Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 13:45 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3991 JB Strassweg                           39 Phillip Oakley               
E3                   0.013  6.524 201.76     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.557 197.91
         T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Grame     ) 0.009  6.525  0.045      (C Ray       ) 0.007  6.568  0.008
E1    (B Banks Jr  ) 0.035  6.471 -0.089      (R Edwards   ) 0.056  6.560 -0.010
 Qualified:            #14  6.542 206.80                       #18  6.595 205.51

12:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 1,966 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Phillip Oakley's package: 0.020.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 James Monroe                         5947 Larry Piper                  
E3                   0.021  6.470 210.14     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.624 202.94
         T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.030             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Carman    ) 0.027  6.517  0.007      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.002  6.668  0.008
E1    (G Atchison  ) 0.002  6.524  0.014      (R Wilson    ) 0.030  6.661 -0.109
 Qualified:            #12  6.514 209.69                       #16  6.573 209.04

Piper gets the hole-shot and takes the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4281 Rob McKinley Jr.                     370X Bill Riddle                  
E3                   0.045  6.090 225.18     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.546 198.99
         T/D  Dial: 6.08 (+/-):  0.010             T/D  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K McCullar  ) 0.019  6.116  0.026      (P Unruh     ) 0.007  6.640  0.090
E1    (L Freer     ) 0.015  6.108  0.038      (J Strickland) 0.007  6.557  0.007
 Qualified:             #3  6.125 228.85                       #15  6.544 204.73

Riddle gets a big advantage off the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5839 Lane Dicken                          3880 Tom Fisher                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.882 186.12                     0.078  6.564 198.52
         T/D  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.052             T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Floyd     ) 0.004  7.081  0.231      (K Mae Smith ) 0.048  6.706  0.126
E1    (K Dvorak    ) 0.015  6.878  0.008      (B Fuller    ) 0.028  7.320  0.740
 Qualified:            #29  6.856 192.49                       #17  6.592 200.35

Dicken gets a big advantage off the line;Fisher breaks out.

In the next round it will be Dicken vs. Riddle and Oakley vs. Piper.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink