Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 14:12 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4142 James Ogden                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.451  6.638 201.46     
         T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.138    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R McKinley J) 0.664  6.521  0.051   
E1    (R Gibson    ) 0.025  6.654  0.184   
 Qualified:             #8  6.530 206.67                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 2,687 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Ogden moves into the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 571P Anita Pulliam                          42 Lee Lightfoot                
E3                  -0.018  6.611 204.70     ****WINNER****  0.203  6.459 211.89
         T/D  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.219
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Unruh     ) 0.029  6.602 -0.018      (M Kile      ) 0.052  6.249  0.039
E1    (C Draper    ) -0.059  6.615 -0.015      (J Thibodeaux) 0.019  6.219 -0.101
 Qualified:            #12  6.660 204.14                        #9  6.543 215.58

Pulliam goes red and Lightfoot with the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4653 Larry Eidson                          405 Keith Raftery                
E3                  -0.006  6.293 216.62     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.037 187.18
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.007             T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.587
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J R Baxter  ) 0.005  6.302 -0.008      (J Koron     ) 0.013  6.550  0.080
E1    (W Pennington) 0.015  6.297 -0.003      (R Zunker    ) 0.034  6.458  0.018
 Qualified:             #4  6.344 213.64                        #7  6.518 204.54

Edison goes red and Raftery gets the easy win. He will face Lightfoot in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4110 Cody Moore                           5186 George Slatten               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.300 183.12                    -0.436  7.636 129.62
         T/D  Dial: 7.32 (+/-): -0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.776
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Patterson ) 0.017  7.327 -0.003      (J Maples    ) 0.007  6.883  0.013
E1    (K McCullar  ) 0.014  7.326  0.036      (J White     ) 0.238  6.850  0.040
 Qualified:            #24  7.348 182.80                       #20  6.920 194.69

Slatten turned on the red light and Moore gets the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink