Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 12:48 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7647 Stewart Koch 7449 Chip Rumis
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.006 7.097 182.67 0.034 6.819 196.59
T/D Dial: 7.02 (+/-): 0.077 T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 0.049
Prior rounds:
E2 (K Seipel ) 0.007 7.031 -0.009 (R Tietz ) 0.005 6.787 0.007
E1 (M Quigley ) 0.016 7.060 0.020 (Bye ) 0.004 6.797 0.037
Qualified: #7 7.021 192.55 #1 6.777 198.79
9:37 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent,
barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,608 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.Rumis and
Koch dial what they qualified with. Koch has the better light and Rumis just misses catching him.
Stewart Koch's MOV: 0.0002 seconds (approximately 1 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
706C Chad Langdon 7640 Tom Yancer
E3 0.020 7.915 168.72 ****WINNER**** 0.003 7.290 175.91
T/D Dial: 7.85 (+/-): 0.065 T/D Dial: 7.25 (+/-): 0.040
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Cracraft ) 0.015 7.905 0.005 (G Nash ) 0.017 7.285 0.035
E1 (R Stickler ) 0.033 7.923 0.023 (T Mc Bride ) 0.044 7.332 0.082
Qualified: #42 7.844 170.47 #14 7.213 186.02
Yancer with the light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7336 Justin Davis 7246 Charles Boyd
E3 0.105 7.516 178.14 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.602 166.89
T/D Dial: 7.50 (+/-): 0.016 T/D Dial: 7.57 (+/-): 0.032
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Burnham ) 0.039 7.531 0.031 (M Silvia ) 0.024 7.586 0.026
E1 (D Cox Jr ) 0.033 7.535 0.035 (D Morgan ) 0.019 7.582 0.032
Qualified: #26 7.454 180.21 #32 7.543 176.17
Davis has the better dial, but is late off the line. Boyd goes on to round four.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7169 Don Steed 724M Larry Alvery
E3 -0.063 6.869 204.01 ****WINNER**** 0.030 7.368 177.46
T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.069 T/D Dial: 7.35 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Mc Nicol ) 0.009 6.846 -0.024 (G Nelson ) 0.014 7.354 -0.016
E1 (J Richardson) 0.022 6.892 0.012 (G Palacios ) 0.038 7.579 0.209
Qualified: #5 6.883 203.55 #22 7.372 179.11
Steed goes red and Alvery gets a free pass to the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7842 Chris Forsyth 72 Ron Hartzell
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.005 7.511 172.72 0.027 7.430 171.82
T/D Dial: 7.48 (+/-): 0.031 T/D Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 0.030
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Casner ) 0.013 7.485 -0.015 (C Dwyer ) 0.032 7.410 0.000
E1 (T Koenen ) 0.016 7.505 0.015 (M Nervil ) 0.677 7.420 -0.030
Qualified: #28 7.469 178.07 #23 7.406 182.38
Almost identical dial-ins. Advantage Forsyth off the line and stays in front for the win.Chris
Forsyth's MOV: 0.0218 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
77 Ryan Priddy 647 JR Leerkamp
E3 0.028 7.116 187.21 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.440 174.37
T/D Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 0.036 T/D Dial: 7.42 (+/-): 0.020
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Fiello ) 0.017 7.099 -0.001 (Bye ) 0.019 7.438 -0.012
E1 (M White ) 0.020 7.119 0.019 (J Roubicek ) 0.022 7.480 0.010
Qualified: #8 7.071 189.07 #24 7.437 183.32
Leerkamp has the jump on Priddy and stays in front for the win.
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