Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 11:46 AM Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3230 Frank Carpinelli 3 Blake Peavler
E1 0.092 11.712 58.96 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.289 179.76
T/D Dial: 6.44 (+/-): 5.272 T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.159
Qualified: #26 6.430 222.00 #10 6.136 229.27
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.88
inches, adjusted altitude 1,772 feet. Peavler with the starting line advantage and the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
31 Danny Nelson 2271 Charles Spradlin
E1 0.065 6.129 215.44 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.466 211.96
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.029 T/D Dial: 6.41 (+/-): 0.056
Qualified: #8 6.133 201.67 #24 6.385 219.26
Spradlin with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1124 Douglas Forbes 6275 Robert Tehle
E1 0.028 6.518 212.76 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.182 204.45
T/D Dial: 6.48 (+/-): 0.038 T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.042
Qualified: #25 6.425 214.93 #9 6.134 228.65
Tehle with a perfect light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2526 Larry Strickland 213A Anthony Bertozzi
E1 0.014 6.261 216.90 ****WINNER**** 0.028 6.218 211.23
T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.141 T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.088
Qualified: #1 6.106 219.65 #17 6.210 184.14
Strickland with the starring line advantage, but Bertozzi gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2114 Steve Furr 33 Michael Peavler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.141 222.88 0.023 6.092 207.98
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.041 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.008
Qualified: #20 6.300 192.08 #4 6.111 193.54
Furr with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
232 Clint Riley 4059 Jim Thorp
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.749 192.93 0.020 6.306 187.00
T/D Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 0.129 T/D Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 0.136
Qualified: #31 6.621 198.35 #15 6.183 219.47
Thorp with the starting line advantage, but Riley gets the win in a close one. Clint Riley's
MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 6 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3505 Jim Prevo 16 Ken Moses
E1 0.011 6.176 223.36 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.387 203.92
T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.036 T/D Dial: 6.36 (+/-): 0.027
Qualified: #7 6.132 224.66 #23 6.364 211.69
Moses with a great light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
119K Freddie Perkins W266 Wayne Brooks
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.139 204.85 0.066 6.258 185.36
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.039 T/D Dial: 6.11 (+/-): 0.148
Qualified: #19 6.243 181.32 #3 6.111 227.88
Perkins with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2008 Robert Houston 4360 Ross Laris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.536 193.38 0.059 26.327 35.91
T/D Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.016 T/D Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 20.137
Qualified: #28 6.476 205.35 #12 6.148 227.31
Houston with the starting line advantage and the win, Laris with problems right at the hit and
put oil on the track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
444B Wayne Landry 4369 Holden Laris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.173 219.76 0.027 6.191 210.14
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.073 T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.071
Qualified: #2 6.108 227.92 #18 6.213 196.42
Landry with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4911 Darian Boesch 2020 Christopher Roe
E1 0.003 6.137 217.39 ****WINNER**** 0.017 6.723 189.44
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.037 T/D Dial: 6.70 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #16 6.183 191.70 #32 6.679 197.80
Boesch with a near perfect light, but can't chase Roe down in a close one. Christopher Roe's
MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 2 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
L208 Lauren McMaster 36 Taylor Vetter
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.003 6.457 214.21 -0.005 6.592 203.06
T/D Dial: 6.30 (+/-): 0.157 T/D Dial: 6.58 (+/-): 0.012
Qualified: #14 6.179 227.08 #30 6.565 204.11
Vetter goes red to give McMaster the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
202R Ric Mills 46 Rusty Baxter
E1 0.001 6.928 178.02 ****WINNER**** 0.091 6.169 206.32
T/D Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 0.168 T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.029
Qualified: #35 6.780 187.42 #5 6.120 220.66
Mills with a near perfect light, but Baxter chases him down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
150A Scott Luken 2654 Stanley Albritton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.239 188.91 0.729 29.332 487.18
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.139 T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 22.562
Qualified: #11 6.145 222.80 #34 6.765 198.12
Luken with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
10 Alan Kenny 2946 Vaughn Cauffield
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.176 218.12 0.020 6.394 215.89
T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.036 T/D Dial: 6.34 (+/-): 0.054
Qualified: #6 6.130 226.62 #22 6.357 217.53
Kenny with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
42 JR Baxter 24 Alexis Whitaker
E1 -0.004 6.519 210.31 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.764 193.82
T/D Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 0.019 T/D Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #29 6.477 212.56 #33 6.751 195.45
Baxter goes red to give Whitaker the win.
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