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Sat, 15 Oct 2011, 07:44 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By David Gerard





CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7875 Roy Cracraft                         766M Paul Gladden                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  7.878 163.81                     0.104  7.370 187.26
         TS  Dial: 7.83 (+/-):  0.048              TS  Dial: 7.34 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #17  7.770 176.79                        #7  7.285 189.23
4:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 95 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 28.52 inches, adjusted altitude 4,048 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Gladden is late and gives the win to Cracraft.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Chip Rumis                           7613 Kevin Kleinweber             
E1                   0.010  6.959 199.26     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.582 174.98
         TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.029              TS  Dial: 7.55 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:             #2  6.855 201.10                       #12  7.478 186.20
Kevin Kleinweber get the Rt advantage for the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 721P Raul Perez                           6821 Barry Daniluk                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.406 187.63                     0.001  6.630 211.63
         TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-):  0.026              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.090
 Qualified:            #11  7.395 184.55                        #1  6.493 215.72
Two great RT's; 0.001 and 0.009!

Perez has the power for the car length win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5116 Dave Slatten                          730 Bryan LaFlam                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.112 182.01                     0.033  7.599 181.91
         TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 7.56 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:             #3  6.881 203.25                       #13  7.494 183.57
Slatten has the better package for the eight foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 777C Doug Bracey                          7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E1                   0.035  7.761 174.57     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.349 186.43
         TS  Dial: 7.80 (+/-): -0.039              TS  Dial: 7.35 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #18  7.775 174.77                        #8  7.300 188.04
Close Rt's and Paul Mitsos wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780V Val Torres Jr.                         63 Ray Martin                   
E1                   0.018  7.917 168.89     ****WINNER****  0.029  7.380 178.68
         TS  Dial: 7.88 (+/-):  0.037              TS  Dial: 7.36 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #19  7.863 174.12                        #9  7.303 189.39
Martin just gets by Torres in the lights for the 20 inch win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7615 Vincente Campa                         71 Joe Roubicek                 
E1                   0.516  7.570 179.61     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.199 161.88
         TS  Dial: 7.52 (+/-):  0.050              TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.159
 Qualified:            #14  7.502 182.08                        #4  6.986 197.25
Campa is dead late at the green and Roubicek dumps hard for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7899 Ronnie Lahn                           505 Larry Demers                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  7.683 177.63                    -0.014 10.024  84.98
         TS  Dial: 7.65 (+/-):  0.033              TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  2.774
 Qualified:            #16  7.635 178.78                        #6  7.194 191.27
Ronnie Lahn wins on Larry Demers' -0.014 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6792 Darryn O'Connor                      721W Clyde Williams               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.492 183.72                     0.006  7.943 176.05
         TS  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.052              TS  Dial: 7.95 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #10  7.395 185.66                       #20  7.960 175.16
Williams has a big 0.006 RT and then breaks out by -0.007 to give the win to O'Connor

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                           52 Monte Green                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.667 177.88                    -0.001  7.060 194.74
         TS  Dial: 7.65 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #15  7.574 179.54                        #5  7.019 196.10
Green goes red by -0.001 to give the free pass to round two to Naber

4:39 p.m. Round two: Perez vs. Lahn; Slatten vs. Mitsos; Kleinweber vs. Cracraft; Roubicek vs. Martin; and O'Connr vs. Naber.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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