Sun, 05 May 2019, 13:07 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 497B Rusty Baxter                         H218 Jeremy Hancock               
E2                   0.024  6.202 205.72     ****WINNER****  0.020  7.116 187.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.052             T/D  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Maltba    ) 0.033  6.212  0.072      (B Earnest   ) 0.047  7.078  0.028
 Qualified:             #3  6.139 225.22                       #23  7.056 188.78

Hancock with a slight starting line advantage and the win. Jeremy Hancock's MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Aaron Stanfield                       202 Steve Cohen                  
E2                   0.023  6.227 219.08     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.611 207.40
         T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Bowman    ) 0.036  6.345  0.135      (W Landry    ) 0.022  6.600  0.010
 Qualified:            #14  6.211 220.73                       #20  6.597 201.46

Cohen with a near perfect light and runs dead on with a one for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                           3305 Madison Ellison              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.195 212.43                     0.015  7.394 180.96
         T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.025             T/D  Dial: 7.33 (+/-):  0.064
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Spradlin  ) 0.016  6.182  0.022      (J Strassweg ) 0.012  7.345  0.025
 Qualified:             #4  6.147 228.73                       #24  7.325 183.57

Ellison with a tick advantage on the tree, but Furr gets the win. He will face Cohen in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4948 Robert Cool                             5 Ross Laris                   
E2                   0.050  7.079 188.75     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.272 199.82
         T/D  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.059             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Brooks    ) 0.011  7.043  0.033                     -0.007  6.186  0.066
 Qualified:            #21  7.022 190.86                        #1  6.107 230.37

Laris with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 296C Larry Roberts                           2 Mark Jones                   
E2                  -0.005  6.285 217.07     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.295 220.69
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.075             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.075
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Freer     ) 0.014  6.224  0.044      (R Houston   ) 0.039  6.210  0.000
 Qualified:             #6  6.166 222.18                       #13  6.204 225.75

Roberts goes red to give Jones the win. He will face Hancock in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Darian Boesch                        3244 Megan Strassweg              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.290 222.77                     0.072  7.119 181.59
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.100             T/D  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R May       ) 0.181  6.186 -0.004      (H Laris     ) 0.051  7.047  0.007
 Qualified:             #2  6.138 227.00                       #22  7.035 189.98

Boesch with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Darian Boesch's MOV: 0.0059 seconds (approximately 19 inches). He will get the bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 491C Mario Boesch                          232 Clint Riley                  
E2                   0.002  6.265 204.42     ****WINNER****  0.024  7.372 180.84
         T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.065             T/D  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Strickland) 0.010  6.202  0.002      (J R Baxter  ) 0.037  7.353  0.033
 Qualified:             #5  6.152 224.62                       #25  7.327 186.85

Boesch with a near perfect light, but Riley gets the win. He will face Laris in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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