Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 21:35 PM Top Dragster Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 6 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                          4979 Wade Pennington              
E6                   0.008  7.016 187.34     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.980  96.21
         T/D  Dial: 7.02 (+/-): -0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  2.410
 Prior rounds:
E5                         No Time            (B Button    ) 0.007  6.639  0.069
E4    (R Pressel   ) 0.025  7.020  0.010      (S Koch      ) 0.008  6.814  0.264
E3    (M MacBrair  ) 0.004  7.038  0.028      (P Snell     ) 0.008  6.549 -0.001
E2    (C Thode     ) 0.006  7.084  0.074      (K Upton     ) 0.027  6.572  0.022
E1    (V Torres    ) 0.005  7.002  0.012      (C Lindsay   ) 0.025  6.581  0.001
 Qualified:            #36  6.965 195.51                       #12  6.616 206.26

6:28 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.

Ouch! Morris gets a big starting line advantage at the green. It looks like it is all over for Pennington, as the engine expires around the 330 lights.

It's not to be, as Morris breaks out by just -0.004 to give the Top Dragster Championship to a slowing Pennington.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink