Sun, 15 Sep 2013, 13:20 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Sunset Racecraft Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, NHRA Texas Sportsman Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  486 Angie Cart                           4030 William Kruse                
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.004  6.693 204.54
         T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-): 93.189             T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.063
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Thibodeaux) 0.029  6.861  0.051      (C Jones     ) 0.057  6.653  0.033
E1    (J White     ) 0.065  6.826  0.016      (R McKinley  ) 0.012  6.653  0.033
 Qualified:            #21  6.826 198.55                       #17  6.664 205.76

12:05 p.m. Cart broke on the burnout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4149 Eli McGee                            4941 Samuel Patrick               
E3                   0.012  6.814 197.36     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.850 199.02
         T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Weaver    ) 0.038  6.802  0.012      (D Ake       ) 0.033  6.833  0.013
E1    (M Kile      ) 0.003  6.793 -0.057      (S Benoit    ) 0.014  6.817 -0.013
 Qualified:            #19  6.748 205.35                       #23  6.841 199.05

Samuel Patrick's MOV: 0.0041 seconds (approximately 14 inches). He races Kruse in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  408 Richard Prince                       4318 Cody Draper                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044 15.160  40.28                     0.054  7.419 175.00
         T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  8.810             T/D  Dial: 7.42 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Boesch    ) 0.028  6.913  0.563      (J Ogden     ) 0.025  7.435  0.045
E1    (J Garner    ) 0.035  6.369  0.049      (R Lejeune   ) 0.015  7.384 -0.016
 Qualified:             #4  6.366 219.76                       #32  7.410 183.19

Ouch! Draper left, then Prince launched a second later and broke. Draper never looked over and broke out by a lousy thousandth.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 494C Brandon Chauvin                        42 Lee Lightfoot                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.620 195.65                     0.036  6.567 202.70
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.030             T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.217
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Constantin) 0.027  6.610  0.020      (L South     ) 0.037  6.374  0.024
E1    (J Arabie    ) 0.022  6.642  0.072      (W Pennington) 0.015  6.389  0.039
 Qualified:            #10  6.597 202.64                        #6  6.495 221.78

Chauvin has a 200 mph car and can expect Lightfoot to be faster at the stripe. On a good pass. Lightfoot didn't get a good pass and it wasn't close. Chauvin will race Prince in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink