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Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 19:33 PM

Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4746 Mark Jones                             10 Ross Laris                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.378 215.68                     0.001  6.354 204.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Eperjesi  ) 0.021  6.502  0.172      (P Unruh     ) 0.011  6.388  0.068
 Qualified:            #14  6.311 217.32                        #6  6.167 226.58

6:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 3,174 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.
Laris gets an almost perfect light but gives up the stripe to Jones.

Mark Jones' MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4227 Rick Carrell                         4087 Mike Greene                  
E2                   0.004  6.550 204.23     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.366 208.84
         T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.010             T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Thorp     ) 0.007  6.573  0.003      (S Evans     ) 0.050  6.454  0.074
 Qualified:            #31  6.544 203.89                       #23  6.373 209.33

Two great lights, no big advantage for either driver off the line. Carrell takes the stripe but breaks out the most and gives the win to Greene.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Danny Nelson                         4979 Wade Pennington              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.479 201.82                     0.102  6.146 224.66
         T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.099             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Kile      ) 0.003  6.418  0.048      (J Ogden     ) 0.025  6.136  0.066
 Qualified:            #18  6.334 218.37                       #10  6.209 189.07

Nelson gets a big holeshot and holds off Pennington for then win.

Nelson will take on Jones in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Matt Driskell                        479W Wynette Hudgins              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.348  6.329 215.96                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.019             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 93.829
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Robinson  ) 0.014  6.408  0.098      (M Ellison   ) 0.028  6.182  0.042
 Qualified:            #12  6.283 217.25                        #4  6.120 228.69

Hudgins rolls the beams and goes red giving the win to Driskell.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Jenifer White                         425 Mikey Kile                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  6.239 212.63                     0.020  7.243 133.51
         T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.009             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  1.123
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Thibodeaux) 0.014  6.293  0.083      (M Rodgers   ) 0.007  6.176  0.056
 Qualified:            #11  6.218 218.02                        #3  6.116 227.50

Kile was off the throttle about 800 feet out, not sure why.

White will take on Greene in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  445 Aaron Stanfield                         3 J.R. Baxter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.335 202.79                     0.029  6.243 224.25
         T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Purvis    ) 0.007  6.359  0.029      (J Adams     ) 0.012  6.284  0.084
 Qualified:            #16  6.312 213.10                        #8  6.172 226.24

No advantage off the line, Stanfield runs his number and holds off Baxter for the win.

Stanfield will take on Driskell in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Jeff Koron                           4455 William Swann                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.367 214.79                     0.031  6.404 189.84
         T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.027             T/D  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.094
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Kruse     ) 0.023  6.348  0.008      (L Piper     ) 0.035  6.527  0.237
 Qualified:            #17  6.332 216.51                        #9  6.208 223.80

Koron gets the advantage off the line and pulls away from Swann for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4551 Ronald Gibson                        3991 J.B. Strassweg               
E2                   0.017  6.576 206.76     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.166 208.71
         T/D  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.026             T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Ellison   ) 0.026  6.556  0.006      (B Henry     ) 0.018  6.153  0.013
 Qualified:            #29  6.542 208.23                        #5  6.130 218.55

Gibson gets the advantage off the line but Strassweg is able to reel him in and go around for the win.

Strassweg will take on Koron in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink