Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 02:44 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations(Revised)

By Dave Rowe

REYNOLDS, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Silver Dollar Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  202 Steve Cohen                          5066 Dan Phelps                   
E3                  -0.012 16.269  42.07     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.725 197.71
        T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  9.419             T/D  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Wells     ) -0.010  6.838  0.018      (P Owens     ) 0.014  6.677  0.027
E1    (R Adkins    ) 0.005  6.851  0.021      (K Cooke     ) 0.002  6.697  0.037
 Qualified:            #12  6.664 206.26                        #8  6.632 202.76

Cohen turns on the red light and backs off the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3985 Bob Nichols                          2946 Vaughn Cauffield             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.121 190.38                     0.023  7.022 193.60
        T/D  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.051             T/D  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Travis    ) 0.015  7.060  0.010      (L Conolty   ) 0.015  6.988  0.018
E1    (T Elliott   ) 0.065  7.061  0.011      (P Oakley    ) 0.029  7.028  0.058
 Qualified:            #19  6.819 201.34                       #23  6.978 194.80

In the next round it will be Galbraith vs. Nichols and Farrow vs. Phelps.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  270 Cynthia Farrow                       2749 Scott King                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.174 179.30                     0.010  7.415 174.75
        T/D  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 7.45 (+/-): -0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Careccia  ) 0.018  7.173  0.083      (V Houston   ) 0.012  7.431  0.081
E1    (R Miller    ) 0.012  7.163  0.073      (C Spradlin  ) 0.030  7.405  0.055
 Qualified:            #26  7.111 182.43                       #22  6.891 198.06

NHRA officials determined there was a timing system malfunction in the first two pair of this class. This is a re-run.

Farrow is last off the line but King takes too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3506 Troy Galbraith                       3991 John Strassweg               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.759 184.47                     0.048  6.806 199.88
        T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.019             T/D  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.086
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Estes     ) 0.020  6.944  0.274      (A Constantin) 0.007  6.701  0.021
E1    (B George    ) 0.020  6.715  0.025      (L Freer     ) 0.021  6.731  0.011
 Qualified:            #13  6.674 202.76                        #9  6.647 201.64

Galbraith gets the hole shot and takes the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink