Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 21:30 PM Top Dragster Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FALLON, Nev. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Pacific Division Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Top Gun Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7796 John Richardson                      7842 Chris Forsyth                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.449 155.61                     0.015 13.123  60.83
         T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.329             T/D  Dial: 7.46 (+/-):  5.663
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Burnham   ) 0.001  7.470  0.020                     0.014  8.039  0.059
E3    (M Silvia    ) 0.013  7.524  0.074      (J Morris    ) 0.020  7.992  0.012
E2    (S Messier   ) 0.039  7.458  0.058      (M Westerman ) 0.032  8.004  0.054
 Qualified:             #9  7.380 183.12                       #19  7.906 170.13

5:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.79 inches, adjusted altitude 1,752 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma CA: Top Gun Raceway, Fallon, NV Top Dragster Final Round from June 9, 2013.

These two were literally pulling into the water box for their final round burnouts, when the front on an incoming Thunderstorm blew sand across the track on the top end. The round was reschedule for today.

Chris Forsyth has borrowed a car for just this round. He gets a nice starting line advantage at the green, but his Rent-A-Racer expires before the 330 lights.

John Richardson was chasing and saw Forsyth slow. He motored on down the track for the easy Top Dragster Championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink