Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 16:30 PM Top Dragster Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 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
 459D J.R. Baxter                           330 Lynn Ellison                 
E5                  -0.003  7.807 109.45     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.366 214.62
         T/D  Dial: 6.26 (+/-):  1.547             T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Laris     ) 0.034  6.257 -0.013      (W Pennington) 0.004  6.369  0.029
E3    (J White     ) 0.003  6.305  0.035      (M Driskell  ) 0.027  6.384  0.014
E2                   0.033  6.322 -0.018      (K Wright    ) 0.016  6.358 -0.032
E1    (C Moore     ) 0.016  6.348  0.008      (W Kruse     ) 0.046  6.459  0.059
 Qualified:            #10  6.325 216.24                       #17  6.379 216.17

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.73 inches, adjusted altitude 2,151 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Baxter is just a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Ellison with the easy win, his seventh National event win, second this year. This is second win in Top Dragster and both of them were this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink