Sat, 29 Jun 2013, 17:30 PM Top Dragster Quick 4 Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Powershield Coatings Top Dragster Quick 4 at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, ADRL Summer Drags IX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2090 Eddie Careccia                        364 Chris Smith                  
E1                   0.021  4.274 167.90     ****WINNER****  0.137  3.895 185.00
 Qualified:             #4  4.125 179.22                        #1  3.868 184.26

4:58 p.m. This is just a low-bucks Quick 4 race for the Top Dragster racers, the top four after two rounds of qualifying, on a Pro ladder, heads-up.

Careccia is normally one of the quickest Top Dragster drivers at an event, but he's been pretty subdued here this weekend. Even so, he had a hbuge holeshot and Smith chased him well past half track before taking the lead.

Chris Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.043), 330 ft(0.126). MOV: 0.2633 seconds (approximately 65 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3851 Craig Sullivan                       3636 Dan Norris                   
E1                   0.005  4.057 176.42     ****WINNER****  0.035  3.978 181.30
 Qualified:             #3  4.046 175.73                        #2  4.046 177.71

These two were pretty evenly matched, with identical ETs after two rounds.

Sullivan had a great light, but Norris was only a couple hundredths behind at the green and found about seven hundredths along the way to take the win.

Dan Norris' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0488 seconds (approximately 13 feet).