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Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 12:03 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Suburban Chevrolet Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Danny Leibham                        4743 Ronnie Foret                 
E2                   0.024  6.991 183.54     ****WINNER****  0.086  6.805 200.23
          TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-): -0.029              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Dickey    ) 0.107  7.089  0.049      (C Bullock   ) 0.121  7.012  0.212
 Qualified:            #11  7.109 194.04                        #5  6.844 200.00

10:49 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 30.21 inches, adjusted altitude 475 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.

Leibham had a great light, but improved almost a tenth from yesterday and broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  451 Bob Gulitti                          5049 Mike Chitty                  
E2                   0.013  7.172 183.52     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.170 194.94
          TS  Dial: 7.19 (+/-): -0.018              TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.090
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mohana    ) 0.025  7.149 -0.041      (A Boggs     ) 0.009  7.405  0.325
 Qualified:            #15  7.220 190.97                        #8  7.013 198.96

Another breakout, the improved conditions fooling a lot of good drivers today. Chitty gets a bye to the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4191 Steve Benoit                          493 Joe Pigford                  
E2                   0.046  7.144 193.10     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.102 171.49
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.314              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.092
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Sumner    ) 0.019 11.729  4.899      (R Arnold    ) 0.376  7.039  0.009
 Qualified:             #4  6.835 203.55                       #10  7.056 195.65

Benoit's car sun the tirs and was very loose over the first 100 feet or so, did not run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4338 Mark Buehring                        4043 Chris Arnold                 
E2                  -0.003 24.835  40.16     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.384 186.59
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 17.935              TS  Dial: 7.31 (+/-):  0.074
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilson    ) 0.025  6.940  0.140      (B Klein     )        8.396  1.006
 Qualified:            #26 10.648  84.43                       #20  7.417 185.36

Buehring went red and slowed immediately, debuting a new car this weekend with mixed results. Arnold faces Pigford in the quarterfinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4076 Matt Crisp                             41 Todd Stewart                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.640 152.09                    -0.169 10.657  80.08
          TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.160              TS  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  3.467
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cummins   ) 0.031  7.899  0.419      (A Firestone ) 0.021  7.217  0.027
 Qualified:            #22  7.508 184.65                       #16  7.226 186.43

Stewart went way red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4769 Henry Kindle                          425 Keith Sasich                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.082  6.779 204.42
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 93.159              TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.061
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Leach     ) 0.082  8.893  0.993      (M Mims      ) 0.396 23.104 16.274
 Qualified:            #25  7.927 170.75                        #6  6.846 202.36

Kindle was a no-show. Sasich races Crisp next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4638 Russell Marr                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.492 148.12     
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.652    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.026  7.229  0.049   
 Qualified:            #14  7.212 190.73                     Bye

Marr gets the scheduled bye. He had a perfect light on the rpactice run and will race Foret next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink