Sun, 03 Mar 2013, 20:30 PM Top Dragster Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 6 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
 6087 Mark Colton Sr.                      7498 Steve Casner                 
E6                          7.247 190.19     ****WINNER****  0.048  7.105 166.79
         T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.247             T/D  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.085
 Prior rounds:
E5                   0.017  7.115  0.095      (G Prather   ) 0.024  7.017 -0.003
E4    (J Morris    )       No Time            (A Hoover    ) 0.023  7.031  0.011
E3    (J Lobner    ) 0.016  7.041  0.021      (C Lindsey   ) 0.017  7.026  0.006
E2    (K Kroeker   ) 0.031  7.020  0.010      (M Silvia    ) 0.032  7.013  0.003
E1    (J Bradford  ) 0.041  7.039  0.049      (G Nelson    ) 0.041  7.049  0.059
 Qualified:            #46  7.031 191.73                       #42  6.990 191.95

6:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.67 inches, adjusted altitude 2,551 feet.

Just 0.002 difference in their RT's. At the green, Colton sits in the lights for over 21 seconds. Casner knows his parts and dumps for the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink