Sun, 15 May 2016, 13:04 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 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
        Bye                                 408 Richard Prince               
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.005 12.586  96.58
                                                   T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  6.456
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (J Strassweg ) 0.020 13.946  7.816
E1                                           (C Murray    ) 0.007  6.129  0.009
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.144 229.16

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 1,820 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Prince with the bye and has tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2124 Jeff Strickland                        10 Ross Laris                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.449 205.41                     0.010  6.347 214.72
         T/D  Dial: 6.46 (+/-): -0.011             T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Ellison   ) 0.001  6.523  0.013      (A O'Brien   ) 0.004  6.441  0.031
E1    (J Walls     ) 0.028  6.489 -0.011      (S Luken     ) 0.031  6.386 -0.034
 Qualified:            #12  6.511 208.71                        #9  6.444 220.73

Strickland with a great light and and the win. Laris with a great light in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Robert Houston                       2271 Casey Spradlin               
E3                   0.032  6.481 208.33     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.391 215.34
         T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-): -0.039             T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Ellison   ) 0.015  6.569  0.019      (S Furr      ) 0.018  6.528  0.048
E1    (G Thompson J) 0.121  6.542 -0.008      (J Hancock   ) 0.014  6.475  0.005
 Qualified:            #14  6.574 206.35                       #11  6.506 210.64

Spradlin with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Strickland in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 W266 Wayne Brooks                          202 Steve Cohen                  
E3                   0.008  7.028 185.15     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.515 198.32
         T/D  Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.53 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Barker    ) 0.035  7.086  0.006      (A Stanfield ) 0.032  6.557 -0.003
E1    (B Earnest   ) 0.042  7.072 -0.028      (J Lynch     ) 0.019  6.573  0.033
 Qualified:            #24  7.103 187.26                       #13  6.564 201.82

They both had great identical reaction times and Cohen gets the win. He will face Prince in the semifinal

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink