Sat, 04 Nov 2023, 18:02 PM

Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green

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LAS VEGAS -
Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific
Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7810 Travis Richardson 571P Anita Strasburg
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.613 203.00 0.015 6.179 239.70
T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.063 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.079
Qualified: #29 6.508 209.10 #1 6.100 240.85
Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 29.99
inches, adjusted altitude 3,604 feet. Richardson with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6591 Moe Trujillo 53 Bradley Johnson
E1 0.009 6.870 203.65 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.380 201.25
T/D Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 0.250 T/D Dial: 6.16 (+/-): 0.220
Qualified: #33 6.605 204.63 #5 6.136 225.60
A couple great lights with Johnson getting a tick advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6013 Rod Belsham 6640 Trevor Ritchie
E1 -0.002 6.978 190.70 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.434 212.76
T/D Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.028 T/D Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #51 6.951 190.78 #23 6.419 213.74
Belsham is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Ritchie the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
623 Benji Martin 7786 Michaelyn Roelle
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.895 186.74 0.017 6.538 215.68
T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.015 T/D Dial: 6.40 (+/-): 0.138
Qualified: #48 6.875 193.85 #20 6.373 220.30
Roelle with the starting line advantage, but Martin holds on for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6206 Jake Neibauer 699B Aaron Steinkey
E1 -0.029 7.472 131.02 ****WINNER**** 0.032 8.471 107.94
T/D Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.592 T/D Dial: 6.31 (+/-): 2.161
Qualified: #46 6.860 195.82 #18 6.284 215.41
Neibauer goes red to give Steinkey the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
503A Jeff Koron 7089 Terry White
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.298 215.17 0.861 7.488 134.60
T/D Dial: 6.25 (+/-): 0.048 T/D Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 0.778
Qualified: #10 6.165 229.66 #38 6.694 202.67
Koran with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7168 James Warden 4891 Fred Jaramillo
E1 -0.001 6.080 231.08 ****WINNER**** 0.043 6.581 211.00
T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.050 T/D Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.031
Qualified: #3 6.111 213.57 #31 6.526 211.20
Warden is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Jaramillo the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7711 Don London 7160 Andy Spiegel
E1 0.015 6.107 217.63 ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.496 203.28
T/D Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.003 T/D Dial: 6.49 (+/-): 0.006
Qualified: #55 No Time #27 6.466 206.23
London with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Spiegel the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7623 Joe Glenwinkel 7119 Steve Flatt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 18.919 45.96 0.087 6.929 193.60
T/D Dial: 6.49 (+/-): 12.429 T/D Dial: 6.93 (+/-): -0.001
Qualified: #25 6.446 215.10 #53 7.071 195.48
Glenwinkel with the starting line advantage, but had problems. He still gets the win when Flatt
takes a tick too much stripe to give Glenwinkel the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5186 George Slatten 780H Hannah Cook
E1 No Time No Time
T/D Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 83.159 T/D Dial: 6.38 (+/-): 93.619
Qualified: #47 6.873 195.19 #19 6.313 214.21
Cook was leaking on the burnout and was shut off.Slatten then took off, but is still the
winner.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
551 Rick Milinazzo 7613 Kevin Kleineweber
E1 0.046 6.794 197.51 ****WINNER**** 0.004 6.267 208.33
T/D Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.014 T/D Dial: 6.24 (+/-): 0.027
Qualified: #41 6.760 200.59 #13 6.217 222.69
Kleineweber with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7237 Steve Will 761 Gary Groves
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 6.270 188.94 0.020 6.925 210.14
T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.150 T/D Dial: 6.40 (+/-): 0.525
Qualified: #4 6.131 234.49 #32 6.591 219.12
Groves with the starting line advantage, but Will chases him down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
617 Steve Thompson 7500 Cameron Ferre
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.173 6.457 211.49 -0.013 7.125 158.52
T/D Dial: 6.48 (+/-): -0.023 T/D Dial: 7.01 (+/-): 0.115
Qualified: #24 6.434 212.26 #52 7.001 190.73
Ferre goes red to give Thompson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
12 Vince Musolino 7155 Jeff Connelly
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.711 194.44 0.059 6.092 212.03
T/D Dial: 6.70 (+/-): 0.011 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.008
Qualified: #45 6.804 163.24 #17 6.245 171.31
Musolino with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7122 Tony Jardino 7498 Steve Casner
E1 -0.027 6.763 200.32 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.207 199.61
T/D Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 0.053 T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.067
Qualified: #39 6.699 200.89 #11 6.179 230.57
Jardino goes red to give Casner the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6010 Grant Durie 7984 James Diroff
E1 0.042 7.171 181.76 ****WINNER**** 0.076 6.505 213.84
T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.131 T/D Dial: 6.44 (+/-): 0.065
Qualified: #54 7.191 167.80 #26 6.464 213.84
Durie with the starting line advantage, but Diroff chases him down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
79 John Richardson 6738 Clinton Geise
E1 0.000 6.169 205.29 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.650 199.97
T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.039 T/D Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.010
Qualified: #7 6.138 224.81 #35 6.622 201.82
Richardson with a perfect light, but Geise gets the win in a close one. Clinton Geise's MOV:
0.0024 seconds (approximately 9 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
633J Jordan Dooley 6860 Chris Barton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 6.225 223.28 0.064 6.807 195.70
T/D Dial: 6.22 (+/-): 0.005 T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #15 6.244 222.47 #43 6.779 199.05
Dooley with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a five for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7586 Kenneth Upton 7145 Jennifer Wiens
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.234 225.60
T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 93.799 T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 0.034
Qualified: #42 6.767 210.57 #14 6.218 225.82
Upton is a no-show to give Wiens the freebie.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
769 Greg Holman 76 Mark Colton
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.049 7.432 180.36
T/D Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 92.999 T/D Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 0.432
Qualified: #21 6.381 215.41 #49 6.897 191.81
Holman is a no-show to give Colton the freebie.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
518R Mallory Reis 790 Taylor Wiens
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.610 206.70 0.021 6.242 224.21
T/D Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.000 T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 0.042
Qualified: #34 6.610 205.32 #6 6.138 229.00
A perfect light and runs dead-on with a zero for the win with a perfect light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7091 Reed Taylor 7125 Cody Webber
E1 0.025 6.214 221.16 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.707 204.60
T/D Dial: 6.15 (+/-): 0.064 T/D Dial: 6.66 (+/-): 0.047
Qualified: #8 6.153 225.00 #36 6.644 205.47
Weber with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6 Thomas Bayer 5502 Randy Dahlberg
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.653 202.03
T/D Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 93.459 T/D Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.113
Qualified: #56 No Time #28 6.495 206.86
Bayer broke yesterday and is a no-show to give Dahlberg the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
479W Wynette Hudgins 61 Dylan Hough
E1 0.037 6.380 214.08 ****WINNER**** 0.056 6.736 192.85
T/D Dial: 6.11 (+/-): 0.270 T/D Dial: 6.70 (+/-): 0.036
Qualified: #12 6.199 222.77 #40 6.701 199.67
Hudgins with the starting line advantage, but Hough holds on for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
71 Brianna Wiens 77 Taylor Vetter
E1 0.010 6.565 200.83 ****WINNER**** 0.009 6.340 222.66
T/D Dial: 6.57 (+/-): -0.005 T/D Dial: 6.24 (+/-): 0.100
Qualified: #30 6.522 209.79 #2 6.109 224.70
A couple great lights with Vetter getting a tick advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
377C Chad Axford 18 Ken Moses
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.954 193.43 0.065 6.439 208.30
T/D Dial: 6.96 (+/-): -0.006 T/D Dial: 6.45 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #50 6.906 198.41 #22 6.385 208.78
Axford with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7468 George Prather 3268 Danny Nelson
E1 0.024 6.807 195.31 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.249 219.61
T/D Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.007 T/D Dial: 6.24 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #44 6.786 195.19 #16 6.245 230.49
Nelson with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Danny Nelson's MOV: 0.0063
seconds (approximately 22 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
78 Chris Thode 2 Alan Kenny
E1 0.023 6.912 195.14 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.259 197.28
T/D Dial: 6.79 (+/-): 0.122 T/D Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 0.089
Qualified: #37 6.649 204.51 #9 6.155 225.79
Kenny with the starting line advantage and the win.
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