Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 05:24 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7243 Joe Mozeris                          721X Andrew Madrid                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.151  7.194 158.86                           No Time      
        T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.164             T/D  Dial: 7.15 (+/-): 92.849
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Fiello    ) 0.027  7.022 -0.008      (D Oenes     ) 0.024  7.129  0.009
E1    (C Rumis     ) 0.021  7.065  0.035      (J Butler    ) -0.078  7.378  0.218
 Qualified:            #23  7.035 188.96                       #27  7.107 184.95

2:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.62 inches, adjusted altitude 3,731 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Madrid's dragster bangs an pops in the water box and Mozeris gets a single to round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Joe Roubicek                           71 Tony Jardino                 
E3                   0.087  6.783 201.58     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.834 187.96
        T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Lindsey   ) 0.053  6.767  0.007      (M Kile      ) 0.015  6.829  0.009
E1    (J Momjian   ) 0.020  6.775  0.005      (T Shambaugh ) 0.149  6.848 -0.002
 Qualified:             #8  6.731 202.55                       #12  6.841 197.74

Roubicek is late and Jardino gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7056 Chuck Phelps                         4885 Jimmy Lewis                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.250 181.94                    -0.020  6.941 193.68
        T/D  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Gladden   ) 0.006  7.233  0.003      (M Macbrair  ) 0.014  7.075  0.145
E1    (D Cox Jr    ) 0.021  7.271  0.001      (D Hills     ) 0.033  7.022  0.052
 Qualified:            #29  7.224 182.33                       #17  6.922 193.77

Chuck Phelps wins on Jimmy Lewis' red light and will race Mozeris later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7592 Jim Luttrell                         5186 George Slatten               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.108  6.986 217.91                    -0.013  6.935 193.16
        T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.886             T/D  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Snell     ) 0.030  6.127  0.027      (L Imerti Cox) 0.002  7.261  0.361
E1    (M Trujillo  ) 0.020  6.269  0.169      (M Colton Sr ) 0.023  6.915 -0.045
 Qualified:             #2  6.087 229.70                       #14  6.898 192.91

Jim Luttrell wins on George Slatten's -0.013 red light and races Jardino in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink