Sat, 17 Oct 2015, 20:37 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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
  330 Lynn Ellison                           51 Matt Driskell                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.384 207.88                     0.024  6.437 195.82
         T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Wright    ) 0.016  6.358 -0.032      (J Koron     ) 0.027  6.418  0.018
E1    (W Kruse     ) 0.046  6.459  0.059      (M Kile      ) 0.025  6.460  0.040
 Qualified:            #17  6.379 216.17                       #21  6.412 209.49

7:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.68 inches, adjusted altitude 1,728 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Driskell gets the advantage off the line but can't hang on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 459D J.R. Baxter                            42 Jenifer White                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  6.305 197.31                     0.067  6.279 213.33
         T/D  Dial: 6.27 (+/-):  0.035             T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.033  6.322 -0.018      (T Ritchie   ) 0.026  6.313  0.043
E1    (C Moore     ) 0.016  6.348  0.008      (J Thorp     ) 0.034  6.355  0.035
 Qualified:            #10  6.325 216.24                        #6  6.200 223.65

Baxter gets a great light and holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4087 Mike Green                           4360 Ross Laris                   
E3                   0.005  8.168 113.53     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.305 192.49
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  1.868             T/D  Dial: 6.26 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Swann     ) 0.035  6.291 -0.019      (D Strain    ) 0.024  6.240 -0.060
E1    (D Nelson    ) 0.033  6.390  0.030      (S Barker    ) 0.004  6.300  0.000
 Qualified:            #12  6.334 212.83                        #8  6.280 223.17

Green gets out of the gate first but has problems and is off the throttle early.

Laris will take on Baxter in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Wade Pennington                      4227 Rick Carrell                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.208 218.55                     0.061  6.441 205.29
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.068             T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Quayle    ) 0.149 10.572  4.422      (R Gibson    ) 0.091  6.405 -0.015
E1    (A Strasburg ) 0.006  6.193  0.013      (C Murray    ) 0.040  6.485  0.055
 Qualified:             #3  6.136 228.38                       #23  6.434 210.21

Pennington gets the advantage off the line and goes around Carrell for the win.

Pennington will take on Ellison in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink