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Sun, 30 Sep 2007, 04:22 PM

Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Spitzer Top Dragster at the NHRA, Third annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3166 Tom Elliott                           110 Mike Sullivan                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.456 207.34                     0.023  7.194 186.36
        T/D  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 7.20 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Lear      ) 0.014  6.454  0.014      (E Toolis    ) 0.032  7.227  0.077
E1    (P Lecompte  ) 0.020  6.438  0.008      (T Shank     ) 0.011  7.129 -0.011
 Qualified:             #2  6.423 213.77                       #14  7.086 190.59

4:13 p.m.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3323 Ron Barnhill                         351X Bill Hamilton                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.801 194.49                     0.014  7.612 173.14
        T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.001             T/D  Dial: 7.63 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Brimer    ) 0.038  6.815  0.035      (J DiPasquale) 0.002  7.653  0.043
E1    (D McIlvain  ) 0.015  6.781  0.011      (J Cheeseman ) 0.042  7.595  0.005
 Qualified:             #3  6.776 198.82                       #33  7.605 176.19

A seventeen-thousandths package for Barnhill.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  333 Marco Abruzzi                         301 John Coughlin                
E3                   0.024  7.452 179.11     ****WINNER****  0.020  7.298 176.74
        T/D  Dial: 7.48 (+/-): -0.028             T/D  Dial: 7.31 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Powell    ) 0.003  7.469  0.039      (M Kreitzer  ) 0.018  7.310  0.020
E1    (B Smith     ) 0.032  7.418 -0.012      (R Forish    ) 0.030  7.287 -0.003
 Qualified:            #28  7.450 179.25                       #24  7.349 181.81

Coughlin gets the double-breakout win and he'll face Elliott in the semi's.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 414A Matt Levatino                         300 Jeff Hurst                   
E3                   0.010  7.198 183.64     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.165 178.57
        T/D  Dial: 7.22 (+/-): -0.022             T/D  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Kamplain  ) -0.004  7.244  0.044      (J Brown     ) 0.011  7.166  0.016
E1    (B Westfall  ) 0.013  7.173 -0.047      (A Bronge    ) 0.034  7.141  0.021
 Qualified:            #21  7.178 185.46                       #17  7.147 185.74

A sixteen-thousandths package for Hurst, and he'll face Barnhill in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink