Sat, 02 Mar 2013, 11:24 AM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7102 Art Hoover                           7073 Geoff Nelson                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.735 197.05                     0.058  6.830 200.08
         T/D  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  0.065             T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Colton Sr ) 0.013  6.751  0.091      (J Lobner    ) 0.019  6.815  0.055
E2    (K Upton     ) 0.036  6.690  0.020      (M Silvia    ) 0.049  6.788  0.008
E1    (D Lee       ) 0.006  6.678 -0.012      (D Morgan    ) 0.009  6.806 -0.034
 Qualified:            #11  6.667 201.97                       #20  6.788 200.62

9:15 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 1,060 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Art Hoover scores a hole shot win. MOV: 0.0252 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7730 Mike MacBrair                        765M Jim Momjian                  
E4                   0.016  6.982 179.23     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.980 187.13
         T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.162             T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Koron     ) 0.008  6.852  0.022      (L Byrum     ) 0.014  6.981  0.001
E2    (M Trujillo  ) 0.014  6.851  0.001      (M SaSina    ) 0.005  7.002  0.052
E1    (D Hills     ) 0.032  6.915  0.045      (B Button    ) 0.018  6.993  0.003
 Qualified:            #25  6.827 195.19                       #40  6.966 193.82

Winner gets the Bye Run to the final round.

Jim Momjian gets the win, as MacBriar slows on the top end. MOV: 0.1102 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 700E David Tinlin                         780V Val Torres Jr.               
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.019  6.692 200.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-): 93.339             T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Spiegel   ) 0.051  7.995  0.965      (G Castle    ) 0.039  6.723  0.063
E2    (D Steed     ) 9.581 17.171 10.141      (F Giroux    ) 0.034  6.777  0.107
E1    (T Koenen    ) 0.001  7.059  0.069      (R Cruickshan) 0.032  6.699 -0.001
 Qualified:            #49  7.058 191.59                        #9  6.660 202.79

Torres will get a single, as Tinlin is a no show. He faces Hoover later.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink