Sat, 09 Mar 2024, 09:12 AM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 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
   10 Alan Kenny                              3 Blake Peavler                
E3                   0.297  6.213 217.98     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.312 181.47
         T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.053             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.142
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L McMaster  ) 0.037  6.395  0.275      (W Landry    ) 0.053  6.202  0.052
E1    (V Cauffield ) 0.008  6.176  0.036      (F Carpinelli) 0.011  6.289  0.159
 Qualified:             #6  6.130 226.62                       #10  6.136 229.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 88 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 1,832 feet.

Peavler with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   46 Rusty Baxter                         6275 Robert Tehle                 
E3                   0.066  6.157 223.76     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.176 223.62
         T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Whitaker  ) 0.080  6.513  0.363      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.025  6.174  0.034
E1    (R Mills     ) 0.091  6.169  0.029      (D Forbes    ) 0.000  6.182  0.042
 Qualified:             #5  6.120 220.66                        #9  6.134 228.65

Tehle with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 150A Scott Luken                            16 Ken Moses                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.155 222.58                    -0.012  9.271 100.87
         T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-):  0.025             T/D  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  2.891
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Perkins   ) 0.018  6.134  0.004      (C Riley     ) 0.040  6.382  0.002
E1    (S Albritton ) 0.011  6.239  0.139      (J Prevo     ) 0.005  6.387  0.027
 Qualified:            #11  6.145 222.80                       #23  6.364 211.69

Moses goes red to give Luken the win, who has a great light. He will face Tehle in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                           2020 Christopher Roe              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.186 227.80                     0.050  6.726 188.91
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.046             T/D  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Houston   ) 0.009  6.147  0.047      (C Spradlin  ) 0.045  6.725  0.025
E1    (M Peavler   ) 0.012  6.141  0.041      (D Boesch    ) 0.017  6.723  0.023
 Qualified:            #20  6.300 192.08                       #32  6.679 197.80

Furr with a great light and the win and keeps his double up hopes alive.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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