Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 19:33 PM

Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green



CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 397F Patty Fisher                          387 Mike Coughlin                
E1                   0.057  6.415 214.04     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.259 197.88
         T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.115             T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.109
 Qualified:            #15  6.479 221.20                        #2  6.125 225.11
Coughlin with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2271 Casey Spradlin                       2923 Greg Slack                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.258 222.47                     0.099  6.950 184.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.068             T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:             #5  6.174 225.90                       #18  6.915 190.51
Spradlin with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Casey Spradlin's MOV: 0.0019 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  232 Clint Riley                          444B Wayne Landry                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.018 183.10                     0.044  6.227 222.77
         T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #21  6.984 185.51                        #8  6.185 225.63
Riley with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 381B John Biagi                           2992 Brian Younce                 
E1                   0.030  6.200 218.62     ****WINNER****  0.000  6.984 188.17
         T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:             #7  6.183 218.41                       #20  6.952 191.48
Younce with a perfect light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3880 Tom Fisher                              4 Aaron Stanfield              
E1                   0.000  6.357 197.25     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.255 203.34
         T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.187             T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.075
 Qualified:            #17  6.659 185.08                        #4  6.157 223.14
fisher with a perfect light, but Stanfield with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         1055 Kenneth Moses                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.621 176.56                     0.049  6.489 200.35
         T/D  Dial: 7.62 (+/-):  0.001             T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-): -0.021
 Qualified:            #27  7.586 176.51                       #14  6.473 207.40
Fletcher with a great light and the win. He will face Younce in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1611 Chad Traylor                         398F Joe Fisher                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.101 186.00                    -0.003  6.304 204.01
         T/D  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 6.27 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:            #23  7.072 187.60                       #10  6.211 221.05
Fisher is a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Traylor the win, who had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2007 Junior Houston                       2124 Jeff Strickland              
E1                   0.009  7.376 158.59     ****WINNER****  0.066  6.326 212.06
         T/D  Dial: 7.28 (+/-):  0.096             T/D  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #25  7.249 182.21                       #12  6.270 216.45
Houston with a great light, but Strickland chased him down for the win. He will face Spradlin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Vance Houston                        2501 Kevin Brannon                
E1                   0.018  6.255 207.94     ****WINNER****  0.015  7.081 183.34
         T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.055             T/D  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:             #9  6.206 223.47                       #22  7.040 187.50
Brannon with a few ticks on the tree and the win. He will face Coughlin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2920 Joe Gary                                3 Alan Kenny                   
E1                  -0.002  6.985 189.66     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.267 196.27
         T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.045             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.077
 Qualified:            #19  6.935 190.97                        #6  6.180 222.66
Gary is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Kenny the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2550 Angie Travis                         2708 Lauren Freer                 
E1                   0.007  6.278 208.10     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.115 179.30
         T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.048             T/D  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #11  6.238 214.69                       #24  7.075 189.47
Travis with a great light, but Freer holds on for the win. Lauren Freer's MOV: 0.0118 seconds (approximately 4 feet). she will face Stanfield in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 206B Brook Warren-Foley                    316 Tom Martino                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.473 176.21                     0.010  6.422 211.53
         T/D  Dial: 7.46 (+/-):  0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  0.132
 Qualified:            #26  7.475 176.93                       #13  6.293 213.77
Warren-Foley with a great light and the win. she will face Kenny in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 212J Josh Duggins                         296C Larry Roberts                
E1                   0.025  6.455 202.00     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.155 223.21
         T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.045             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:            #16  6.502 205.38                        #3  6.153 224.73
Duggins with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Roberts the win. He will face Traylor in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                2114 Steve Furr                   
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.010  6.166 229.08
                                                   T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.118 210.31
Furr with the bye. He will face Riley in the next round.

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