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Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 12:20 PM

Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 696M Mark Simmons                         7774 Rodger Comstock              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.672 177.23                     0.126  7.182 186.38
         T/D  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.072             T/D  Dial: 7.19 (+/-): -0.008
 Qualified:            #12  6.611 208.46                       #28  7.213 185.28

Weather conditions: air temperature 49 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 28.96 inches, adjusted altitude 959 feet, track temperature 54 degrees.

Simmons with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Zach Sackman                           77 Brianna Wiens                
E1                  -0.034  6.755 146.43     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.905 193.60
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.605             T/D  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:             #3  6.231 193.05                       #19  6.897 193.99

Sackman goes red to give Wiens the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Jeff Connelly                        6010 Grant Durie                  
E1                   0.030  6.700 194.80     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.701 197.54
         T/D  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #30 10.049  85.00                       #14  6.688 197.62

Durie with a few tick advantage on the tree and win in a close one. Grant Durie's MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 7 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 423K Kendra Larson                        7219 Geneva Nash                  
E1                  -0.013  7.127 187.60     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.433 211.69
         T/D  Dial: 7.14 (+/-): -0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #24  7.144 187.31                        #8  6.450 210.87

Larson goes red to give Nash the win. Nash with a great light and then runs dead on with a three. Geneva Nash's package: 0.009.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7145 Jennifer Wiens                       3896 Steve Hamilton               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.274 221.52                    -0.030  7.035 191.54
         T/D  Dial: 6.31 (+/-): -0.036             T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:             #6  6.319 220.15                       #22  7.013 190.89

Hamilton goes red to give Wiens the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7182 John Taylor                            75 Mike MacBrair                
E1                  -0.003  6.600 204.85     ****WINNER****  0.051  6.925 207.05
         T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.130             T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.405
 Qualified:            #15  6.739 203.83                       #31 28.000   NS

Taylor is just a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give MacBrair the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  708 Jeff Taylor                          7100 Dan Naylor                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.234 187.18                     0.023  6.637 201.46
         T/D  Dial: 7.21 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:            #29  7.222 187.16                       #13  6.658 202.30

Taylor with the slight starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Steve Casner                          710 Mike Mendenhall              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.032 193.02                    -0.009  6.382 219.15
         T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.042             T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #23  7.014 192.11                        #7  6.373 219.54

Mendenhall is a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Casner the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6591 Moe Trujillo                         7116 Lori Warden                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.604 204.51                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.034             T/D  Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 92.819
 Qualified:            #10  6.590 204.17                       #26  7.200 185.00

Warden with problems before staging and drives off to give Trujillo the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6640 Trevor Ritchie                       7212 Peyton Januik                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.578 198.82                     0.019  7.226 174.41
         T/D  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.086
 Qualified:             #9  6.575 209.23                       #25  7.151 183.72

Ritchie with a slight starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7942 Thomas Bayer                         7029 Bobby Ray McMahan            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.852 184.52                     0.036  6.196 224.14
         T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.032             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #18  6.836 195.51                        #2  6.213 223.54

McMahan with a couple ticks on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Bayer the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6087 Mark Colton                            76 John Richardson              
E1                   0.033  7.051 195.90     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.478 163.65
         T/D  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.331             T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.318
 Qualified:            #17  6.798 197.25                        #1  6.168 225.60

Richardson with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5149 Phil Unruh                              1 Paul Nero                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.154 232.19                    -0.003  6.963 192.03
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:             #4  6.254 197.19                       #20  6.958 192.22

Nero is a just a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Unruh the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Steve Will                           171M John Taylor Jr.              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.329 182.55                     0.017  7.636 131.08
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.139             T/D  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.656
 Qualified:             #5  6.271 199.76                       #21  6.991 192.41

Taylor Jr. with the starting line advantage, but has problems and slows and Will drives around him for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7168 James Warden                         D712 Phil Dion                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.216 180.50                     0.019  6.575 197.97
         T/D  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  0.026             T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-): -0.085
 Qualified:            #27  7.207 185.05                       #11  6.610 227.61

Warden with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Ed Olpin                             6379 Don Knoblauch                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.736 200.35                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-): -0.034             T/D  Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 93.229
 Qualified:            #16  6.786 200.20                       #32 28.001   NS

Knoblauch is a no show to give Olpin the freebie.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink