Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 04:04 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7056 Chuck Phelps                         766M Paul Gladden                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.233 177.98                     0.054  6.565 212.90
        T/D  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Cox Jr    ) 0.021  7.271  0.001      (S Gecker    ) 0.052  6.612  0.032
 Qualified:            #29  7.224 182.33                        #5  6.533 210.73

12:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.65 inches, adjusted altitude 3,349 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Chuck Phelps cuts 0.006 RT and wins on Paul Gladden's -0.005 breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7243 Joe Mozeris                           739 Jonathan Fiello              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.022 189.34                     0.021  6.918 192.47
        T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.008             T/D  Dial: 6.93 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Rumis     ) 0.021  7.065  0.035      (R Comstock  ) 0.018  6.990  0.010
 Qualified:            #23  7.035 188.96                       #15  6.904 196.79

Close RT's and Joe Mozeris wins on a double-breakout. -0.008 to -0.012

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7730 Mike MacBrair                        4885 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2                   0.245  8.002 118.16     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.075 158.97
        T/D  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.942             T/D  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.145
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bradford  ) 0.052  7.163  0.073      (D Hills     ) 0.033  7.022  0.052
 Qualified:            #25  7.080 187.81                       #17  6.922 193.77

McBrair is dead late and gives an easy win to Lewis.

He will race Phelps later

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4608 Michael Kile                           71 Tony Jardino                 
E2                   0.058  6.439 213.47     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.829 190.00
        T/D  Dial: 6.44 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Cracraft  ) 0.017  6.488  0.028      (T Shambaugh ) 0.149  6.848 -0.002
 Qualified:             #4  6.445 210.50                       #12  6.841 197.74

Jardino with a big starting line advantage and then breaks out by -0.001.

Tony Jardino's package: 0.024.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5255 David Oenes                          721X Andrew Madrid                
E2                   0.025  6.339 213.37     ****WINNER****  0.024  7.129 186.15
        T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  0.009             T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Koenen    ) 0.035  6.408  0.108      (J Butler    ) -0.078  7.378  0.218
 Qualified:             #3  6.267 220.04                       #27  7.107 184.95

Almost identical RT's and they run identical 0.009 to their dials. Andrew Madrid gets the close win. MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

He will race Mozeris in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7592 Jim Luttrell                         6541 Paul Snell                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.127 230.76                     0.009  6.867 194.55
        T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.027             T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Trujillo  ) 0.020  6.269  0.169      (G Nelson    ) 0.020  6.915  0.055
 Qualified:             #2  6.087 229.70                       #10  6.825 200.02

Snell with a 0.009 RT and Jim Luttrell wins on his -0.003 breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7441 Leah Imerti Cox                      5186 George Slatten               
E2                  -0.006 10.951  75.52     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.261 156.95
        T/D  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  3.631             T/D  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.361
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hartford  ) 0.012  7.358  0.028      (M Colton Sr ) 0.023  6.915 -0.045
 Qualified:            #22  7.012 186.28                       #14  6.898 192.91

George Slatten cards a 0.002 RT and wins on Leah Imerti Cox's -0.006 red light.

He races Luttrell later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Joe Roubicek                         7062 Chris Lindsay                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053  6.767 201.79                     0.018  7.368 183.44
        T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.007             T/D  Dial: 7.37 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Momjian   ) 0.020  6.775  0.005      (K Upton     ) 0.035  7.405  0.005
 Qualified:             #8  6.731 202.55                       #32  7.347 184.70

Joe Roubicek wins on Chris Lindsay's -0.002 breakout.

He will face Jardino in the next round.

1:00 p.m.

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