Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 20:18 PM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Pacific Division Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Sonoma Raceway presented by Korbel California Champagne:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jake Morris                           613 Randy Pressel                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.020 192.99                     0.011  7.039 195.11
         T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.010             T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M MacBrair  ) 0.004  7.038  0.028      (B Ray McMaha) 0.025  7.023  0.013
E2    (C Thode     ) 0.006  7.084  0.074      (T Koenen    ) 0.000  7.038  0.028
E1    (V Torres    ) 0.005  7.002  0.012      (S Will      ) 0.000  7.014  0.054
 Qualified:            #36  6.965 195.51                       #39  6.984 194.35

5:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 1,605 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Heads up! Pressel gets a small lead at the green and Jake Morris nips him in the lights MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6229 Jim Pappas                            756 Robert Button                
E4                   0.013  7.084 199.40     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.927 180.07
         T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.314             T/D  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.147
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Prather   ) -0.004 23.813 17.043      (G Nash      ) 0.015  7.256  0.476
E2    (M Colton    ) 0.001  6.780 -0.010      (Bye         ) 0.009  6.785 -0.005
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.094  6.770  0.010      (J Bradford  ) 0.043  6.803  0.023
 Qualified:            #21  6.763 199.43                       #24  6.797 202.73

Pappas slows and Button gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7647 Stewart Koch                         4979 Wade Pennington              
E4                   0.011 14.800 105.62     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.814 188.73
         T/D  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  7.890             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.264
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Hoover    ) 0.017  6.930  1.020      (P Snell     ) 0.008  6.549 -0.001
E2    (R Comstock  ) 0.013  6.950  0.040      (K Upton     ) 0.027  6.572  0.022
E1    (M Trujillo  ) 0.005  6.935  0.045      (C Lindsay   ) 0.025  6.581  0.001
 Qualified:            #32  6.895 197.08                       #12  6.616 206.26

Koch's car breaks right off the line and Pennington gets the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink