Sun, 05 Nov 2023, 16:07 PM Top Dragster Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 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                    7613 Kevin Kleineweber            
E5   ****WINNER****  0.021  6.575 201.16                     0.011  6.909 144.27
         T/D  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.669
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (F Jaramillo ) 0.017  6.753  0.533
E3    (C Axford    ) 0.007  6.532  0.012      (B Martin    ) 0.016  6.218 -0.002
E2    (J Dooley    ) 0.028  6.586  0.016      (A Spiegel   ) 0.014  6.292  0.062
E1    (A Strasburg ) 0.005  6.613  0.063      (R Milinazzo ) 0.004  6.267  0.027
 Qualified:            #29  6.508 209.10                       #13  6.217 222.69

12:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 29.86 inches, adjusted altitude 3,613 feet.

Kleineweber gets the advantage off of the line but has problems and is out of power early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 699B Aaron Steinkey                       3268 Danny Nelson                 
E5                   0.027  6.362 201.22     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.183 220.62
         T/D  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Geise     ) 0.006  6.338  0.018      (D Hough     ) 0.008  6.246  0.036
E3    (S Casner    ) 0.021  6.312  0.032      (A Kenny     ) 0.039  6.262  0.042
E2    (S Will      ) 0.013  6.282 -0.028      (T Vetter    ) 0.012  6.270  0.040
E1    (J Neibauer  ) 0.032  8.471  2.161      (G Prather   ) 0.016  6.249  0.009
 Qualified:            #18  6.284 215.41                       #16  6.245 230.49

Nelson gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win with a .022 package.

Nelson will take on Richardson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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