Arizona Nationals T/D Semi-Scientific Prediction

[Jeff White]

Stuck at working waiting on something and used a little technology to come up with the following. I took the entry list from the NHRA event registration site and bumped it against NitroJoe's best E/T numbers for 2009 NHRA T/D events.

First I was surprised that there was only one T/D name/car number that I could not figure out (and yes I tried to chase the changing numbers for top ten divisional guys and think I got it all correct). 7189 is the number I couldn't find stats for.

If everyone entered were to qualify with their best time from 2009, here is how the qualifying numbers would look:

#8 runs a 6.75
#16 runs a 6.93
#24 runs a 7.03
#32 runs a 7.16
#39 runs a 7.62

remember I have no data for #40.

Note that #34 is also a 7.16, but then the numbers start to slide pretty quick.

Of course, this is not my prediction, it's just the only way I could think of to easily title the thread.

[Jeff White]

Wow, I wish we could have seen these kinds of numbers at the last two November divisionals we attended in Vegas!

Here is a quick look at some of the qualifying numbers after 2 rds:

#1......6.040 .... Denny Hills following up is 6.07 in rd 1!
#8......6.870 .... so the fast part of the field is still pretty shallow
#16.....6.966
#24.....7.013 .... everbody #22 and under is in the 6's
#32......7.063 .... could it be a 6 second field after another round or two?
#39......7.315 .... purchasing a plate system this morning?

[dlgerard]

Round one will be run shortly after the Pro Session. The first pair of TF'ers just went down the track.