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Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7237 Steven Will                             9 Rusty Baxter                 
E2                   0.000  6.124 224.43     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.128 212.69
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Chaney    ) -0.010  6.105  0.005      (S Schneider ) 0.002  6.208  0.108
 Qualified:            #30  6.245 231.60                       #22  6.182 221.31

Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,849 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Will with a perfect light, but Baxter has a great light to get the win. Rusty Baxter's MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 8 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Al Peavler                           2122 TJ Tindle                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.121 227.77                     0.006  6.187 218.05
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ward      ) 0.001  6.101  0.001      (T Martino   ) 0.015  6.116 -0.024
 Qualified:             #4  6.126 228.92                       #28  6.197 226.09

Tindle with a great light, but Peavler chased him down for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Kevin Thorp                           317 Ed Dudley                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.097 223.65                    -0.015  6.691 147.52
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.581
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Axford    ) 0.028  6.107  0.007      (A Kenny     ) 0.012  6.171  0.071
 Qualified:            #17  6.170 222.25                        #9  6.138 228.27

Dudley goes red to give Thorp the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3268 Danny Nelson                           57 Prescott Dean                
E2                   0.008  6.143 216.69     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.102 217.35
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.043             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Boesch    ) 0.025  6.034 -0.066      (D Brown     ) 0.016  6.181  0.081
 Qualified:             #3  6.124 224.47                       #27  6.187 222.55

Nelson with a great light, but Dean chased him down for the win. Dean runs dead-on with a two for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3991 J.B. Strassweg                       444B Wayne Landry                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.274 201.10                     0.007  6.162 215.27
         T/D  Dial: 6.25 (+/-):  0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.25 (+/-): -0.088
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.036  6.305  0.095      (R Taylor    ) 0.016  6.618  0.518
 Qualified:            #32  6.278 213.06                       #24  6.184 220.01

Strassweg with a perfect light for the win. He will face Peavler in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 359X Zach Sackman                         7797 Christopher Menapace         
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.187 223.80                    -0.009  6.120 226.16
         T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.017             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Thorp     ) 0.004  6.238  0.048      (D Vang      ) 0.034  6.127 -0.003
 Qualified:            #18  6.172 224.14                       #26  6.186 225.67

Menapace goes red to give Sackman the win, who has a great light. He will face Rusty Baxter in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3848 Karma Hopper                         459D J.R. Baxter                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.136  6.096 214.01
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): 93.889             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Bertozzi  ) 0.023  6.104  0.004      (J Eastburn  ) 0.034  6.220  0.120
 Qualified:            #23  6.184 233.72                       #15  6.163 225.00

Hooper breaks and Baxter gets the single. He will face Dean in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jim Prevo                              79 Thomas Bayer                 
E2                   0.021  6.128 224.96     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.168 228.96
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.028             T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Ward      ) 0.009  6.117  0.017      (M Exner     ) -0.005  6.107  0.007
 Qualified:             #5  6.126 225.22                       #29  6.222 228.73

Prevo with a slight starting line advantage, but Bayer gets the win. Thomas Bayer's MOV: 0.0075 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He will face Thorp in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink