Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 16:17 PM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Results of round 4 eliminations in Hughes Performance Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Night of Fire at Rocky Mountain Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6541 Paul Snell                           7117 Jake Morris                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.083 184.08                     0.020  7.361 178.50
         T/D  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 7.33 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Ross      ) 0.016  7.075  0.025                     3.568  2.411 -4.909
E2    (L Burnham   ) 0.021  7.067  0.037      (G Nash      ) 0.011  7.334  0.014
E1    (T DeBartolo ) 0.016  7.161  0.111      (G Slatten   ) 0.046  7.315 -0.015
 Qualified:             #8  6.994 193.50                       #15  7.302 183.89

2:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 25.63 inches, adjusted altitude 6,687 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Paul Snell MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 727E Shane Thompson                       5116 Dave Slatten                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030  7.686 168.60                     0.048  6.951 194.04
         T/D  Dial: 7.66 (+/-):  0.026             T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Holt      ) 0.002  7.689  0.009      (P Russell   ) 0.018  6.967  0.037
E2    (J Dubach    ) 0.010  7.695  0.015      (S Cook      ) 0.024  9.512  2.622
E1    (E Olpin Jr  ) 0.010  7.689  0.019      (A Steinkey  ) 0.074  6.886 -0.004
 Qualified:            #24  7.710 173.81                        #4  6.896 194.76

Shane Thompson gets the hole shot win, as Slatten runs 0.001 to his dial. MOV: 0.0136 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink