Sun, 06 Aug 2017, 18:30 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  609 Andy Morris                          7826 Kyle Seipel                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.516 177.49                    -0.001  8.013 117.54
         T/D  Dial: 7.55 (+/-): -0.034             T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  1.163
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Havens    ) 0.016  7.547  0.047      (K Rennick   ) 0.012  6.932  0.122
E3    (R Carlson   ) 0.015  7.525  0.015      (P Nero      ) 0.005  6.817 -0.003
E2    (G Heaton    ) 0.030  7.502  0.002      (S Cohen     ) 0.010  6.910  0.110
E1    (M Molinari  ) 0.013  7.518  0.028      (Y Wilcox    ) 0.024  6.799 -0.001
 Qualified:            #31  7.536 177.21                       #15  6.825 199.14

3:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.57 inches, adjusted altitude 2,619 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Seipel already has eleven wins. Two here including his 1st win in 1989. He has one TD win. Morris has one prior runner-up in SCin 2013.

Morris gets the green light and Seipel doesn't! He just misses a perfect light by -0.001.

Morris qualified at the bottom of the ladder and finishes at the top of the field. He let's the dragster feed and breaks out, but he had already won.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink