Sat, 06 Nov 2021, 22:20 PM Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7145 Jennifer Wiens                        751 Steve Moeller                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.531  88.06                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  3.341             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 93.809
 Qualified:             #7  6.189 225.15                       #30  6.735 200.08

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 3,605 feet.

Moeller is a no-show to give Wiens the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 571P Anita Strasburg                      7638 Mark Yeager                  
E1                   0.063  6.102 233.48     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.633 192.22
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.008             T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:             #1  6.100 241.02                       #24  6.582 202.36

Yeager with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6056 Mark Barnhardt                       696M Mark Simmons                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.245 180.96                     0.036  6.544 201.61
         T/D  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.065             T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.094
 Qualified:            #43  7.201 185.87                       #20  6.425 220.66

Simmons with the starting line advantage, Barnhardt held on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7942 Thomas Bayer                          551 Rick Milinazzo               
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.005  6.390 213.20                    -0.001  7.094 186.48
         T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.030             T/D  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #17  6.383 213.50                       #40  7.029 188.25

Milinazzo is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Bayer the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6206 Jake Neibauer                        710V Taylor Vetter                
E1                   0.027  6.847 195.65     ****WINNER****  0.057  6.347 217.35
         T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #34  6.842 196.56                       #11  6.238 221.05

Neibauer with the starting line advantage, but took a little too much stripe to give Vetter the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 706D Damon Bustamante                     7029 Bobby Ray McMahan            
E1                  -0.004  6.793 187.29     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.164 223.21
         T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.023             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #31  6.778 198.41                        #8  6.189 223.25

Bustamante is a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give McMahan the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7711 Don London                           5492 Gary Wamboldt                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.428 207.66                     0.046  7.180 178.54
         T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.008             T/D  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #18  6.387 212.56                       #41  7.172 183.94

London with a few ticks on the tree and runs dead-on with an eight for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6075 Steve Cook                           7014 Steve Schneider              
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.538  6.488 223.39
         T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 93.199             T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.328
 Qualified:            #33  6.842 204.98                       #10  6.224 223.73

Cook couldn't get the car to fire and Schneider gets the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1884 Philip Mollichella                   780H Hannah Cook                  
E1                   0.008  6.323 216.41     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.931 181.79
         T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-): -0.057             T/D  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #14  6.360 215.96                       #37  6.921 189.28

Mollichella with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Cook the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  790 Taylor Wiens                           75 Mike Mendenhall              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055  6.952 188.23                     0.043  6.379 208.55
         T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.012             T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #38  6.945 192.11                       #15  6.366 218.76

Mendenhall with the starting line advantage, but took a little too much stripe to give Wiens the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4608 Michael Kile                         710F Craig Blaisdell              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.100 227.73                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.000             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 93.899
 Qualified:             #4  6.128 228.15                       #27  6.642 201.70

Blaisdell is a no-show to give Kile the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6591 Moe Trujillo                         7091 Reed Taylor                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.225 165.54                     0.022  6.684 166.62
         T/D  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.145             T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.334
 Qualified:            #36  6.918 196.22                       #13  6.354 209.69

Taylor with a tick advantage on the tree, but Trujillo holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Dan Naylor                           637H Dylan Hough                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.632 206.13                    -0.039  6.844 195.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.232             T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #12  6.303 214.35                       #35  6.847 195.00

hough goes red to give Naylor the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6515 Brian Hough                          7902 Brianna Wiens                
E1                  -0.500  9.966  83.77     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.359 214.55
         T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  2.976             T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #39  6.976 194.66                       #16  6.367 215.27

Hough left before the third amber to give Wiens the win. She has a near perfect light...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7531 Chris Thode                             2 Bradley Johnson              
E1                   0.008  6.848 197.22     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.206 208.59
         T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.028             T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #32  6.832 197.62                        #9  6.191 226.54

A couple great lights and chases Thode down for the win in a close one. Bradley Johnson's MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7237 Steve Will                           7586 Kenny Upton                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  6.124 218.69                     0.014  6.585 206.10
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:             #3  6.115 231.12                       #26  6.613 208.46

Will with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                            3195 Blake Peavler                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.594 207.75                     0.008  6.121 217.77
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #25  6.590 208.26                        #2  6.106 205.51

Peavler with a great light, but Hall holds on running dead-on with a four for the win. Dean Hall's MOV: 0.0124 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7219 Geneva Nash                          5186 George Slatten               
E1                   0.008  6.493 197.10     ****WINNER****  0.102  7.438 179.95
         T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-): -0.027             T/D  Dial: 7.45 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #22  6.501 208.62                       #45  7.428 179.47

Nash with a great light, but took too much stripe to give slatten the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  774 Bruce Williams                       7089 Terry White                  
E1                   0.265  6.440 216.13     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.427 168.35
         T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): -0.040             T/D  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #21  6.468 216.20                       #44  7.402 180.79

White with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 John Richardson                        68 Bernie Plourd                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  6.169 220.30                     0.008  6.566 201.67
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.074
 Qualified:             #5  6.137 222.47                       #28  6.669 208.71

Plourd with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Richardson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7468 George Prather                       7155 Jeff Connelly                
E1                   0.041  6.974 190.94     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.434 188.33
         T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.324             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.294
 Qualified:            #29  6.685 202.12                        #6  6.147 227.38

Prather with the starting line advantage, but Connelly chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Art Hoover                            617 Steve Thompson               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.520 204.48                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.54 (+/-): -0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 93.459
 Qualified:            #23  6.557 203.61                       #46 11.271  86.67

Thompson is a no-show to give Hoover the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Shaunda Blinzler                     3896 Steve Hamilton               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.005  7.148 187.23
         T/D  Dial: 7.16 (+/-): 92.839             T/D  Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #19  6.391 218.12                       #42  7.187 186.90

Blinzler is a no-show to give Hamilton the win. Hamilton with a great light on the single.

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