Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 12:48 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Chris Thode                             2 Alan Kenny                   
E2                   0.058  6.585 205.79     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.142 211.30
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wiens     ) 0.018  6.591 -0.009      (M Reis      ) 0.001  6.156  0.016
 Qualified:            #30  6.614 203.89                        #6  6.133 225.37

9:32 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,649 feet.

Alan Kenny runs two to his dial for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0380 seconds (approximately 11 feet), opponent broke out by -0.005

Alan Kenny's package: 0.015.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780H Hannah Cook                          503A Jeff Koron                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.260 212.53                     0.015  6.069 218.87
         T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hamilton  ) 0.028  6.813  0.553      (S Schneider ) 0.007  6.065 -0.035
 Qualified:            #13  6.280 215.00                        #5  6.126 231.12

Staging battle on the starting line.

Hannah Cook takes the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6010 Grant Durie                          699B Aaron Steinkey               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.402 216.31                     0.019  6.256 216.38
         T/D  Dial: 6.43 (+/-): -0.028             T/D  Dial: 6.29 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Yeager    ) 0.011  6.463  0.003      (M Trujillo  ) 0.007  6.355  0.045
 Qualified:            #23  6.540 210.87                       #15  6.300 215.37

Just 0.003 difference in RT's and Grant Durie gets the win. MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Taylor Vetter                        7237 Steve Will                   
E2                   0.007  6.202 210.73     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.123 234.82
         T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.032             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Geise     ) 0.006  6.185  0.005      (T Ritchie   ) 0.042  6.145  0.045
 Qualified:             #9  6.169 225.33                        #1  6.113 234.74

Vetter nails the tree with a seven light, but shakes the tires at the green.

Steve Will gets the win MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 13 inches). He races Cook in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Dylan Hough                          7613 Kevin Kleineweber            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.572 205.51                     0.014  6.110 213.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Naylor    ) 0.020  6.642  0.062      (B Wiens     ) 0.004  6.103  0.003
 Qualified:            #28  6.595 204.79                        #4  6.125 194.91

Dylan Hough is quicker off the starting line by 0.003 and scores the close win running two to his dial. MOV: 0.0118 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   12 Vince Musolino                       7160 Andy Spiegel                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.557 186.28                     0.014  6.845 186.43
         T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.047             T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.495
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Richardson) 0.020  6.534  0.014      (J Richardson) 0.008  6.359 -0.011
 Qualified:            #26  6.580 193.85                       #18  6.373 209.30

Just two thousands difference at the green.

Spiegel slows around half track to give Musolino the easy win. He races Kenny net round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Ken Moses                            7089 Terry White                  
E2                   0.062  6.363 194.49     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.571 205.76
         T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.023             T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Jardino   ) 0.011  6.340  0.050      (R Taylor    ) 0.011  6.578  0.018
 Qualified:            #16  6.319 213.54                       #24  6.574 205.22

White has all of the numbers for the 10 foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7810 Travis Richardson                    7711 Don London                   
E2                  -0.028  6.533 208.68     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.088 230.10
         T/D  Dial: 6.61 (+/-): -0.077             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Wiens     ) 0.015  6.625  0.055      (C Webber    ) 0.022  6.121  0.011
 Qualified:            #27  6.592 206.42                        #3  6.119 229.16

Richardson goes red and London goes to round, where he races Durie.

9:44 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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