Sat, 04 May 2019, 09:50 AM

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