Sat, 12 Nov 2022, 12:58 PM Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 H218 Jeremy Hancock                        766 Melissa Murphy               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.140 225.67                    -0.012  6.182 219.22
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): -0.050             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Koron     ) 0.017  6.192  0.042      (D Hall      ) 0.024  6.246  0.016
 Qualified:            #17  6.448 225.94                        #9  6.228 221.52

Murphy goes red to give Hancock the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 637H Dylan Hough                          7044 Braiden Chesleigh            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.659 201.64                     0.061  6.090 224.66
         T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Torres    ) 0.014  6.692  0.002      (T Richardson) 0.000  6.099 -0.001
 Qualified:            #27  6.701 201.04                        #3  6.139 224.88

Hough with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   68 Bernie Plourd                        518R Mallory Reis                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.430 196.24                     0.057  6.594 205.76
         T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  0.040             T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Englen    ) 0.002  6.424  0.024      (J Wiens     ) 0.026  6.597  0.017
 Qualified:            #15  6.398 215.20                       #23  6.596 206.45

Plourd with a great light and the win. He will face Hough in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   17 Alan Kenny                           7091 Reed Taylor                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.092 210.64                     0.010  6.275 218.69
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.008             T/D  Dial: 6.29 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Wiens     ) 0.017  6.089 -0.011      (C Thode     ) -0.005  6.322  0.032
 Qualified:             #4  6.142 196.27                       #12  6.295 217.07

Alan Kenny's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7796 John Richardson                      710V Taylor Vetter                
E2                   0.019  9.684  77.92     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.349 210.60
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  3.584             T/D  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Warr      ) 0.000  6.091 -0.009      (B Hough     ) 0.024  6.344  0.034
 Qualified:             #5  6.157 197.88                       #13  6.319 220.76

Just 0.001 difference in RT's.

Richardson has engine problems down track and slows.

Vetter will face Hancock next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7468 George Prather                       7942 Thomas Bayer                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  6.657 201.64                     0.037  7.351 124.19
         T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.027             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  1.251
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Will      ) 0.011  6.650  0.000      (B Llamas    ) 0.002  6.080 -0.020
 Qualified:            #26  6.653 201.61                        #2  6.130 201.94

Bayer may have lost a blower belt as the pipes go wet down track and he slows to give the easy win to Prather.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   57 Kevin Wright                         7074 Duane Daniel                 
E2                   0.016  6.556 203.61     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.201 208.91
         T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-): -0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Yeager    ) 0.036  6.623  0.033      (R Comstock  ) 0.060  6.246  0.016
 Qualified:            #22  6.596 210.24                       #14  6.323 184.14

Prather will be in the other lane next round.

Duane Daniel's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0060 seconds (approximately 22 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  790 Taylor Wiens                         7911 Summer Richardson            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.195 227.96                     0.020  6.416 215.75
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Spiegel   ) 0.009  6.219  0.019      (T Smith     ) -0.028  6.449  0.019
 Qualified:             #8  6.208 227.00                       #16  6.432 215.44

Taylor Wiens will race Kenny next round. MOV: Opponent broke out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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