Sat, 15 Jun 2013, 19:14 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
        Bye                                309R Jason Phillips               
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.001  4.775 146.07
                                                    TD  Dial: 4.80 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (C JONES     ) 0.005  4.808  0.008
E1                                           (D PHELPS    ) 0.020  4.804  0.024
 Qualified:                                                      #10  4.764 146.05

6:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.48 inches, adjusted altitude 2,856 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Phillips gets the bye run to the finals. He cuts a 0.001 light and runs close to his dial.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4X3R Darrell Reid                          511 Jim England                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029  4.319 161.96                     0.053  4.768 135.00
          TD  Dial: 4.31 (+/-):  0.009              TD  Dial: 4.77 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K MCCLAIN   ) 0.030  4.409  0.099      (M CRICK     ) 0.006  4.803  0.003
E1    (K MCCLAIN   ) 0.007  4.390  0.090      (T PAAP      ) 0.026  4.816  0.016
 Qualified:             #5  4.296 163.47                        #9  4.755 146.23

England's little 500 c.i. Bantam has been showing the long cars how it's done! He's a little late this time.

Darrell Reid's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0130 seconds (approximately 3 feet), opponent broke out by -0.002.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink