Sun, 12 Jun 2005, 05:05 PM Top Dragster Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of round 5 eliminations in MALLORY Top Dragster at the 2005 Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Mopar Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jeremy McCormick                     3050 Thomas Socko                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.306 175.57                    -0.500 12.185  73.64
         TD  Dial: 7.26 (+/-):  0.046              TD  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  5.135
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.022  7.265 -0.005      (D ELROD     ) 0.012  7.084  0.044
E3    (J MCCANN    ) 0.025  7.254 -0.026      (T FISHER    ) 0.013  7.042  0.002
E2    (M MCDIVITT  ) 0.035  7.278 -0.002      (S WINKELMAN ) 0.017  7.058  0.028
E1    (J PIZZO     ) 0.033  7.450  0.170      (E TOOLIS    ) 0.020  7.074  0.034
 Qualified:            #17  7.281 176.28                       #10  7.057 190.32

4:55 p.m. Socko left before the third amber came on, at least 0.5 seconds too soon and left a dribble of oil in his lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   7 Jeff Brown                   
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.013  7.950 130.81
                                                   TD  Dial: 7.51 (+/-):  0.440
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (A ELROD     ) 0.043  7.515  0.015
E3                                           (S MACKIE    ) 0.024  7.497 -0.023
E2                                           (J MULLIGAN  ) 0.018  7.567  0.057
E1                                           (M ABRUZZI   ) 0.020  7.667  0.137
 Qualified:                                                      #11  7.149 186.30

Brown takes the bye run and will race McCormick for the "Ironman."

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink