Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 03:36 PM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  257 Dennis Kline                           34 James Monroe                 
E4                   0.047  6.742 201.34     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.768 192.82
        T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-): -0.008             T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Connolly  ) 0.046  6.762 -0.008      (F Carpinelli) 0.011  6.857  0.097
E2    (J West      ) 0.034  7.264  0.524      (J Kreitzer  ) 0.016  6.741  0.011
E1    (H Katz      ) 0.018  6.724 -0.016      (A O'Brien   ) 0.004  6.784  0.054
 Qualified:            #10  6.722 198.41                       #12  6.746 197.65

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.70 inches, adjusted altitude 4,269 feet, track temperature 127 degrees.

Monroe with the better light and wins the double breakout race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Dean McIlvain                        314B Troy Stone                   
E4                   0.055  6.870 188.38     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.258 216.76
        T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.030             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Abruzzi   ) 0.002  6.853  0.083      (J Brown     ) 0.003  6.224  0.084
E2    (S Furr      ) 0.054  6.797  0.057      (S Cohen     ) 0.024  6.081  0.001
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.016  6.757  0.027      (T Fabish    ) 0.023  6.084  0.004
 Qualified:            #11  6.737 202.61                        #1  6.072 230.65

Stone with the starting line advantage and the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink