18
Roberts with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 491C Mario Boesch                         2124 Jeff Strickland              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.202 215.89                     0.027  6.307 216.55
         T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:             #5  6.152 224.62                       #18  6.284 217.56
Boesch with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                           2271 Casey Spradlin               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.182 211.36                     0.020  6.314 226.43
         T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.28 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:             #4  6.147 228.73                       #17  6.271 229.35
Furr with the starting line advantage and the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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