Fri, 10 May 2013, 18:00 PM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2912 Scott Duggins                        2124 Jeff Strickland              
E4                   0.027  7.113 183.99     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.222 180.14
         T/D  Dial: 7.11 (+/-):  0.003             T/D  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.003  7.114 -0.026      (C Manuel    ) 0.015  7.208  0.008
E2    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.014  7.141  0.011      (L Freer     ) 0.014  7.208 -0.012
E1    (E Careccia  ) 0.046  7.212  0.112      (M F Boesch J) 0.007  7.247  0.067
 Qualified:            #11  7.100 187.44                       #15  7.176 186.36

5:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.23 inches, adjusted altitude 2,922 feet.

Strickland gets out of the gate first and takes the stripe by .0024 seconds for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2771 Ray Miller III                             Bye
E4   ****WINNER**** -0.007  6.836 186.85     
         T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.014    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Brannon   ) 0.020  6.900  0.030   
E2    (S Furr      ) -0.007  6.852 -0.018   
E1    (B Cummings  ) 0.005  6.908  0.048   
 Qualified:             #7  6.825 197.48                     Bye

Miller will take on Strickland in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink