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Sun, 19 Feb 2012, 19:24 PM

Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  202 Steve Cohen                            21 Dylan Stott                  
E2                   0.007  4.515 148.48     ****WINNER****  0.001  4.317 161.77
         T/D  Dial: 4.52 (+/-): -0.005             T/D  Dial: 4.32 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smullen   ) 0.006  4.538  0.008      (K Cooke     ) 0.022  4.430  0.110
 Qualified:            #13  6.891 192.36                        #5  6.747 199.46

5:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 1,812 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

This is a repeat of a semifinal round pairing at Orlando, which was run here yesterday. Stott won that one when Cohen misjudged the finish line. Stott also won this one in another very close race. Dylan Stott's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0040 seconds (approximately 10 inches) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2090 Eddie Careccia                       168T Luc Angers                   
E2                   0.060  4.336 169.32     ****WINNER****  0.019  4.366 158.76
         T/D  Dial: 4.10 (+/-):  0.236             T/D  Dial: 4.36 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) 0.099  4.124  4.124      (P Wheeler   ) 0.120  4.382  0.032
 Qualified:             #1  6.154 232.27                        #9  6.819 196.36

Careccia spun the tires hard. Angers faces Stott in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2686 Mike Laws                             226 Bill Empke                   
E2                   0.018  4.393 160.18     ****WINNER****  0.013  4.313 165.50
         T/D  Dial: 4.34 (+/-):  0.053             T/D  Dial: 4.28 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Williams  ) 0.013  4.396 -0.004      (L Barker    ) 0.049  4.302  0.012
 Qualified:            #11  6.850 196.04                        #3  6.675 205.44

Bill Empke's MOV: 0.0258 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2059 Mark Brown                            122 Michael Kalin                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  4.408 158.17                     0.031  4.357 160.08
         T/D  Dial: 4.39 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 4.34 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Peavler   ) 0.013  4.406 -0.034      (M Tedesco   ) 0.056  4.384  0.014
 Qualified:            #16  6.908 194.04                        #8  6.812 197.88

Mark Brown's MOV: 0.0223 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2412 Steven Furr                            29 Vaughn Cauffield             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  4.488 149.27                     0.027  4.465 158.91
         T/D  Dial: 4.48 (+/-):  0.008             T/D  Dial: 4.40 (+/-):  0.065
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Miller    ) 0.019  4.507  0.017      (R Raymond   ) 0.020  4.416  0.016
 Qualified:            #22  7.072 186.74                       #15  6.908 196.10

Steven Furr's package: 0.021. He faces Empke in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2246 Melissa Hutson                       2463 Burwell Kendrick             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.067  3.977 181.45                    -0.013  4.822 171.71
         T/D  Dial: 3.98 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 4.20 (+/-):  0.622
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Freer     ) 0.053  4.049  0.059      (J Burnett   ) 0.083  4.593  0.593
 Qualified:             #2  6.199 223.17                       #25  7.191 204.45

Kendrick went red, then shook violently.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   53 Les Feist                            296C Larry Roberts                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  4.602 157.71                     0.138  4.486 145.74
         T/D  Dial: 4.41 (+/-):  0.192             T/D  Dial: 4.49 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S King      ) 0.013  4.442  0.042      (C Stanley   ) 0.031  4.508  0.038
 Qualified:            #14  6.898 195.31                       #21  7.065 187.70

Les Feist's MOV: Opponent broke out. He runs Hutson next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2550 Angela Travis                        2524 Larry Strickland             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002  4.784 113.90                    -0.002  4.694 148.44
         T/D  Dial: 4.21 (+/-):  0.574             T/D  Dial: 4.71 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Wells     ) 0.082  4.245  0.045      (M Dunkel    ) 0.059  5.191  0.471
 Qualified:             #4  6.744 197.39                       #27  7.435 179.56

Angela Travis' MOV: opponent's red light. She races Brown in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink