Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 20:56 PM Top Dragster Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
  756 Robert Button                        4979 Wade Pennington              
E5                   0.030  6.850 193.38     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.639 194.32
         T/D  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.070             T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.069
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Pappas    ) 0.016  6.927  0.147      (S Koch      ) 0.008  6.814  0.264
E3    (G Nash      ) 0.015  7.256  0.476      (P Snell     ) 0.008  6.549 -0.001
E2    (Bye         ) 0.009  6.785 -0.005      (K Upton     ) 0.027  6.572  0.022
E1    (J Bradford  ) 0.043  6.803  0.023      (C Lindsay   ) 0.025  6.581  0.001
 Qualified:            #24  6.797 202.73                       #12  6.616 206.26

5:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 1,605 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Pennington gets a nice starting line advantage and runs down Button for the trip to the finals. M)V: 0.0244 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jake Morris                                Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  1.769 No Time           
         T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-): 92.989    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Pressel   ) 0.025  7.020  0.010   
E3    (M MacBrair  ) 0.004  7.038  0.028   
E2    (C Thode     ) 0.006  7.084  0.074   
E1    (V Torres    ) 0.005  7.002  0.012   
 Qualified:            #36  6.965 195.51                     Bye

Bye run. He takes the green and backs out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink