Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 19:27 PM Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 5 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
   71 Ed Olpin                             7168 James Warden                 
E5                   0.028  6.748 199.14     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.261 183.42
         T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-): -0.002             T/D  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Durie     ) 0.017  6.769  0.009      (J Taylor    ) 0.006  7.265  0.005
E3    (P Unruh     ) 0.018  6.789  0.039      (S Casner    ) 0.000  7.262  0.022
E2    (G Nash      ) 0.017  6.790  0.020      (B Wiens     ) 0.020  7.238 -0.012
E1    (D Knoblauch ) 0.025  6.736 -0.034      (P Dion      ) 0.004  7.216  0.026
 Qualified:            #16  6.786 200.20                       #27  7.207 185.05

5:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,435 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Olpin won here in both 2014 and 2015. He already has six wins and eight runner-ups. This is Warden's first final round.

A great 0.002 light and James Warden holds off Oplin for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0030 seconds (approximately 11 inches), Olpin broke out by -0.002!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink