Mon, 15 Oct 2012, 00:42 AM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA, Seventh annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Art Hoover                           5186 George Slatten               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.844 191.78                     0.021  6.995 188.57
         T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Hills     ) 0.002  6.870  0.060      (G Nann      ) 0.033  6.983  0.013
E2    (D Cox Jr    ) 0.029  6.851  0.041      (M Trujillo  ) 0.006  6.973  0.033
E1    (J Richardson) 0.002  6.824  0.054      (D Aguayo    ) 0.018  6.982  0.022
 Qualified:             #7  6.761 198.20                       #16  6.951 190.57

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Close in the lights. Art Hoover takes the hole shot win with a 0.006 RT. MOV: 0.0060 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7498 Steve Casner                         747L Ryen Lamb                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.520 173.07                     0.023  7.342 183.59
         T/D  Dial: 7.51 (+/-):  0.010             T/D  Dial: 7.31 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Imerti Cox) 0.004  7.522  0.022      (G Devnpeck  ) 0.033  7.336  0.026
E2    (J Morris    ) 0.014  7.512  0.022      (J Bradford  ) 0.007  7.329  0.029
E1    (M Macbrair  ) 0.010  7.473  0.003      (K Upton     ) 0.093  7.297  0.007
 Qualified:            #39  7.452 180.31                       #36  7.255 185.77

Steve Casner's MOV: 0.0250 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  622 Tom Pappas                           7875 Roy Cracraft                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.010  7.164 186.59                     0.023  7.126 189.23
         T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.044             T/D  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.047  7.124  0.004      (M Silvia    ) 0.006  7.113  0.023
E2    (K Kleinewebe) 0.018  7.127  0.007      (J Bond      ) 0.035  7.104  0.044
E1    (M Kile      ) 0.060  7.085 -0.055      (G Campbell  ) 0.405  7.064 -0.006
 Qualified:            #23  7.047 192.49                       #26  7.074 191.16

Another close race. Tom Pappas uses his ten light for the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0050 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink