Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 18:07 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 497B Rusty Baxter                         444B Wayne Landry                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.154 222.47                    -0.014  6.273 223.47
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.063
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Kalin     ) 0.044  6.173  0.053      (T Elliott   ) 0.000  6.258  0.098
 Qualified:             #6  6.115 224.02                       #14  6.126 226.05

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 3,397 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Landry goes red to give Baxter the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4407 Bob Henry                            D712 Phil Dion                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.155 228.92                     0.001  6.109 224.25
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.025             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Strassweg ) 0.024  6.111  0.011      (C Spradlin  ) 0.028  6.080 -0.020
 Qualified:             #7  6.117 229.90                       #15  6.127 224.21

Dion with a near perfect win, but took too much stripe to give Henry the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Danny Nelson                         3537 Patrick Forster              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  6.185 221.31                     0.070  6.235 210.44
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.035             T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.075
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Fisher    ) 0.011  6.177  0.047      (J Baxter    ) 0.004  6.108 -0.012
 Qualified:            #13  6.126 228.42                       #21  6.153 223.50

Forster with the starting line advantage, but Nelson chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 John Richardson                         5 Ross Laris                   
E2                   0.035  6.112 224.88     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.101 227.73
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-): -0.038             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Will      ) 0.002  6.143 -0.007      (J Hessling  ) 0.044  6.137  0.037
 Qualified:            #25  6.164 224.62                        #1  6.100 230.17

Laris with a great light and the win. He will face Nelson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 399F Zack Fisher                           782 John Bond                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.782 124.94                    -0.011 14.169  73.02
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  1.652             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  8.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Boesch    ) 0.005  6.137  0.007      (B Swan      ) 0.127  6.733  0.623
 Qualified:            #20  6.145 226.39                       #12  6.125 227.61

Bond goes red to give Fisher the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Alan Kenny                              6 Zach Sackman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.310 192.91                    -0.006  6.507 164.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.070             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.317
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Johnson   ) 0.046  6.325  0.095      (D Boesch    ) 0.018  6.111  0.011
 Qualified:            #32  6.234 220.73                       #24  6.160 224.21

Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 3,092 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Sackman goes red to give Kenny the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         479W Wynette Hudgins              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.129 224.40                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 93.869
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Swanson   ) 0.003  6.092 -0.008      (J Fisher    ) 0.024  6.122  0.002
 Qualified:             #3  6.109 226.85                       #11  6.125 229.94

Hudgins is a no-show to give Biondo the win. He will face Henry in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Mark Jones                           381B John Biagi                   
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.011  6.211 217.07
         T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-): 93.779             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Button    ) 0.005  6.124  0.024      (J Koron     ) 0.157  6.307  0.127
 Qualified:            #18  6.133 218.44                       #10  6.120 219.36

Jones is a no-show to give Biagi the freebie. He will face Baxter in next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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