Sun, 06 May 2012, 20:59 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour, Renegades Division 4, day two at State Capitol Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                413M Audy McCool                  
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.220 11.045 115.99
                                                   T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  4.345
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (L EIDSON    ) 0.005  6.737  0.017
E1                                           (K SALVADRAS ) 0.016  6.731  0.031
 Qualified:                                                       #2  6.706 207.51

7:51 p.m.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4994 Ken Zeller                           4950 Bill Thomas                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.109 179.03                     0.020  7.896 169.26
         T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.079             T/D  Dial: 7.80 (+/-):  0.096
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N CARMENA   ) 0.021  7.070  0.020      (J ALBRITTON ) 0.016  7.871  0.071
E1    (S PRUITT    ) 0.003  7.101  0.041      (T LEVATINO  ) 0.020  7.874  0.074
 Qualified:             #8  7.056 189.19                       #29  7.872 170.13

Zeller led at the tree and held on for the win. Ken Zeller's MOV: 0.0285 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4822 Scott Ball                           4473 Keith Broussard              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.678 174.45                    -0.005  7.083 190.55
         T/D  Dial: 7.68 (+/-): -0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.09 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T ROBINSON  ) 0.025  7.808  0.078      (A COWAN     ) 0.001  7.112  0.032
E1    (M NICOLL    ) 0.012  7.759  0.009      (J OGDEN     ) 0.007  7.098  0.018
 Qualified:            #30  7.890 142.20                        #9  7.093 190.35

Ball faces McCool in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4099 Lee Lightfoot                        4X97 Wynette Hudgins              
E3                   0.022  6.813 167.34     ****WINNER****  0.023  7.047 191.24
         T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.263             T/D  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.000  6.569 -0.031      (S PATRICK   ) 0.030  7.033  0.023
E1    (T TRACEY    ) 0.020  6.610  0.030      (D REYNOLDS  ) 0.033  7.037 -0.013
 Qualified:             #1  6.577 209.01                        #6  7.027 191.36

Almost identical reaction times, but Lightfoot slowed on the top end and Hudgins races Zeller in the quarters. There's a report of a blower belt on the track, explaining Lightfoot's slowdown.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4672 Lyndon Rutland                        403 Ed Ridenhour                 
E3                   0.024  7.378 168.63     ****WINNER****  0.029  7.317 173.37
         T/D  Dial: 7.40 (+/-): -0.022             T/D  Dial: 7.30 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C PETERSON  ) 0.027  7.492  0.112      (R SPRUELL   ) 0.011  7.320  0.020
E1    (R ZUNKER    ) 0.017  7.394  0.024      (N ARSEMENT  ) 0.246  7.327  0.007
 Qualified:            #15  7.373 183.07                       #20  7.480 184.04

Ed Ridenhour's MOV: Opponent broke out. He gets a bye to the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink