Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 12:31 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7531 Chris Thode                            79 Jennifer Wiens               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  6.694 188.44                    -0.005  6.129 228.85
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.104             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hough     ) 0.025  6.594  0.024      (M Roelle    ) 0.073 13.316  7.206
 Qualified:            #25  6.578 209.20                        #1  6.101 213.70

Weather conditions: air temperature 51 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 927 feet.

Wiens goes red to give Thode the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6010 Grant Durie                          780H Hannah Cook                  
E2                  -0.020  6.461 207.62     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.994 187.60
         T/D  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Woodard   ) 0.010  6.522  0.072      (T Wiens     ) 0.022  7.034  0.044
 Qualified:            #22  6.458 214.93                       #30  6.910 189.95

Durie goes red to give Cook the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7902 Brianna Wiens                        547W Kevin Wright                 
E2                   0.048  6.456 207.24     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.317 220.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.46 (+/-): -0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.28 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Steinkey  ) 0.016  6.482 -0.018      (S Hamilton  ) 0.009  6.309 -0.031
 Qualified:            #23  6.517 210.01                       #15  6.317 220.01

Wright with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7914 Rob Whetstone                         550 Ed Olpin                     
E2                   0.023  6.436 213.03     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.037 184.12
         T/D  Dial: 6.49 (+/-): -0.054             T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Chesleigh ) 0.051  6.554  0.084      (K Upton     ) 0.044  7.043  0.013
 Qualified:            #24  6.525 211.53                       #32  7.056 188.57

Whetstone with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Olpin the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Mallory Reis                         7091 Reed Taylor                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.356 214.35                     0.116  6.175 225.18
         T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.014             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Richardson) 0.055  6.403  0.013      (T Richardson) 0.028  6.263  0.043
 Qualified:            #19  6.381 213.87                       #11  6.238 223.14

Reis with a great light and the win. She will face Wright in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7100 Dan Naylor                           7014 Steve Schneider              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.372 211.39                    -0.017  6.303 231.12
         T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-):  0.052             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.203
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Jardino   ) 0.024  6.327  0.017      (A Spiegel   ) 0.010  6.126  0.026
 Qualified:            #10  6.206 222.33                        #2  6.112 228.96

Schneider goes red to give Naylor the win. He will face Cook in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7711 Don London                           7796 John Richardson              
E2                   0.015  6.104 227.23     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.231 220.87
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.026             T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Jaramillo ) 0.007  6.174  0.044      (M Trujillo  ) 0.023  6.252  0.012
 Qualified:             #4  6.137 227.69                       #12  6.266 214.76

London with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Richardson the win. He will face Olpin in next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  710 Mike Mendenhall                       609 Andrew Morris                
E2                  -0.003  6.065 229.78     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.731 200.68
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.045             T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Webber    ) 0.011  6.143  0.023      (J Dooley    ) 0.011  6.845  0.095
 Qualified:             #5  6.145 212.73                       #29  6.768 199.76

Mendenhall goes red to give Morris the win. He will face Thode in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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