Sat, 18 Apr 2009, 11:26 AM
Top Sportsman Invitational Round 2 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Davis Carts/Sunset RaceCraft Top Sportsman Invitational at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
51 Michael Chitty 378 Jeff Sexton
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.040 7.919 170.69 No Time
TS Dial: 7.57 (+/-): 0.349 TS Dial: 7.02 (+/-): 92.979
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Barker ) 0.077 7.529 -0.071 (R Davis ) 0.043 7.031 0.051
Qualified: #18 7.609 179.90 #13 7.035 197.08
11:16 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,700 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.Sexton got to the front ofd the lanes and the car would not fire.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1962 Tommy Daras 405 Keith Raftery
E2 0.044 7.559 180.74 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.812 194.32
TS Dial: 7.52 (+/-): 0.039 TS Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 0.042
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Turner ) 0.024 7.531 0.021 (B Vaughn ) 0.012 6.771 0.011
Qualified: #17 7.526 181.74 #3 6.427 217.14
Keith Raftery's MOV: 0.0365 seconds (approximately 10 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
12 Jeff Brooks 21 Jeffrey Barker
E2 ****WINNER**** -0.011 7.240 150.03 -0.004 13.913 57.31
TS Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.340 TS Dial: 7.14 (+/-): 6.773
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Rini ) 0.052 6.912 0.012 (V Hoda ) 0.032 7.192 0.052
Qualified: #11 6.909 197.13 #16 7.127 191.59
Barker was too quick on the trigger. Brooks gets a bye to the semifinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
477F Earl Folse 373 Rick Corn
E2 0.029 6.898 212.86 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.920 197.59
TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 0.278 TS Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.020
Prior rounds:
E1 -0.002 8.462 1.842 (C Glidewell ) 0.011 6.910 0.020
Qualified: #1 6.277 222.99 #6 6.639 207.62
Folse's car made a hard move out toward the wall on the launch and he had to pedal it. By then, Corn was long gone. Rick Corn's
package: 0.035. He races Chitty in the quarterfinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4200 Mark Pickens 477 Bert Prejean
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.057 7.077 192.99 No Time
TS Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 0.077 TS Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 92.999
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Mohana ) 0.036 7.111 0.031 (J Pittman ) 0.011 6.738 0.018
Qualified: #19 8.052 129.89 #5 6.555 212.13
Prejean was a no-show. Pickens faces Raftery in the quarters.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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