Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 02:50 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
 109R Ryan Ondrejko                        4200 Mark Pickens                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.011 188.04                     0.039  7.163 191.21
         TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.041              TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Albert    ) 0.019  7.107  0.177      (M Badia     ) 0.029  7.113  0.033
 Qualified:            #24  6.955 199.29                       #32  7.018 192.96

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,035 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Ondrejko with a great light and the win by 11 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  300 Gino Fagnilli                         378 Jeff Sexton                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.009 195.31                     0.023  6.970 202.79
         TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Benoit    ) 0.039  6.981 -0.019      (R Primozic  ) 0.012  6.962  0.052
 Qualified:            #31  7.016 190.16                       #23  6.953 201.37

Fagnilli with a great light and the win, by 0.0281 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5731 Tom Schmidt                          3772 Gary Wojnowski Jr.           
E2                   0.028  6.896 201.19     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.822 198.20
         TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hoerner   ) 0.093  9.816  2.976      (T Fagnilli  ) 0.001  6.917  0.137
 Qualified:            #19  6.907 200.14                       #11  6.788 203.34

Wojnowski Jr with a 0.016 package for the win. He will face Fagnilli in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3644 Bruce Barth                           375 Mark Malcuit                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.109  7.000 198.03                    -0.026 10.488  85.58
         TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.040              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  3.848
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Fredrich  ) 0.002  6.966  0.026      (T Turner    ) -0.014  6.672  0.032
 Qualified:            #25  6.955 196.70                        #1  6.362 214.38

Malcuit is too quick on the tree and turned on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2912 Sandy Wilkins                          33 Glen Butcher                 
E2                  -0.009  6.999 196.82     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.653 208.36
         TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Proctor   ) 0.008  6.957  0.497      (G Wojnowski ) 0.001  6.657  0.047
 Qualified:            #28  6.995 196.10                        #4  6.636 204.29

Wilkins turns on the red light...Butcher will face Ondrejko in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3749 Tim Molnar                           655E Craig Olson                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.139 155.35                    -0.005  6.430 194.46
         TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.419              TS  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.090
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Mandell   ) 0.044  7.207  0.497      (W Vanfossen ) 0.036  6.316 -0.034
 Qualified:            #10  6.769 207.30                        #2  6.407 219.33

Olson turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6788 Craig V. Olsen                       4011 Royce Freeman                
E2                   0.032  6.752 204.63     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.654 211.76
         TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.028              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Teets Jr  ) 0.011  6.746 -0.024      (J Pittman   ) 0.099  6.668  0.058
 Qualified:            #13  6.807 204.73                        #5  6.642 211.49

Olsen breaksout and gives Freeman the win. Freeman will face Barth in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 John Scali                            333 Marco Abruzzi                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.977 186.43                     0.014  6.851 203.68
         TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.027              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Brooks    ) 0.008  6.959  0.029      (T Martin    ) 0.024  6.827  0.037
 Qualified:            #22  6.946 200.59                       #14  6.817 203.52

John Scali's MOV: 0.0228 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Scali will face Molnar in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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