Sat, 03 Nov 2012, 19:14 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7160 Andy Spiegel 71 Paul Snell
E2 -0.003 7.018 191.89 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.863 197.65
T/D Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 0.018 T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.017
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Cox Jr ) 0.034 7.039 0.049 (R Comstock ) -0.002 6.881 0.011
Qualified: #38 7.004 192.41 #23 6.879 197.68
3:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,909 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7208 Denny Hills 780V Val Torres Jr.
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.192 210.37 0.024 6.818 195.90
T/D Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 0.022 T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.018
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Slatten ) 0.008 6.179 -0.001 (E Sharron ) 0.019 6.824 0.034
Qualified: #1 6.184 220.15 #16 6.785 198.12
Torres had a shot at the divisional championship, but Hills ended those hopes. Denny Hills' MOV: 0.0107 seconds (approximately 3
feet). Hills gets a bye to the quarterfinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7117 Jake Morris 7498 Steve Casner
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.087 188.83 -0.001 7.427 184.62
T/D Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.013 T/D Dial: 7.46 (+/-): -0.033
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Pulliam ) 0.010 7.103 0.023 (M Green ) 0.032 7.521 0.071
Qualified: #41 7.081 189.60 #56 7.449 181.08
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5116 Dave Slatten 7875 Roy Cracraft
E2 0.034 6.927 194.02 ****WINNER**** 0.031 7.130 190.48
T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.047 T/D Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 0.030
Prior rounds:
E1 (V Adragna ) 0.036 6.903 0.023 (M Trujillo ) 0.021 7.149 0.069
Qualified: #27 6.902 192.11 #42 7.095 190.03
Roy Cracraft's MOV: 0.0203 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
765M Jim Momjian 758B Stephanie Crifasi
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.082 7.260 180.67 0.095 6.567 204.66
T/D Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 0.000 T/D Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.007
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Silvia ) 0.018 7.280 0.020 (J Richardson) 0.098 6.584 0.034
Qualified: #50 7.264 185.51 #5 6.573 203.28
Jim Momjian's MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He races Cracraft next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7026 George Nann 429G Robert Gregory
E2 0.030 6.833 199.11 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.990 193.93
T/D Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.007 T/D Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.000
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Thompson ) 0.420 9.439 2.599 (G Campbell ) 0.006 6.999 -0.001
Qualified: #21 6.848 198.73 #36 6.996 192.69
Robert Gregory's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0070 seconds (approximately 2 feet), opponent broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6676 Stefan Kondolay 5046 Darren Stettner
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.018 7.352 176.60 0.038 6.620 203.68
T/D Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 0.012 T/D Dial: 6.63 (+/-): -0.010
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Prather ) 0.018 7.351 0.011 (D Lee ) 0.013 6.638 0.018
Qualified: #52 7.346 181.47 #7 6.623 204.57
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4608 Michael Kile 7441 Leah Imerti Cox
E2 0.122 6.303 216.13 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.222 182.67
T/D Dial: 6.30 (+/-): 0.003 T/D Dial: 7.22 (+/-): 0.002
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Rhodes ) 0.027 6.381 0.071 (C Thode ) 0.027 7.241 0.011
Qualified: #3 6.321 215.27 #48 7.204 183.19
Kile is usually very good on the tree, but he was late this time and it cost him. Cox left on time and was just two thousandths
off her dial-in.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
747L Ryen Lamb 7791 George Clark
E2 0.018 7.284 180.98 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.802 194.69
T/D Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 0.024 T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.002
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Piraino ) 0.006 7.314 0.034 (J Bradford ) 0.011 6.815 0.025
Qualified: #29 6.931 190.46 #14 6.779 197.48
Lamb had the better light, but left the door open at the top end and Clark drove through it for the win. George Clark's MOV:
0.0105 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He races Kondolay next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7250 Jason Dawson 4099 Lee Lightfoot
E2 -0.005 7.423 180.86 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.312 222.36
T/D Dial: 7.42 (+/-): 0.003 T/D Dial: 6.30 (+/-): 0.012
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Button ) 0.037 7.432 0.002 (C Jones ) 0.023 6.313 0.023
Qualified: #47 7.167 189.36 #2 6.303 223.36
Dawson went red and Lightfoot takes his blown bracket car to round 3.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6563 Gerald Devenpeck 7586 Kenny Upton
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.153 186.61 -0.026 12.848 79.29
T/D Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.007 T/D Dial: 6.96 (+/-): 5.888
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Hoover ) 0.035 7.159 -0.001 (G Heaton ) 0.031 6.999 0.039
Qualified: #45 7.150 187.70 #30 6.951 194.35
Devnpeck faces Snell next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4432 Dillon Bontrager 5614 Bob Ross
E2 0.049 6.924 192.47 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.785 199.23
T/D Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.026 T/D Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.005
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Davis ) 0.036 6.946 0.026 (J Johnson ) 0.043 6.767 -0.013
Qualified: #28 6.919 195.85 #13 6.760 201.85
Bob Ross' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0040 seconds (approximately 14 inches), opponent broke out. He races Gregory in round
3.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7353 Lyle Burnham 7613 Kevin Kleineweber
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.642 202.30 0.018 6.915 186.56
T/D Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.002 T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.035
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Nash ) 0.018 6.663 0.023 (D Aguayo ) 0.003 6.898 0.008
Qualified: #9 6.657 201.94 #24 6.884 195.99
Kleineweber had the better light, but Burnham was almost dead-on for the win. Lyle Burnham's MOV: 0.0254 seconds (approximately
7 feet). He faces Lightfoot in round 3.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6718 Shane Molinari 370X Bill Riddle
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.885 195.39 0.019 6.989 182.97
T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.005 T/D Dial: 6.97 (+/-): 0.019
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Geise ) 0.032 6.875 -0.025 (D Tinlin ) 0.067 7.025 0.055
Qualified: #25 6.888 198.38 #10 6.710 201.76
Riddle had a small edge at the green, but Molinari was closer to his dial for the win. Shane Molinari's MOV: 0.0076 seconds
(approximately 2 feet). He races Imerti-Cox in round 3.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7062 Chris Lindsay 719R Russell Suyenaga
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.216 187.34 No Time
T/D Dial: 7.21 (+/-): 0.006 T/D Dial: 7.21 (+/-): 92.789
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Westerman ) 0.065 7.238 0.018 (J Overland ) 0.014 6.655 0.205
Qualified: #49 7.238 186.87 #4 6.441 214.76
Suyenaga was a no-show. Lindsay will race Morris next round.
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