Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 04:58 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  191 James Bridge                         314B Troy Stone                   
E3                   0.030  6.745 194.69     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.081 216.20
        T/D  Dial: 6.71 (+/-):  0.035             T/D  Dial: 6.05 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Galofaro  ) 0.028  6.725  0.015      (B Forrest   ) 0.043  6.035  0.015
E1    (C Olson     ) 0.011  6.721  0.031      (J Elrod     ) 0.016  6.024  0.024
 Qualified:            #22  6.689 196.16                        #2  6.054 231.24

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3456 Matthew Albright                      330 Lynn Ellison                 
E3                   0.038 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.019  6.814 169.44
        T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-): 93.369             T/D  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.134
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Moser     ) 0.013  6.657  0.027      (A Travis    ) 0.027  6.683  0.003
E1    (B Riddle    ) 0.048  6.657  0.007      (J Strassweg ) 0.000  6.649 -0.041
 Qualified:            #17  6.667 201.28                       #13  6.628 206.89

Albright hits the throttle, moves about 10 feet and the engine backfires and goes silent. They try to push the dragster off the track and the rear axle appears to be locked up.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  202 Steve Cohen                           333 Marco Abruzzi                
E3                   0.018  6.731 202.30     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.664 191.70
        T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lewis     ) 0.006  6.751  0.041      (C Sullivan  ) 0.010  6.625 -0.005
E1    (A O'Brien   ) 0.013  6.717  0.067      (B Cummings  ) 0.017  6.582 -0.038
 Qualified:            #19  6.675 203.98                       #15  6.635 203.12

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  397 Phillip Oakley                       2412 Steve Furr                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.071  6.889 167.95                     0.011  7.181 162.51
        T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.189             T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.451
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Carr      ) 0.030  6.708 -0.002      (D Kline     ) 0.008  6.785  0.055
E1    (T Elliott   ) 0.032  6.707  0.047      (V Nannini   ) 0.018  6.709  0.009
 Qualified:            #20  6.684 201.01                       #24  6.721 194.02

In the next round it will be Ellison vs. Abruzzi and Stone vs. Oakley.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink