Sun, 13 Oct 2013, 12:54 PM Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Good Vibrations Top Dragster at the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour and Summit Super Series presented by AMSOIL, Summit World Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6640 Trevor Ritchie 1 Wesley Washington Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.965 189.58 0.024 7.817 157.52
T/D Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.015 T/D Dial: 7.80 (+/-): 0.017
Qualified: #12 0.022 #5 0.012
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.93
inches, adjusted altitude 1,658 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.Ritchie finished first in D6
and Washington finished first in D1. Ritchie with a slight starting line advantage and the win in
a close one. Trevor Ritchie's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 13 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
9GSM Gary Bingham 968X Brett Nesbitt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 8.167 116.47 -0.236 7.027 189.39
T/D Dial: 7.29 (+/-): 0.877 T/D Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.023
Qualified: #7 0.016 #14 -0.004
Bingham finished third in D9 and Nesbitt finished second in D9. Nesbitt with problems on the
starting line as he is way red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3132 Ed Smith 1611 Chad Traylor
E1 -0.010 7.240 184.02 ****WINNER**** 0.006 7.093 187.47
T/D Dial: 7.26 (+/-): -0.020 T/D Dial: 7.07 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #10 0.021 #3 0.006
Smith finished third in D3 and Traylor finished second in D1. Smith was too quick on the tree
and turned on the red light. Traylor will have lane choice over Bingham in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
401 David Johns 2336 Claude DeBonis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.177 181.50 0.004 7.409 173.05
T/D Dial: 7.18 (+/-): -0.003 T/D Dial: 7.42 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #6 0.015 #13 0.133
Johns finished second in D4 and DeBonis finished third in D2. A couple great lights with
DeBonis getting the slight advantage, but then took too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4642 Austin Cowan 9858 Michael White
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 7.250 152.00 0.020 11.427 53.80
T/D Dial: 7.11 (+/-): 0.140 T/D Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 4.027
Qualified: #11 0.021 #4 0.006
Cowan finished third in D4 and White finished first in D9. White with the starting line
advantage, but then has problems and coast across the finish line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3613 Ron Biondo 6130 Dave Senio
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.100 183.34 0.009 7.444 178.90
T/D Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 0.000 T/D Dial: 7.44 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #9 0.017 #2 0.004
Biondo finished third in D3 and Senio finished third in D6. Biondo with a near perfect light
and then runs dead on for the win. Ron Biondo's package: 0.002. biondo will have lane choice over
Johns in the next round. Senio with a great light and package in the losing effort. Dave Senio's
package: 0.013.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
414A Matt Levatino 2263 Steve Dweck
E1 0.025 7.282 180.04 ****WINNER**** 0.000 7.488 175.66
T/D Dial: 7.32 (+/-): -0.038 T/D Dial: 7.48 (+/-): 0.008
Qualified: #8 0.016 #15 -0.016
Levatino finished first in D4 and Dweck finished first in D2. Dweck with a perfect light and
then runs dead on with 0.008 for the win when Levatino broke out. Steve Dweck's package: 0.008.
Dweck will have lane choice over Cowan in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 3187 Chris Cadle
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.002 7.664 172.14
T/D Dial: 7.66 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #1 0.003
Cadle finished first in D3 and got the bye based on his reaction time in qualifying. He will
give up lane choice to Ritchie in the next round.
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