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Fri, 16 Oct 2015, 15:21 PM

Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4455 William Swann                          47 James Ogden                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.310 225.60                    -0.500 10.237  81.75
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.160             T/D  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  3.797
 Qualified:             #4  6.145 226.09                       #20  6.407 211.53

1:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,723 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

Ogden left way too soon and turned on the red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Matt Driskell                        4608 Michael Kile                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.460 199.08                     0.037  6.245 199.73
         T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.040             T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-): -0.075
 Qualified:            #21  6.412 209.49                        #5  6.146 217.84

Kile rattled the tires off the line, drove through it, but took too much stripe and broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  445 Aaron Stanfield                        68 Mike Quayle                  
E1                   0.019  6.421 189.66     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.579 200.77
         T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.081             T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.079
 Qualified:            #11  6.331 209.85                       #27  6.500 208.91

No advantage off the line for either, Quayle takes the stripe and wins by 0.0021 seconds (approximately 7 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Kamron Wright                        4407 Bob Henry                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.497 206.42                     0.021  6.312 218.55
         T/D  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.027             T/D  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #25  6.463 207.18                        #9  6.285 220.40

Wright gets the advantage off the line and holds off Henry for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 459D J.R. Baxter                          4110 Cody Moore                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.348 213.67                     0.012  6.525 200.92
         T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.008             T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #10  6.325 216.24                       #26  6.492 206.73

Baxter is a little behind off the line but puts together a .016 package for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Trevor Ritchie                         46 Mallori Rodgers              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.674 184.25                     0.313 No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.074             T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-): 93.619
 Qualified:            #30  6.590 208.49                       #14  6.371 211.63

Rodgers broke right off the line and received no time.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                              42 Jenifer White                
E1                   0.074  6.483 204.76     ****WINNER****  0.034  6.355 198.73
         T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.063             T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #22  6.418 213.50                        #6  6.200 223.65

White gets out of the gate with the advantage and hangs on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4227 Rick Carrell                         4072 Chase Murray                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.485 205.98                     0.067  6.924 158.74
         T/D  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.055             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.704
 Qualified:            #23  6.434 210.21                        #7  6.229 222.36

Carrell gets the advantage off the line and hangs on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4087 Mike Green                           3268 Danny Nelson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.390 206.54                     0.065  6.585 204.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.030             T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #12  6.334 212.83                       #28  6.537 206.86

Green gets a big holeshot and goes around Nelson for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4551 Ronald Gibson                        4653 Larry Eidson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.783 198.52                     0.019  6.368 201.46
         T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #31  6.776 199.14                       #15  6.375 212.86

Gibson puts together a .023 package for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4030 William Kruse                         330 Lynn Ellison                 
E1                   0.029  6.161 231.08     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.459 194.60
         T/D  Dial: 6.00 (+/-):  0.161             T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.059
 Qualified:             #1  6.001 235.72                       #17  6.379 216.17

Kruse gets the holeshot but can't run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   57 Jeff Koron                           5908 Lyle Byrum                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.381 212.03                     0.033  6.586 206.70
         T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.011             T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #13  6.349 214.01                       #29  6.549 206.54

Jeff Koron's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 23 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4170 David Strain                           41 Mark Jones                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.812 194.32                     0.009  6.419 214.28
         T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #32  6.793 197.16                       #16  6.376 216.10

Jones gets out of the gate first but can't run the number. Strain takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4962 Scott Barker                         4360 Ross Laris                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.004  6.300 221.89
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): 93.699             T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.000
 Qualified:            #24  6.439 212.03                        #8  6.280 223.17

Barker did not make a pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Wade Pennington                      571P Anita Strasburg              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.193 226.09                    -0.019  6.458 210.31
         T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:             #3  6.136 228.38                       #19  6.406 213.50

Strasburg leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Pennington.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink