Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 08:40 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2624 Angie Miles 7 Jeff Brown
E3 0.049 7.018 188.73 ****WINNER**** 0.017 6.888 183.49
TD Dial: 6.98 (+/-): 0.038 TD Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.058
Prior rounds:
E2 (Bye ) 0.014 7.458 0.448 (B HOLLAND ) 0.010 6.853 0.033
E1 (M LAMBERT ) 0.012 7.019 0.009 (T MARTIN ) 0.023 6.830 0.010
Qualified: #47 6.995 189.12 #29 6.828 193.82
7:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,247 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.Brown gets the hole shot win. Jeff Brown's MOV: 0.0123 seconds (approximately 3
feet). He clinched the 2007 championship when his closest challengers either skipped this race or fell out of competition in the
first two rounds.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
986 Jack Trussell 9121 Scott Duggins
E3 0.013 7.371 158.50 ****WINNER**** 0.015 7.052 149.35
TD Dial: 6.81 (+/-): 0.561 TD Dial: 6.66 (+/-): 0.392
Prior rounds:
E2 (C TRAYLOR ) 0.008 6.868 0.038 (M ABRUZZI ) 0.006 6.674 0.004
E1 (L ROBERTS ) 0.047 6.828 -0.052 (D URBAN ) 0.016 6.714 0.024
Qualified: #38 6.885 186.48 #20 6.680 198.38
Two good lights and lots of pedaling on the top end gives Duggins the win. He races Brown next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3453 Brad Kerry 9858 Michael White
E3 0.011 6.618 201.37 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.911 196.02
TD Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.022 TD Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.081
Prior rounds:
E2 (R KELLER ) 0.095 6.663 0.013 (T WILKINS ) 0.013 6.898 0.028
E1 (M BOWER ) 0.290 6.675 0.025 (M MANNERS ) 0.096 6.902 -0.008
Qualified: #16 6.653 203.25 #46 6.961 193.27
Breakout win for White.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9460 Paul Daigrepont 1333 Jason Harris
E3 0.026 10.297 57.32 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.256 136.86
TD Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 3.467 TD Dial: 6.85 (+/-): 0.406
Prior rounds:
E2 (J CREASMAN ) 0.006 6.847 0.017 (E CARECCIA ) 0.024 6.902 0.032
E1 (S BISSESSAR ) 0.036 6.841 0.021 (J STROUD ) 0.021 6.892 0.092
Qualified: #31 6.839 192.77 #37 6.883 191.35
Daigrepont slowed early in the run and the track crew took a hard look at his lane, then sent the blower and scrubber and VHT
spray rig and sweeper for some repair work. Harris races White in round 4.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Steve Furr 5 Nick Folk
E3 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.948 186.43
TD Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 93.169 TD Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (A O'BRIEN ) 0.029 6.843 0.003 (D HARRIS ) 0.030 6.958 0.048
E1 (R SCHEUER JR) 0.007 6.863 -0.037 (M WATTS ) 0.022 6.929 -0.011
Qualified: #36 6.880 192.08 #42 6.914 184.65
8:20 p.m. After a long cleanup, Furr made his burnout and was shut off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1268 Russell Leach 968X Brett Nesbitt
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.578 189.90 0.018 6.670 186.90
TD Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.038 TD Dial: 6.63 (+/-): 0.040
Prior rounds:
E2 (A MILES ) 0.036 6.560 0.000 (B FOLK ) 0.018 6.644 0.004
E1 (M BERTOZZI ) 0.010 6.615 0.035 (L FREER ) 0.015 6.639 -0.011
Qualified: #9 6.574 199.14 #15 6.631 197.45
Leach slapped a perfect light on Nesbitt and took the win. Russell Leach's MOV: 0.0208 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He races
Folk in the quarterfinals.
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