Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 17:32 PM

Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello
Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
430Y Trent Wilson 464 Bengt Blomberg
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.161 6.771 205.91
TS Dial: 7.43 (+/-): 92.569 TS Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.039
Qualified: #24 7.076 204.94 #9 6.729 205.57
Wilson is a no-show to give Blomberg the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
406 Glenn Wright 7133 Richard Okerman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 6.573 202.52 0.039 7.143 193.79
TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.023 TS Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 0.043
Qualified: #4 6.492 213.74 #19 7.035 195.17
Okerman with a slight starting line advantage, but Wright gets the win. Glenn Wright's MOV:
0.0176 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
400H Travis Leach 4979 Craig Liles
E1 0.040 7.155 192.49 ****WINNER**** 0.056 6.827 198.73
TS Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 0.055 TS Dial: 6.82 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #25 7.099 193.65 #10 6.750 204.85
Leach with the starting line advantage, but Liles chases him down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
46 Henry Kindle 5074 Jim White
E1 0.131 7.294 193.93 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.697 188.81
TS Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 0.194 TS Dial: 6.67 (+/-): 0.027
Qualified: #22 7.058 190.59 #7 6.596 208.39
White with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Doug Crumlich 4289 Daniel Leibham
E1 -0.013 7.610 131.66 ****WINNER**** 0.066 7.002 195.25
TS Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.670 TS Dial: 7.06 (+/-): -0.058
Qualified: #13 6.876 201.76 #28 7.347 151.00
Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.11
inches, adjusted altitude 3,286 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.Crumlich goes red to give
Leibham the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4463 Tim Wilson 505 Larry Demers
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.351 184.35 0.019 7.176 199.02
TS Dial: 7.35 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.286
Qualified: #27 7.308 184.75 #12 6.845 202.09
Demers with the starting line advantage, but Wilson holds on for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
453X Lance Rutland 4840 Jeffrey Sumner
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.721 175.32 0.140 7.356 196.07
TS Dial: 7.71 (+/-): 0.011 TS Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 0.326
Qualified: #31 7.670 178.24 #16 6.968 199.37
Rutland with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
77 Ted Kellner 405 Keith Raftery
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.009 7.127 191.81 0.012 6.535 199.26
TS Dial: 7.12 (+/-): 0.007 TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): -0.015
Qualified: #21 7.057 194.41 #6 6.500 211.63
Kellner with a great light and the win. Ted Kellner's package: 0.016.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4300 Lance Abbott 4338 Mark Buehring
E1 0.023 6.999 194.41 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.460 178.19
TS Dial: 7.02 (+/-): -0.021 TS Dial: 7.48 (+/-): -0.020
Qualified: #14 6.931 195.79 #29 7.388 183.54
Buehring with the slight starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
409 Kamron Wright 411M David Cuadra
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 7.106 169.93 0.052 7.637 182.77
TS Dial: 6.70 (+/-): 0.406 TS Dial: 7.15 (+/-): 0.487
Qualified: #8 6.710 181.23 #23 7.071 196.24
Wright with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
45 Marty Blair 4713 Roy Haynes
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 7.188 181.64 0.086 6.777 204.01
TS Dial: 7.21 (+/-): -0.022 TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.023
Qualified: #26 7.161 193.35 #11 6.755 204.51
Blair with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4042 Roger Massey 4416 Michael Cobb
E1 0.037 6.995 188.96 ****WINNER**** 0.034 7.628 191.97
TS Dial: 7.00 (+/-): -0.005 TS Dial: 7.60 (+/-): 0.028
Qualified: #15 6.946 199.55 #30 7.494 190.00
Cobb with the slight starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
436B Kevin Hampton 4147 Greg Lair
E1 0.004 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.544 215.68
Dial: 7.07 (+/-): 92.929 TS Dial: 6.57 (+/-): -0.026
Qualified: #20 7.042 198.64 #5 6.493 216.31
Hampton with a great light and then makes a quick right and crosses the centerline. He is
DQ'ed to give Lair the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6921 Joe Mellof 4880 Jimmy Lewis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 7.055 195.85 0.006 6.575 197.54
TS Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 0.075
Qualified: #17 6.969 198.20 #2 6.433 219.04
Lewis with a great light, but Mellof holds on for the win in a close one. Joe Mellof's MOV:
0.0041 seconds (approximately 14 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4204 Scooter Hampton 4059 Jim Thorp
E1 0.051 7.099 193.43 ****WINNER**** 0.043 6.532 205.38
TS Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 0.019 TS Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.012
Qualified: #18 6.989 195.68 #3 6.479 214.62
Thorp with the starting line advantage and the win. Jim Thorp's MOV: 0.0154 seconds
(approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
451 Bob Gulitti Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.376 221.49
TS Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.024
Qualified: #1 6.297 223.21 Bye
Gulitti with the bye.
Timing data courtesy of
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