Sat, 14 May 2016, 11:07 AM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
445 Aaron Stanfield 13 Kenneth Moses
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 6.391 208.07 0.022 6.888 179.23
T/D Dial: 6.37 (+/-): 0.021 T/D Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 0.048
Qualified: #6 6.391 207.98 #20 6.864 196.02
10:46 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent,
barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,392 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.Moses gets
the holeshot but can't hold off Stanfield.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
14 Scott Luken 10 Ross Laris
E1 -0.007 6.990 195.31 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.386 222.07
T/D Dial: 6.98 (+/-): 0.010 T/D Dial: 6.42 (+/-): -0.034
Qualified: #23 7.007 195.08 #9 6.444 220.73
Luken misses the tree on the wrong side and gives the win to Laris.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4072 Chase Murray 408 Richard Prince
E1 -0.018 6.527 209.92 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.129 229.70
T/D Dial: 6.57 (+/-): -0.043 T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #15 6.579 208.17 #1 6.144 229.16
Murray leaves too soon and gives the win to Prince. Prince puts together a .016 package in the
winning effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2271 Casey Spradlin H218 Jeremy Hancock
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.475 211.33 0.026 7.278 178.42
T/D Dial: 6.47 (+/-): 0.005 T/D Dial: 7.30 (+/-): -0.022
Qualified: #11 6.506 210.64 #25 7.291 181.98
Hancock gives up too much off the line and has to take too much stripe and breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
240 Jason Lynch 202 Steve Cohen
E1 0.008 7.523 166.76 ****WINNER**** 0.019 6.573 195.22
T/D Dial: 7.46 (+/-): 0.063 T/D Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.033
Qualified: #27 7.464 178.40 #13 6.564 201.82
Lynch gets out of the gate with the advantage but can't run the number.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3305 Madison Ellison 3 J.R. Baxter
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.885 192.36 0.035 6.372 205.72
T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.005 T/D Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.028
Qualified: #21 6.924 192.06 #7 6.412 206.57
Ellison gets the holeshot and Baxter breaks out trying to make up the difference off the
line.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2501 Kevin Brannon 3991 J.B. Strassweg
E1 0.008 6.925 182.16 ****WINNER**** 0.019 6.436 189.36
T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.015 T/D Dial: 6.42 (+/-): 0.016
Qualified: #22 6.939 191.70 #8 6.434 209.14
Brannon gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
21 Steve Furr 2708 Lauren Freer
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 12.035 66.78 0.014 6.618 189.15
T/D Dial: 6.40 (+/-): 5.635 T/D Dial: 6.63 (+/-): -0.012
Qualified: #4 6.348 221.60 #18 6.658 202.91
Furr rattles the tires off the line and backs off the throttle. Freer doesn't look back, stays
on the throttle and breaks out, giving the win to Furr.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
44 Danny Nelson 5 Lynn Ellison
E1 -0.006 6.749 204.42 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.414 211.00
T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.051 T/D Dial: 6.40 (+/-): 0.014
Qualified: #19 6.813 202.85 #5 6.373 213.98
Nelson leaves a little too much stripe and goes red giving the win to Ellison.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
D712 Phil Dion 170 Alan O'Brien
E1 -0.016 6.653 180.52 ****WINNER**** 0.120 6.363 184.95
T/D Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 0.083 T/D Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 0.173
Qualified: #16 6.616 202.36 #2 6.180 226.16
Dion leaves too quickly and goes red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2151 Lindsey Barker 24 Larry Roberts
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.048 6.344 200.44 -0.286 10.827 106.34
T/D Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.026 T/D Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 4.207
Qualified: #3 6.264 216.24 #17 6.648 202.09
Roberts leaves way too early and gives the win to Barker.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2124 Jeff Strickland 2999 Jeff Walls
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 6.489 208.94 No Time
T/D Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.011 T/D Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 93.499
Qualified: #12 6.511 208.71 #26 7.446 181.98
Walls is a no-show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2564 Bill Earnest W266 Wayne Brooks
E1 0.024 6.439 208.42 ****WINNER**** 0.042 7.072 187.16
T/D Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.031 T/D Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.028
Qualified: #10 6.485 215.72 #24 7.103 187.26
Earnest gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and gives the win to Brooks.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2118 Gearold Thompson Jr 2008 Robert Houston
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.121 6.542 207.56
T/D Dial: 7.50 (+/-): 92.499 T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): -0.008
Qualified: #28 7.527 178.40 #14 6.574 206.35
Thompson breaks before staging and gives the win to Houston.
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