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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 23:28 PM

Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 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
 444B Wayne Landry                            3 Blake Peavler                
E2                   0.099  6.162 208.97     ****WINNER****  0.053  6.202 224.43
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.032             T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Laris     ) 0.012  6.173  0.073      (F Carpinelli) 0.011  6.289  0.159
 Qualified:             #2  6.108 227.92                       #10  6.136 229.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 89 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 1,563 feet.

Peavler 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                           L208 Lauren McMaster              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.395 175.55                     0.024  9.878  78.85
         T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.275             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  3.668
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Cauffield ) 0.008  6.176  0.036      (T Vetter    ) -0.003  6.457  0.157
 Qualified:             #6  6.130 226.62                       #14  6.179 227.08

McMaster with the starting line advantage, but has problems and Kenny with the win.

He will face Peavler in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Alexis Whitaker                        46 Rusty Baxter                 
E2                   0.022  7.284 180.48     ****WINNER****  0.080  6.513 159.06
         T/D  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.544             T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.363
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Baxter    ) 0.047  6.764  0.024      (R Mills     ) 0.091  6.169  0.029
 Qualified:            #33  6.751 195.45                        #5  6.120 220.66

Whitaker with the starting line advantage, but Baxter chases her down for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Christopher Roe                      2271 Charles Spradlin             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.725 189.34                     0.048 No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.025             T/D  Dial: 6.44 (+/-): 93.559
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Boesch    ) 0.017  6.723  0.023      (D Nelson    ) 0.018  6.466  0.056
 Qualified:            #32  6.679 197.80                       #24  6.385 219.26

roe with a few ticks on the tree and the win. Spradlin broke right off the starting line and came to a stop about 100 feet out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Ken Moses                             232 Clint Riley                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.382 193.52                     0.029  6.680 192.52
         T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Prevo     ) 0.005  6.387  0.027      (J Thorp     ) 0.026  6.749  0.129
 Qualified:            #23  6.364 211.69                       #31  6.621 198.35

Riley with the starting line advantage, but Moses chases him down for the win. Ken Moses' MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 213A Anthony Bertozzi                     6275 Robert Tehle                 
E2                   0.023  6.174 223.25     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.174 210.93
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.044             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Strickland) 0.028  6.218  0.088      (D Forbes    ) 0.000  6.182  0.042
 Qualified:            #17  6.210 184.14                        #9  6.134 228.65

Bertozzi with a couple ticks on the tree, but Tehle gets the win. Robert Tehle's MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face JR Baxter in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 119K Freddie Perkins                      150A Scott Luken                  
E2                   0.031  6.095 213.94     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.134 222.73
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.015             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Brooks    ) 0.022  6.139  0.039      (S Albritton ) 0.011  6.239  0.139
 Qualified:            #19  6.243 181.32                       #11  6.145 222.80

Luken with the starting line advantage and the win. He will faces Moses in the next round.

Perkins is too quick and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                           2008 Robert Houston               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.147 226.92                    -0.019 16.455  37.98
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.047             T/D  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  9.935
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Peavler   ) 0.012  6.141  0.041      (R Laris     ) 0.036  6.536  0.016
 Qualified:            #20  6.300 192.08                       #28  6.476 205.35

Houston goes red to give Furr the win, who has a great light. He will face Roe in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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