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Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 05:00 PM

Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green





ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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                          5830 Joshua Vettel                
E3                   0.023  8.653 107.45     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.990 170.43
         TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  1.433              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.110
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Dickey    ) 0.043  7.222 -0.038      (M Green     ) 0.004  6.883  0.023
E1    (K Daniels   ) 0.019  7.290  0.020      (M Goates    ) 0.035  6.903  0.023
 Qualified:            #25  7.285 187.26                       #13  6.925 195.45
Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,663 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Piepke got real loose around 1000 feet and lifted.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7513 Todd Stewart                          400 Scott Randall                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.302 174.73                     0.159  6.847 203.12
         TS  Dial: 7.28 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Lair      ) 0.000  7.305  0.025      (D Boyd      ) 0.010  6.841 -0.009
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.010  7.372  0.222      (K Sasich    ) -0.006  6.876  0.026
 Qualified:            #28  7.426 186.79                       #16  6.962 198.93


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4289 Danny Leibham                        4940 Lonnie Sumner                
E3                  -0.023  7.057 193.74     ****WINNER****  1.122 19.747  87.42
         TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-): -0.093              TS  Dial: 7.29 (+/-): 12.457
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Kile      ) 0.221  7.200  0.110      (A Glen Barri) 0.072  7.297 -0.013
E1    (K Haney     ) 0.004  7.097 -0.003      (J Heber     ) 0.051  7.330 -0.050
 Qualified:            #23  7.106 193.46                       #27  7.381 183.87
Leibham will face Vettel in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4011 Royce Freeman                        4191 Steve Benoit                 
E3                   0.061  6.783 199.97     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.746 194.94
         TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.033              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Torrence  ) 0.020  6.797  0.067      (J Mohana    ) 0.011  7.547  0.847
E1    (H Robison   ) 0.058  6.758 -0.022      (M Pickens   ) 0.031  8.640  1.930
 Qualified:            #10  6.821 202.88                        #6  6.715 205.69
Steve Benoit's MOV: 0.0317 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Benoit will face Stewart in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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