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Sat, 25 Jun 2011, 08:44 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Robert Mandell                       3749 Tim Molnar                   
E1                  -0.006  6.963 194.88     ****WINNER****  0.044  7.207 147.76
         TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 6.71 (+/-):  0.497
 Qualified:            #26  6.962 194.10                       #10  6.769 207.30
8:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,749 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.



 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1357 John Benoit                           300 Gino Fagnilli                
E1                  -0.004  6.787 201.82     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.981 195.22
         TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.003              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:            #15  6.819 201.19                       #31  7.016 190.16


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5167 Curt Fredrich                        3644 Bruce Barth                  
E1                   0.008  6.900 198.64     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.966 190.00
         TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-): -0.010              TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:             #9  6.735 202.55                       #25  6.955 196.70


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  378 Jeff Sexton                           355 Randy Primozic               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.962 187.94                     0.013 12.939  91.83
         TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.052              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  6.289
 Qualified:            #23  6.953 201.37                        #7  6.711 199.52
Primozic pulls the wheels at the hit, pedals, pulls the wheels and heads for the centerline before backing off the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 John Scali                           1929 Jeff Brooks                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.959 191.89                    -0.005  6.764 199.73
         TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.029              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #22  6.946 200.59                        #6  6.646 205.57


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4200 Mark Pickens                         3417 Mike Badia                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.113 189.18                     0.164  6.811 198.20
         TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.033              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #32  7.018 192.96                       #16  6.835 203.16


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 377A Gary Wojnowski Sr.                     33 Glen Butcher                 
E1                   0.045  6.932 194.88     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.657 198.17
         TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.042              TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:            #20  6.913 200.26                        #4  6.636 204.29


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3772 Gary Wojnowski Jr.                   338H Tony Fagnilli                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.917 171.08                     0.031 10.251 117.31
         TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.137              TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  3.171
 Qualified:            #11  6.788 203.34                       #27  6.976 197.42


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2459 Tommy Turner                          375 Mark Malcuit                 
E1                  -0.020  8.837 104.58     ****WINNER**** -0.014  6.672 190.24
         TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  2.037              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #17  6.836 204.60                        #1  6.362 214.38


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5731 Tom Schmidt                          6157 Todd Hoerner                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.093  9.816  93.76                    -0.031  6.411 218.69
         TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  2.976              TS  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:            #19  6.907 200.14                        #3  6.424 217.25


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 368K Wes Vanfossen                        655E Craig Olson                  
E1                  -0.038  7.014 193.82     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.316 221.74
         TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.044              TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-): -0.034
 Qualified:            #18  6.883 196.39                        #2  6.407 219.33


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 145X Glenn Teets                          6788 Craig V. Olsen               
E1                  -0.007  6.991 197.19     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.746 206.51
         TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.77 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:            #29  7.010 196.27                       #13  6.807 204.73


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2912 Sandy Wilkins                         193 Ronnie Proctor               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.957 196.82                     0.022  6.944 198.38
         TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.497              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-): -0.026
 Qualified:            #28  6.995 196.10                       #12  6.800 202.67


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 109R Ryan Ondrejko                        3211 Jerry Albert                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.107 156.92                     0.277  9.804  99.85
         TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.177              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  3.114
 Qualified:            #24  6.955 199.29                        #8  6.732 205.98
Albert made a hard move to the left right off the line but backed off the throttle and was able to save the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2968 Jeff Pittman                         4011 Royce Freeman                
E1                   0.035  6.897 202.67     ****WINNER****  0.099  6.668 209.17
         TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-): -0.013              TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #21  6.940 200.59                        #5  6.642 211.49


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Thaddeus Martin                       333 Marco Abruzzi                
E1                   0.503  6.998 196.79     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.827 177.35
         TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-): -0.012              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #30  7.011 196.27                       #14  6.817 203.52

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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