Sat, 18 May 2019, 11:55 AM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1440 Aldan Miller                         2300 Carson Brown                 
E2                   0.019  7.366 162.20     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.879 174.59
         T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.426             T/D  Dial: 7.54 (+/-):  0.339
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Houston   )       20.133 13.193      (G Kelley    ) 0.013  7.550  0.040
 Qualified:            #17  6.926 191.62                       #23  7.517 177.04

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,792 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Miller with the starting line advantage, but Brown gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 255B Barry Brown                          171M John Taylor Jr.              
E2                   0.022  7.520 176.01     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.986 191.92
         T/D  Dial: 7.54 (+/-): -0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Jamieson  ) 0.019  7.544  0.004      (B Mullins   ) 0.041  6.974  0.004
 Qualified:            #24  7.544 174.91                       #18  6.980 191.97

Taylor Jr. with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1055 Kenneth Moses                         171 David Batchelor              
E2                   0.050  6.611 196.33     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.059 191.46
         T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-): -0.019             T/D  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Jamieson  ) 0.026  6.716  0.086      (L Freer     ) 0.018  7.045  0.015
 Qualified:            #12  6.639 199.26                       #19  7.026 192.00

Batchelor with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 214B William Brown III                    1410 Deborah DiGenova             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.364 203.34                     0.005  6.891 193.68
         T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.061
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Taylor    ) 0.015  6.342  0.032      (S Furr      ) 0.011  6.875  0.075
 Qualified:             #8  6.337 213.30                       #15  6.785 192.99

DiGenova with a great light, but Brown III gets the win. He will have the bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         1611 Chad Traylor                 
E2                  -0.003  7.645 174.19     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.193 177.21
         T/D  Dial: 7.67 (+/-): -0.025             T/D  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Dunn      ) 0.021  7.654  0.024      (G Gallagher ) 0.018  7.162 -0.008
 Qualified:            #26  7.661 174.12                       #20  7.178 184.22

Fletcher is a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Traylor the win. He will face Brown in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2007 Junior Houston                         17 Carmen Mollichella           
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.419 162.16                     0.013  7.066 174.66
         T/D  Dial: 7.38 (+/-):  0.039             T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.116
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Michaud   ) 0.019  7.413  0.023      (A Kenny     ) 0.009  6.947  0.017
 Qualified:            #22  7.355 179.78                       #16  6.924 193.16

Mollichella with a tick advantage, but Houston holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                           Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.197 222.07     
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-): -0.013    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Di Genova ) 0.009  6.178  0.028   
 Qualified:             #1  6.144 223.28                     Bye

Bertozzi with the bye, he will face Taylor Jr. in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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