Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 02:02 PM Top Dragster Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
  647 JR Leerkamp                          7647 Stewart Koch                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.441 169.83                    -0.002  7.033 192.17
        T/D  Dial: 7.43 (+/-):  0.011             T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Alvey     ) 0.008  7.506  0.076      (C Boyd      ) 0.010  7.082  0.032
E3    (R Priddy    ) 0.014  7.440  0.020      (C Rumis     ) 0.006  7.097  0.077
E2    (Bye         ) 0.019  7.438 -0.012      (K Seipel    ) 0.007  7.031 -0.009
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.022  7.480  0.010      (M Quigley   ) 0.016  7.060  0.020
 Qualified:            #24  7.437 183.32                        #7  7.021 192.55

10:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,483 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Koch is red by -002 to give the free pass to the finals to Leerkamp.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7640 Tom Yancer                   
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.023  7.263 184.90
                                                  T/D  Dial: 7.27 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (C Forsyth   ) 0.013  7.284  0.014
E3                                           (C Langdon   ) 0.003  7.290  0.040
E2                                           (G Nash      ) 0.017  7.285  0.035
E1                                           (T Mc Bride  ) 0.044  7.332  0.082
 Qualified:                                                      #14  7.213 186.02

Yancer gets the Bye Run to the finals.

10:59 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink