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Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 10:46 AM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4856 Kirk Piepke                            43 Keith Daniels                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.290 181.84                     0.006  7.363 197.88
         TS  Dial: 7.27 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.513
 Qualified:            #25  7.285 187.26                        #9  6.808 202.70
9:20 a.m. Daniels gets out of the gate first but has problems late in the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 473M Marlon Goates                        5830 Joshua Vettel                
E1                   0.058  7.503 183.69     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.903 187.26
         TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #29  7.507 183.49                       #13  6.925 195.45
Vettel gets the advantage off the line and drives around Goates to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4674 Heidi Robison                        4011 Royce Freeman                
E1                   0.031  7.295 184.45     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.758 202.88
         TS  Dial: 7.32 (+/-): -0.025              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #26  7.335 185.46                       #10  6.821 202.88


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Tommy Turner                          456 Donald Boyd                  
E1                  -0.004  6.797 206.07     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.678 178.71
         TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.438
 Qualified:             #8  6.808 205.51                       #24  7.267 190.14
Turner just misses the tree and gives the win to Boyd.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  495 Jeffrey Cummins                      4066 Glen Barrilleaux             
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.044  6.725 208.14
         TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 92.969              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.155
 Qualified:            #19  7.026 199.61                        #3  6.571 215.00


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                          4695 Allen Firestone              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.089 193.49                     0.034  6.718 193.93
         TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #21  7.055 194.46                        #5  6.713 200.29
Green gets the advantage off the line and hangs on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  425 Keith Sasich                          400 Scott Randall                
E1                  -0.017  6.901 200.62     ****WINNER**** -0.006  6.876 198.41
         TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-): -0.069              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #32 14.512  89.70                       #16  6.962 198.93


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5062 Mitch Withers                        7513 Todd Stewart                 
E1                   0.028  7.111 196.73     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.372 177.07
         TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.241              TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.222
 Qualified:            #12  6.896 198.64                       #28  7.426 186.79


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  469 Kyle Firestone                       4754 Billy Torrence               
E1                   0.057  7.110 198.12     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.545 193.46
         TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.130              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #18  7.017 199.64                        #2  6.519 213.10


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4608 Mike Kile                            4009 Greg Tucker                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  7.614 182.72                    -0.500  6.790 203.28
         TS  Dial: 7.60 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.090
 Qualified:            #31  7.614 182.35                       #15  6.952 202.52


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4200 Mark Pickens                         4191 Steve Benoit                 
E1                  -0.036  7.096 193.07     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.640 107.19
         TS  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.026              TS  Dial: 6.71 (+/-):  1.930
 Qualified:            #22  7.094 193.54                        #6  6.715 205.69
Pickens leaves too soon and gives the win to Benoit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5835 Raymond Vettel                       4935 Joseph Mohana                
E1                   0.030  7.617 181.94     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.818 200.89
         TS  Dial: 7.57 (+/-):  0.047              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #30  7.598 183.29                       #14  6.929 200.86


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4940 Lonnie Sumner                        5464 J.J. Heber                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  7.330 184.70                           No Time      
         TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-): -0.050              TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-): 92.619
 Qualified:            #27  7.381 183.87                       #11  6.861 201.64
Heber is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4147 Greg Lair                            4656 Monte Weaver                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.746 206.95                           No Time      
         TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.066              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 93.319
 Qualified:             #4  6.696 207.18                       #20  7.045 198.09
Weaver is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Jimmie Dickey                         405 Keith Raftery                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.016  7.009 195.25                           No Time      
         TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 93.009
 Qualified:            #17  7.012 196.36                        #1  6.400 220.19
Raftery is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4289 Danny Leibham                        4958 Keith Haney                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.097 192.96                           No Time      
         TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.003              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 92.899
 Qualified:            #23  7.106 193.46                        #7  6.729 207.72
Haney is a no-show.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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