Sun, 08 Jul 2018, 20:24 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Oakley Motorsports Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Summer Spectacle:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 359X Zach Sackman                            5 Jeff Strickland              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.340 189.82                     0.003  6.717 214.93
         T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.100             T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.297
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Trauth    ) 0.011  6.224  0.004      (B Mandell II) 0.017  6.472  0.072
E1    (M Ellison   ) 0.006  6.131  0.031      (J Strassweg ) 0.030  6.381  0.011
 Qualified:             #3  6.080 225.30                       #23  6.362 215.03

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Strickland gets the advantage off the line but can't run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3505 Jim Prevo                             326 Danny Waddle                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.405 204.11                     0.046  6.250 222.55
         T/D  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.035             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Paap      ) 0.004  6.481  0.131      (J Libla     ) 0.299 19.425 13.265
E1    (J Fisher    ) 0.003  6.380  0.040      (L Ellison   ) 0.017  6.166  0.006
 Qualified:            #20  6.339 211.30                        #8  6.163 225.71

Prevo gets the holeshot and holds off Waddle for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5497 Branden Martinson                     322 Michael Scheel               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.626 205.26                     0.022  6.392 210.05
         T/D  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Oakley    ) 0.059  6.628  0.048      (J Mandell   ) 0.025  6.355  0.035
E1    (P Fisher    ) 0.007  6.589  0.039      (R Smith     ) 0.031  6.332  0.042
 Qualified:            #29  6.582 204.88                       #17  6.321 216.20

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2271 Casey Spradlin                        363 Dan Norris                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.418 219.12                     0.026  6.140 227.61
         T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.038             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Phelps    ) 0.000  6.462  0.092      (T Martino   ) 0.031  6.171  0.111
E1    (D Nelson    ) 0.017  6.369  0.019      (E Novak     ) 0.012  6.036  0.006
 Qualified:            #22  6.351 221.49                        #2  6.015 231.20

Casey Spradlin's MOV: 0.0020 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink