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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 11:46 AM

Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3230 Frank Carpinelli                        3 Blake Peavler                
E1                   0.092 11.712  58.96     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.289 179.76
         T/D  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  5.272             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.159
 Qualified:            #26  6.430 222.00                       #10  6.136 229.27
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 1,772 feet.

Peavler with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Danny Nelson                         2271 Charles Spradlin             
E1                   0.065  6.129 215.44     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.466 211.96
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 6.41 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:             #8  6.133 201.67                       #24  6.385 219.26
Spradlin with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1124 Douglas Forbes                       6275 Robert Tehle                 
E1                   0.028  6.518 212.76     ****WINNER****  0.000  6.182 204.45
         T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  0.038             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #25  6.425 214.93                        #9  6.134 228.65
Tehle with a perfect light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2526 Larry Strickland                     213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                   0.014  6.261 216.90     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.218 211.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.141             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.088
 Qualified:             #1  6.106 219.65                       #17  6.210 184.14
Strickland with the starring line advantage, but Bertozzi gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                             33 Michael Peavler              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.141 222.88                     0.023  6.092 207.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.041             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.008
 Qualified:            #20  6.300 192.08                        #4  6.111 193.54
Furr with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  232 Clint Riley                          4059 Jim Thorp                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.749 192.93                     0.020  6.306 187.00
         T/D  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.129             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.136
 Qualified:            #31  6.621 198.35                       #15  6.183 219.47
Thorp with the starting line advantage, but Riley gets the win in a close one. Clint Riley's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3505 Jim Prevo                              16 Ken Moses                    
E1                   0.011  6.176 223.36     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.387 203.92
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.036             T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:             #7  6.132 224.66                       #23  6.364 211.69
Moses with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 119K Freddie Perkins                      W266 Wayne Brooks                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.139 204.85                     0.066  6.258 185.36
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.039             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.148
 Qualified:            #19  6.243 181.32                        #3  6.111 227.88
Perkins with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Robert Houston                       4360 Ross Laris                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.536 193.38                     0.059 26.327  35.91
         T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 20.137
 Qualified:            #28  6.476 205.35                       #12  6.148 227.31
Houston with the starting line advantage and the win, Laris with problems right at the hit and put oil on the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 444B Wayne Landry                         4369 Holden Laris                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.173 219.76                     0.027  6.191 210.14
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.073             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.071
 Qualified:             #2  6.108 227.92                       #18  6.213 196.42
Landry with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4911 Darian Boesch                        2020 Christopher Roe              
E1                   0.003  6.137 217.39     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.723 189.44
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.037             T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #16  6.183 191.70                       #32  6.679 197.80
Boesch with a near perfect light, but can't chase Roe down in a close one. Christopher Roe's MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 L208 Lauren McMaster                        36 Taylor Vetter                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.003  6.457 214.21                    -0.005  6.592 203.06
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.157             T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #14  6.179 227.08                       #30  6.565 204.11
Vetter goes red to give McMaster the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 202R Ric Mills                              46 Rusty Baxter                 
E1                   0.001  6.928 178.02     ****WINNER****  0.091  6.169 206.32
         T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.168             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #35  6.780 187.42                        #5  6.120 220.66
Mills with a near perfect light, but Baxter chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 150A Scott Luken                          2654 Stanley Albritton            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.239 188.91                     0.729 29.332 487.18
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.139             T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 22.562
 Qualified:            #11  6.145 222.80                       #34  6.765 198.12
Luken with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Alan Kenny                           2946 Vaughn Cauffield             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.176 218.12                     0.020  6.394 215.89
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.036             T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:             #6  6.130 226.62                       #22  6.357 217.53
Kenny with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 JR Baxter                              24 Alexis Whitaker              
E1                  -0.004  6.519 210.31     ****WINNER****  0.047  6.764 193.82
         T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.019             T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #29  6.477 212.56                       #33  6.751 195.45
Baxter goes red to give Whitaker the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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