Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 04:06 PM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  744 Del Cox Jr                           7177 Ron Hartzell                 
E4                   0.010  6.879 194.97     ****WINNER****  0.024  7.536 174.64
        T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 7.53 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Fiello    ) 0.069  6.894  0.054      (T White     ) 0.035  7.545  0.035
E2    (R Tevis     ) 0.001  6.868  0.048      (T McBride   ) 0.024  7.513  0.013
E1    (S Leerkamp  ) 0.001  6.841  0.041      (J Johnson   ) 0.008  7.516  0.066
 Qualified:             #2  6.782 197.19                       #29  7.453 180.36

12:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 10 percent, barometer 29.92 inches.

Cox has a small advantage off the line, but can't catch Hartzell. Ron Hartzell's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7107 Pat Jones                            7285 Steve White                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.376 14.814  86.20                           No Time      
        T/D  Dial: 7.38 (+/-):  7.434             T/D  Dial: 7.57 (+/-): 92.429
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Englen    ) 0.031  7.374 -0.016      (J Willoughby) -0.009  7.596 -0.004
E2    (J Morgan    ) 0.008  7.377 -0.013      (R Broguiere ) -0.026  7.587  0.017
E1    (P Gladden   ) 0.046  7.357  0.027      (J Propp     ) 0.064  7.583  0.053
 Qualified:            #25  7.369 181.98                       #34  7.562 178.68

White is a No Show and Jones takes an easy single.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7013 Bobby Dye Jr.                        7878 Colt Dwyer                   
E4                   0.014  7.669 173.14     ****WINNER****  0.020  7.662 170.77
        T/D  Dial: 7.67 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 7.64 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Figueroa  ) 0.014  7.663  0.003      (W Harrison  ) 0.019  7.639  0.039
E2    (J Roubicek  ) 0.042  7.658  0.008      (C Rumis     ) 0.022  7.626 -0.004
E1    (J Momjian   ) 0.013  7.647  0.017      (J Fiello    ) 0.026  7.692  0.062
 Qualified:            #42  7.637 173.61                       #39  7.631 177.49

Two close lights and Dye just breaks out by -0.001. Dwyer will go to round five.

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