Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 10 Apr 2010, 10:22 PM

Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan



BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  713 Tom Koenen                           4717 Shane LeJeune                
E1                   0.037  6.884 194.77     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.652 207.46
        T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.044             T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.052
 Qualified:            #28  6.854 195.48                       #12  6.614 209.04
8:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 895 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Shane LeJeune's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   56 Phil Unruh                            437 Jenifer White                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  6.460 212.66                    -0.021  6.574 204.32
        T/D  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.000             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:             #3  6.459 212.73                       #19  6.667 203.16
Phil Unruh wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4030 William Kruse                        491C Mario Boesch                 
E1                  -0.036  6.767 163.85     ****WINNER****  0.047  6.804 201.52
        T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.207             T/D  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:             #6  6.550 205.63                       #22  6.730 203.61


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 421K Keith McCullar                       4548 Britt Cummings               
E1                   0.050  7.989 159.74     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.782 190.86
        T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  1.489             T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:             #5  6.527 205.63                       #21  6.729 202.24
McCullar slowed early in the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Brandon Chauvin                      4739 Frank Kohutek                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.512 203.40                     0.029  6.643 196.50
        T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.67 (+/-): -0.027
 Qualified:             #4  6.484 207.59                       #20  6.673 197.08
Brandon Chauvin wins on a breakout. He races Shane LeJeune next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  403 Ed Ridenhour                         470L Michelle LeBleu              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.442 176.67                     0.019  6.665 202.42
        T/D  Dial: 7.42 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #32  7.433 177.74                       #16  6.647 204.51
Ed Ridenhour's MOV: 0.0282 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 437M Mike Weaver                          4962 Scott Barker                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.731 192.74                     0.032  9.056  88.81
        T/D  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.011             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  2.506
 Qualified:            #23  6.744 200.38                        #7  6.553 199.40
Barker slowed around half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   49 John Garner                           411 Jim Gascoyne                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.740 179.16                     0.305  6.812 197.33
        T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.160             T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.058
 Qualified:            #11  6.595 205.76                       #27  6.827 198.67
John Garner wins on a breakout. He faces Unruh in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4170 David Strain                         4948 Robert Cool                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.780 197.08                     0.018  6.708 185.31
        T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.030             T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #25  6.767 198.96                        #9  6.574 202.00
Cool took too much stripe...David Strain wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Jimmy Arabie                           59 Les Feist                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.758 198.06                    -0.012  9.392  96.01
        T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.052             T/D  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  2.672
 Qualified:            #13  6.630 203.46                       #29  6.855 194.13
Jimmy Arabie wins on a red light. He races Cummings next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 440M Mallori McCullar-Rodgers             4942 Peter Vicari                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.589 201.19                     0.005  7.152 153.53
        T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.039             T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.412
 Qualified:             #8  6.574 204.98                       #24  6.746 200.83
Vicarin slowed around half track. McCullar-Rodgers races Ridenhour next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  739 Jonathan Fiello                        44 John Angelle                 
E1                   0.020  6.949 178.00     ****WINNER****  0.061  6.616 204.88
        T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.099             T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #26  6.775 182.72                       #10  6.578 204.79
John Angelle's MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4053 Douglas Barnhart                     4746 Mark Jones                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.123  6.391 211.76                     0.022  7.930 114.72
        T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.011             T/D  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  1.260
 Qualified:             #2  6.435 199.20                       #18  6.654 202.03
Jones slowed around half track. Barnhart races Angelle in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 402G Brian Gallagher                      418X Allen Constantine            
E1                   0.166 17.789  39.62     ****WINNER****  0.054  6.962 172.72
        T/D  Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 10.729             T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.362
 Qualified:            #31  7.046 196.27                       #15  6.645 193.71
Gallagher was late, then rettled the tires and lifted.Constantine runs Weaver next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 766M Paul Gladden                         4885 Jimmy Lewis                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.589 208.42                     0.002  6.479 189.84
        T/D  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.099             T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #14  6.639 209.72                       #30  6.946 203.12
Lewis was three thousandths away from perfect, but took a thousandth too mych stripe. Gladden races Boesch next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4608 Michael Kile                          405 Keith Raftery                
E1                   0.036 25.574  41.95     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.651 200.68
        T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-): 19.394             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:             #1  6.308 215.93                       #17  6.647 201.22
Last pair. #1 qualifier Kile spun the tires hard and slowed. Raftery races Strain next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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