Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 07:36 PM Top Dragster Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 5 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
 7056 Chuck Phelps                           71 Tony Jardino                 
E5                   0.021  7.249 178.59     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.828 196.39
        T/D  Dial: 7.25 (+/-): -0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Mozeris   ) 0.017  7.270  0.020      (J Luttrell  ) 0.020  6.859  0.039
E3    (J Lewis     ) 0.009  7.250  0.020      (J Roubicek  ) 0.020  6.834  0.014
E2    (P Gladden   ) 0.006  7.233  0.003      (M Kile      ) 0.015  6.829  0.009
E1    (D Cox Jr    ) 0.021  7.271  0.001      (T Shambaugh ) 0.149  6.848 -0.002
 Qualified:            #29  7.224 182.33                       #12  6.841 197.74

Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.60 inches, adjusted altitude 3,817 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Phelps with the starting line advantage, but then was too quick by 0.001 seconds to break out. Jardino carried the front end around 200 feet. He collects his second National event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink