Sat, 26 May 2012, 21:03 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MARION, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular Series presented by AMSOIL, at San Antonio Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4117 Phil Pennington                      4071 David Bills                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.232 178.50                     0.022  7.657 172.08
         T/D  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  0.042             T/D  Dial: 7.63 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tinsley   ) 0.004  7.241  0.041      (M Kennedy   ) 0.013  7.667  0.037
E1    (E Ridenhour ) 0.017  7.222  0.022      (B Nance     ) 0.015  7.721  0.081
 Qualified:             #2 0.004                                #6 0.013        

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Michael Pennington's MOV: 0.003 seconds, about 11 inches.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4500 Joanna Tinsley                          2 Austin Cowan                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.601 175.10                    -0.008  7.433 179.00
         T/D  Dial: 4.59 (+/-):  3.011             T/D  Dial: 7.44 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.009  7.611 -0.019      (W Hudgins   ) 0.029  7.466  0.026
E1    (P Pennington) 0.006  7.615  0.005      (L Lightfoot ) 0.029  7.494  0.054
 Qualified:             #4 0.009                                #8 0.029        

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4888 Ryan McDonell                         401 David Johns                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.632 170.20                     0.026  7.298 183.75
         T/D  Dial: 7.63 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.30 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Hawk Jr.  ) 0.027  7.684  0.004      (B Nance     ) 0.008  7.332  0.022
E1    (R Zunker    ) 0.018  7.668  0.008      (R Hinton    ) 0.007  7.317 -0.003
 Qualified:             #7 0.027                                #3 0.008        

Ryan McDonell's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0170 seconds (approximately 5 feet), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4225 Todd Robinson                        4099 Lee Lightfoot                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.300 181.74                     0.029  7.706 163.70
         T/D  Dial: 7.29 (+/-):  0.010             T/D  Dial: 7.73 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Greathouse) 0.009  7.345  0.015      (C Eidson    ) 0.470 10.060  2.320
E1    (A Cole      ) 0.014  7.396  0.076      (C Pennington) 0.035  7.758  0.018
 Qualified:             #5 0.009                                #9 0.470        

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4822 Scott Ball                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  7.719 174.08     
         T/D  Dial: 7.74 (+/-): -0.021    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hinton    ) 0.001  7.789  0.009   
E1    (C Harvey II ) 0.003  7.789  0.029   
 Qualified:             #1 0.001                             Bye