Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 12:18 PM
Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Spitzer Top Dragster at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
357X Ricky Adkins 3225 Chuck Anderson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.225 178.80 0.038 7.213 184.93
T/D Dial: 7.22 (+/-): 0.005 T/D Dial: 7.21 (+/-): 0.003
Qualified: #13 6.985 190.97 #29 7.199 185.95
11:51 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,524 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.Ricky Adkins' package: 0.027.
Chuck Anderson's package: 0.041.
Ricky
Adkins' MOV: 0.0141 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
311K Chuck Withrow 3726 Pascal Lecompte
E1 -0.003 7.154 190.59 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.941 196.33
T/D Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.006 T/D Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.051
Qualified: #26 7.160 189.73 #10 6.937 189.47
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
129E Gary Koebbe 333 Marco Abruzzi
E1 -0.006 7.061 190.51 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.850 196.33
T/D Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 0.001 T/D Dial: 6.85 (+/-): 0.000
Qualified: #21 7.060 191.29 #5 6.869 196.47
Marco Abruzzi's package: 0.008 and he runs dead-on his dial to earn the Pit Pal Products $400 bonus.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
713 Tom Koenen 3627 Bill Webb
E1 -0.022 6.919 193.96 ****WINNER**** 0.005 7.357 181.59
T/D Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.019 T/D Dial: 7.37 (+/-): -0.013
Qualified: #7 6.908 194.60 #23 7.088 183.84
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
33 Dean McIlvain 3708 Adam Lear
E1 0.009 6.924 193.63 ****WINNER**** 0.006 7.145 180.55
T/D Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 0.014 T/D Dial: 7.13 (+/-): 0.015
Qualified: #9 6.921 194.35 #25 7.132 183.84
Close race all the way. Dean McIlvain's package: 0.023.
Adam Lear's package: 0.021.
Adam Lear's MOV: 0.0023 seconds
(approximately 8 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
316 Tom Martino 3530 Tom Swigart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 7.087 182.06 -0.005 11.012 73.27
T/D Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 0.027 T/D Dial: 6.40 (+/-): 4.612
Qualified: #17 7.031 191.13 #1 6.410 212.63
The #1 qualifier goes red. Seems to be a plague of red lights this round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3985 Bob Nichols 168 Wayne Hofmann
E1 -0.003 7.145 187.00 ****WINNER**** 0.004 6.914 193.54
T/D Dial: 7.15 (+/-): -0.005 T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.026
Qualified: #27 7.161 187.03 #11 6.945 191.29
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
32 Jeffrey Brown 329 James Monroe
E1 0.029 6.843 189.44 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.054 187.42
T/D Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.017 T/D Dial: 7.06 (+/-): -0.006
Qualified: #6 6.888 180.38 #22 7.087 189.34
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
321B Karsten Blume 405 Keith Raftery
E1 -0.010 10.348 87.83 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.979 192.33
T/D Dial: 7.25 (+/-): 3.098 T/D Dial: 6.99 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #30 7.258 183.67 #14 7.003 192.33
The "Red Plague" continues...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
367 Billy Smith 31 John Coughlin
E1 0.217 13.051 47.76 ****WINNER**** 0.001 7.152 166.23
T/D Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 6.151 T/D Dial: 7.09 (+/-): 0.062
Qualified: #8 6.916 192.25 #24 7.089 188.15
Coughlin nailed the tree and Smith's tail-gunner is out'a here.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3856 Aaron Glaser 3016 Rick Forish
E1 -0.061 7.787 118.73 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.178 186.28
T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.847 T/D Dial: 7.15 (+/-): 0.028
Qualified: #12 6.953 194.46 #28 7.162 186.56
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1963 Ed Alessi Jr 3748 Herb Raymond
E1 -0.002 7.047 190.16 ****WINNER**** 0.003 7.315 168.39
T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.007 T/D Dial: 7.35 (+/-): -0.035
Qualified: #15 7.003 191.57 #31 7.261 184.32
Another red - that's the eighth this round. Alessi was only 0.009 from perfect, but left the red light burning.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3539 Jeffrey Ledford 3558 Rob Kropfeld
E1 0.010 7.016 184.57 ****WINNER**** 0.008 7.270 172.96
T/D Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.014 T/D Dial: 7.28 (+/-): -0.010
Qualified: #18 7.047 186.48 #33 7.283 177.60
Good drag race, Kropfeld wins the close double-breakout contest.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
109N Ryan Ondrejko 23 Kurt Damron Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 7.026 188.10 0.004 7.257 180.84
T/D Dial: 7.01 (+/-): 0.016 T/D Dial: 7.28 (+/-): -0.023
Qualified: #16 7.004 188.83 #32 7.279 186.33
Damron had a big advantage at the tree and gave most of it back at the stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3930 Greg Kamplain 342T Bob Cireddu
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.336 170.82 0.008 19.901 32.50
T/D Dial: 7.31 (+/-): 0.026 T/D Dial: 6.87 (+/-): 13.031
Qualified: #34 7.312 183.34 #4 6.851 189.07
Kamplain is in as an alternate, for Ty Smith, who damaged his dragster on a huge wheelstand yesterday. Kamplain wa sperfect at
the tree and Cireddu had problems, slowing early in the run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
334X Mark Harmon 317X Kendra Rienschield
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.153 192.82 0.043 7.358 181.20
T/D Dial: 6.82 (+/-): 0.333 T/D Dial: 7.36 (+/-): -0.002
Qualified: #3 6.826 195.14 #35 7.318 182.01
Reinschild was in as an alternate for Craig Sullivan and ended up against her Dad. Dad spun the tires hard, Kendra was home
free, and broke out by "two lousy thou."
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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