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Sun, 25 Mar 2012, 15:47 PM

Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  744 Del Cox Jr                             72 Art Hoover                   
E3                  -0.019  9.880  83.46     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.984 183.64
         T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  2.890             T/D  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Shambaugh ) 0.039  6.981 -0.009      (R Guy       ) -0.006  6.947 -0.003
E1    (L Burnham   ) 0.022  6.990 -0.020      (G Campbell  ) 0.010  6.963 -0.017
 Qualified:            #28  7.005 189.63                       #22  6.966 191.38

12:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.25 inches, adjusted altitude 4,321 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Art Hoover's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6249 Francesca Giroux                     780V Val Torres Jr.               
E3                   0.054  7.214 185.26     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.867 191.00
         T/D  Dial: 7.23 (+/-): -0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Russell   ) 0.029  7.227  0.007      (J Overland  ) 0.016  6.835 -0.005
E1    (G Nash      ) 0.015  7.225 -0.015      (M Macbrair  ) 0.017  6.842  0.002
 Qualified:            #45  7.245 185.23                       #15  6.841 196.50

Val Torres Jr.'s MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.016.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7592 Jim Luttrell                         7613 Kevin Kleineweber            
E3                   0.081  6.253 211.96     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.886 183.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.047             T/D  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Davis     ) 0.038  6.402  0.052      (G Nelson    ) 0.014  6.825 -0.075
E1    (G Slatten   ) 0.009  8.556  2.206      (J Momjian   ) 0.015  6.906 -0.044
 Qualified:             #2  6.348 231.52                       #20  6.946 194.97

Kevin Kleineweber gets the big win after Luttrell is late and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6831 Peter Saruga                         571P Anita Pulliam                
E3                   0.142  7.053 192.03     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.068 183.34
         T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.053             T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Quayle    ) 0.004  7.051  0.051      (P Snell     ) 0.020  7.030  0.010
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.013  7.076  0.016      (E Sharron   ) 0.036  7.049 -0.001
 Qualified:            #37  7.097 191.27                       #31  7.056 189.92

Saruga is way late and Pulliam nails the tree with a strong 0.006 RT to get the easy win. He will race Hover in the next round with the winner getting the bye run to the finals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 766M Paul Gladden                         7256 Mera Silvia                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.543 212.86                     0.015  6.876 168.68
         T/D  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Prather   ) 0.075  6.702  0.192      (M Piraino   ) 0.015  6.798  0.008
E1    (J Dawson    ) 0.051  6.557  0.007      (M Henderson ) 0.017  6.787 -0.033
 Qualified:             #5  6.566 211.86                       #11  6.806 199.43

They are checking the right lane in the lights for Stuff and have to do a little cleaning.
12:39 p.m. Back to racing.
Gladden's new dragster features a 824ci Ford engine!

Two good lights and Gladden runs 0.003 to his dial for the twelve foot win. He faces Kleinweber later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7647 Stewart Koch                         6718 Shane Molinari               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.046 191.76                     0.028  6.967 192.41
         T/D  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.006             T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Imerti Cox) 0.013  7.076  0.056      (R Cracraft  ) 0.026  6.978  0.028
E1    (R Suyenaga  ) 0.006  7.067  0.047      (J Mott      ) 0.040  6.971 -0.019
 Qualified:            #30  7.033 193.82                       #24  6.973 194.83

Close RT's and Stewart Koch gets the win, running 0.006 to his dial. MOV: Opponent broke out.

He will Race Torres in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink