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Sat, 09 Feb 2019, 17:11 PM

Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  708 Jeff Taylor                          5149 Phil Unruh                   
E2                   0.024  6.789 194.16     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.229 226.01
         T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.029             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Devenpeck ) 0.016  6.760 -0.040      (B Wiens     ) 0.009  6.186  0.006
 Qualified:            #26  6.784 194.83                        #3  6.139 233.96

Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 1,783 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Unruh with the starting line advantage and the win. Phil Unruh's MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 171M John Taylor Jr.                      7089 Terry White                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.153 167.18                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.123             T/D  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 92.899
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Trujillo  ) 0.011  7.078  0.048      (M Mendenhall) 0.057  7.126 -0.034
 Qualified:            #30  7.028 192.25                       #22  6.679 201.61

Taylor Jr. with a great light and the win. White's car didn't move after the light turned green. Taylor Jr. will face Unruh in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6640 Trevor Ritchie                          8 Steve Will                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.586 197.42                     0.017  6.269 226.81
         T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.026             T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hamilton  ) -0.424  6.556  0.056      (G Durie     ) 0.074  6.259  0.049
 Qualified:            #14  6.503 211.69                        #6  6.186 231.28

They have identical reaction times and Ritchie gets the win in a close one. Trevor Ritchie's MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 14 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7145 Jennifer Wiens                       2501 Kevin Brannon                
E2                  -0.005  6.392 218.65     ****WINNER**** -0.008  6.291 185.00
         T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.012             T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.061
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Comstock  ) 0.002  6.401  0.061      (A Spiegel   ) 0.018  6.265  0.055
 Qualified:            #10  6.336 212.86                        #2  6.131 225.48

Wiens is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Brannon the win. He will face Ritchie in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7942 Thomas Bayer                            6 Zach Sackman                 
E2                   0.033 10.306  82.60     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.364 182.58
         T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  3.486             T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.124
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Nash      ) 0.039  6.840  0.000      (J Connelly  ) 0.002  6.320  0.110
 Qualified:            #27  6.829 195.73                        #4  6.161 226.32

Sackman with the starting line advantage and the win as Bayer has problems.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7122 Tony Jardino                            1 Paul Nero                    
E2                   0.035  6.671 200.53     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.983 190.83
         T/D  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dion      ) 0.039  6.654 -0.016      (A Hoover    ) 0.017  6.967  0.017
 Qualified:            #20  6.664 202.58                       #28  6.937 192.93

Nero with the starting line advantage and the win. Paul Nero's MOV: 0.0188 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7029 Bobby Ray McMahan                      71 Ed Olpin                     
E2                   0.059  6.388 225.26     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.821 187.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.258             T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.035  6.298  0.168      (K Upton     ) 0.019  6.780  0.030
 Qualified:             #1  6.120 226.92                       #24  6.746 200.98

Olpin with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Nero in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Mike MacBrair                          76 John Richardson              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.580 182.35                     0.015  6.979 148.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.070             T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.459
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Fitzpatric) 0.042  6.558 -0.142      (P Januik    ) 0.015  7.709  1.189
 Qualified:            #23  6.703 211.63                       #16  6.525 208.65

Richardson with the starting line advantage, but has problems and MacBrair gets the win. He will face Sackman in the next round.

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