Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 04:50 PM Top Dragster Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
 7107 Pat Jones                                  Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.497 15.535  89.05     
        T/D  Dial: 7.34 (+/-):  8.195     
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S White     ) 0.376 14.814  7.434   
E3    (A Englen    ) 0.031  7.374 -0.016   
E2    (J Morgan    ) 0.008  7.377 -0.013   
E1    (P Gladden   ) 0.046  7.357  0.027   
 Qualified:            #25  7.369 181.98                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 29.89 inches.

Jones motors on down on his single into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7878 Colt Dwyer                           7177 Ron Hartzell                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.951 146.75                     0.007  8.002 171.95
        T/D  Dial: 7.66 (+/-):  0.291             T/D  Dial: 7.54 (+/-):  0.462
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Dye Jr    ) 0.020  7.662  0.022      (D Cox Jr    ) 0.024  7.536  0.006
E3    (W Harrison  ) 0.019  7.639  0.039      (T White     ) 0.035  7.545  0.035
E2    (C Rumis     ) 0.022  7.626 -0.004      (T McBride   ) 0.024  7.513  0.013
E1    (J Fiello    ) 0.026  7.692  0.062      (J Johnson   ) 0.008  7.516  0.066
 Qualified:            #39  7.631 177.49                       #29  7.453 180.36

Hartzell has the advantage at the hit and then slows after mid-track to give the win to Dwyer.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink