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Sun, 13 Apr 2008, 04:06 PM

Sportsman Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan



ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Harley Davidson Sportsman Motorcycle at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, event at Texas Motorplex:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4030 Randal Guitreau                       435 J.J. Hughes                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  9.528 117.93                     8.120 No Time      
       ETMX  Dial: 9.40 (+/-):  0.128            ETMX  Dial: 8.95 (+/-): 91.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Pollet    ) 0.045  9.635  0.255      (R Gentili   ) 0.033  8.990  0.070
 Qualified:            #18 0.018                               #25 0.045        
2:42 p.m. Not sure whether Hughes had a broken bike and knew it, or just stalled at the green, but his bike never moved. Guitreau ran a long way down the track before lifting, but avoided an embarassing breakout.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4230 Ricky Key                            4538 James Enloe                  
E2                  -0.009  9.244 138.64     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.133 140.55
       ETMX  Dial: 9.29 (+/-): -0.046            ETMX  Dial: 9.17 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Voss      ) 0.025  9.273 -0.017      (K Pulley    ) 0.034  9.282  0.162
 Qualified:             #2 0.001                                #9 0.006        
Enloe gets a bye to the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  704 Craig Treble                         3883 Chris Oravecz                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.617 144.52                     0.008  9.791 132.61
       ETMX  Dial: 8.69 (+/-): -0.073            ETMX  Dial: 9.89 (+/-): -0.099
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W H Keele   ) 0.027  8.811  0.101      (K Krott     ) 0.026  9.875  0.055
 Qualified:             #7 0.004                               #14 0.012        
Oravecz took too much stripe.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  426 Ben Brown                              53 Alex Barmettler              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.196 151.75                     0.071  9.411 133.74
       ETMX  Dial: 8.11 (+/-):  0.086            ETMX  Dial: 9.34 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Bennett   ) 0.030  8.167  0.057      (E Glaze     ) 0.042  9.457  0.137
 Qualified:             #6 0.004                               #26 0.046        


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Mike McCullah                        4292 Brenda Kay                   
E2                  -0.001 10.578  78.80     ****WINNER****  2.136  9.911 132.26
       ETMX  Dial: 8.02 (+/-):  2.558            ETMX  Dial: 9.04 (+/-):  0.871
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Pomilla   ) 0.026  8.020  0.000      (M Armstrong ) 0.035  9.052  0.022
 Qualified:             #3 0.002                               #10 0.009        
Kay faces Brown next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Michael Nash                          441 Benji Gibson                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.087  9.353 131.05                     0.131 17.989  39.11
       ETMX  Dial: 9.35 (+/-):  0.003            ETMX  Dial: 8.30 (+/-):  9.689
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Gentili   ) 0.020  9.386 -0.014      (L Eperjesi  ) 0.002  8.302  0.252
 Qualified:            #11 0.010                               #17 0.017        
Gibson's bike was sick from the start and Nash almost broke out. He races Treble in the quarterfinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  442 Curtis J. Nichols III                 425 Rob Bennett                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.344 153.07                           No Time      
       ETMX  Dial: 8.36 (+/-): -0.016            ETMX  Dial: 8.73 (+/-): 91.269
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) -0.410  8.794  0.244      (D Dorsey    ) 0.022  8.785  0.115
 Qualified:             #1 0.000                                #8 0.005        
Bennett's bike broke and Nichols got a single to face Guitreau next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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