Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 17:22 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780H Hannah Cook                          7100 Dan Naylor                   
E3                   0.014  7.054 183.79     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.342 200.32
         T/D  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.084             T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Grant Duri) 0.014  6.994  0.024      (S Schneider ) 0.030  6.372  0.052
E1    (T Wiens     ) 0.022  7.034  0.044      (T Jardino   ) 0.024  6.327  0.017
 Qualified:            #30  6.910 189.95                       #10  6.206 222.33

Weather conditions: air temperature 54 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,161 feet.

Naylor with a great light and the win.

After the finish line Cook's car got loose and wrecked. The word from the top end is she is out of the car and okay.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7531 Chris Thode                           609 Andrew Morris                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.602 201.67                     0.234  6.763 199.88
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.012             T/D  Dial: 6.71 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Wiens     ) 0.039  6.694  0.104      (M Mendenhall) 0.014  6.731 -0.029
E1    (D Hough     ) 0.025  6.594  0.024      (J Dooley    ) 0.011  6.845  0.095
 Qualified:            #25  6.578 209.20                       #29  6.768 199.76

Thode with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7796 John Richardson                       550 Ed Olpin                     
E3                   0.031  6.242 202.58     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.048 188.36
         T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D London    ) 0.018  6.231  0.001      (R Whetstone ) 0.027  7.037  0.037
E1    (M Trujillo  ) 0.023  6.252  0.012      (K Upton     ) 0.044  7.043  0.013
 Qualified:            #12  6.266 214.76                       #32  7.056 188.57

Olpin with a great light and the win. Ed Olpin's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Naylor in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Mallory Reis                         547W Kevin Wright                 
E3                   0.022  6.372 207.91     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.647 211.46
         T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-): -0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.307
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Taylor    ) 0.009  6.356 -0.014      (B Wiens     ) 0.015  6.317  0.037
E1    (S Richardson) 0.055  6.403  0.013      (S Hamilton  ) 0.009  6.309 -0.031
 Qualified:            #19  6.381 213.87                       #15  6.317 220.01

Reis with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Wright the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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