Sat, 08 Jul 2017, 14:22 PM Top Dragster Allstars Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster Allstars at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Children of Fallen Patriots NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by K&N:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 JB Strassweg                           61 Paul Nero                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.144 214.01                     0.008  6.997 190.43
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-): -0.006             T/D  Dial: 7.01 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:             #2  6.180 219.61                        #6  7.048 190.16

1:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.34 inches, adjusted altitude 2,558 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

This is Strassweg's first AllStar appearance.

This is Nero's second appearance.

Nero gets off the line with the advantage but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Phil Unruh                            369 Joe Hessling                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  6.263 203.22                     0.013  7.278 181.81
         T/D  Dial: 6.25 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:             #4  6.328 217.63                        #8  7.314 185.23

This is Unruh's sixth AllStar appearance.

This is Hessling's second appearance.

Hessling gets the advantage off the line but unruh gets around him and takes the stripe for the win.

Unruh will take on Strassweg in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Steve Furr                           1332 Vince Musolino               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.211 207.62                     0.006  7.077 190.08
         T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.001             T/D  Dial: 7.08 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:             #3  6.270 222.47                        #7  7.134 190.32

This is Furr's fifth appearance.

Musolino gets the advantage off the line but runs a little too quick and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Jesse Adams                             4 Aaron Stanfield              
E1                   0.050  6.068 219.22     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.319 214.72
         T/D  Dial: 6.08 (+/-): -0.012             T/D  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:             #1  6.053 229.55                        #5  6.372 213.60

This is Adams second AllStar appearance.

This is Stanfield's first appearance.

Stanfield gets the advantage off the line;Adams breaks out trying to run him down.

Stanfield will take on Furr in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink