Sat, 15 Jun 2013, 18:12 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster at the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League, X-Treme Gateway Showdown:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 309R Jason Phillips                       4500 Coby Jones                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  4.808 145.11                    -0.029  4.062 180.96
          TD  Dial: 4.80 (+/-):  0.008              TD  Dial: 4.06 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D PHELPS    ) 0.020  4.804  0.024      (M TURKS     ) 0.021  4.069  0.039
 Qualified:            #10  4.764 146.05                        #1  3.951 183.54

5:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 2,967 feet, track temperature 133 degrees.

Jason Phillips cuts a 0.005 light on his way to the easy win. Jones is red, but runs 0.002 to his dial.

Phillips gets the bye run next round to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4X3R Darrell Reid                         2507 Kayla McClain                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  4.409 140.55                     0.455  4.932 145.72
          TD  Dial: 4.31 (+/-):  0.099              TD  Dial: 4.74 (+/-):  0.192
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K MCCLAIN   ) 0.007  4.390  0.090      (P OAKLEY    ) 0.016  4.760  0.020
 Qualified:             #5  4.296 163.47                        #8  4.710 147.39

McClain is late by a ton and Reid gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3362 Mike Crick                            511 Jim England                  
E2                   0.003  4.996 129.89     ****WINNER****  0.006  4.803 131.34
          TD  Dial: 4.95 (+/-):  0.046              TD  Dial: 4.80 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R WILSON    ) 0.035  4.958  0.018      (T PAAP      ) 0.026  4.816  0.016
 Qualified:            #12  4.964 136.29                        #9  4.755 146.23

two terrific lights and Jim England runs 0.003 to his dial for the win.MOV: 0.0405 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Jim England's package: 0.009.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink