Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 14:57 PM
Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th
annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 5888 Mark Lovell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.811 209.01
TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.011
Qualified: #1 6.789 208.55
Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 24.19
inches, adjusted altitude 9,643 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.Lovell with the bye
here.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5074 Jim White 6206 Jake Neibauer
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.023 7.033 185.23 0.043 7.842 173.07
TS Dial: 7.02 (+/-): 0.013 TS Dial: 7.82 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #2 6.986 200.08 #14 7.793 176.60
White with a 0.036 package for the win and he will have the bye in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5438 Rick Schnabel 5468 John Baker
E1 0.100 8.089 167.38 ****WINNER**** 0.063 7.312 190.30
TS Dial: 8.03 (+/-): 0.059 TS Dial: 7.27 (+/-): 0.042
Qualified: #18 8.066 169.44 #6 7.272 191.76
Baker with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
54 Monte Green 566V Randy Cruickshank
E1 0.048 7.219 190.81 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.983 157.91
TS Dial: 7.22 (+/-): -0.001 TS Dial: 7.95 (+/-): 0.033
Qualified: #5 7.210 190.94 #17 7.916 170.73
Cruickshank with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5345 Doug Styers 4902 Kohlby Sasich
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.097 8.501 163.10 0.012 13.871 91.98
TS Dial: 8.46 (+/-): 0.041 TS Dial: 7.60 (+/-): 6.271
Qualified: #23 8.476 162.02 #11 7.521 182.87
Sasich with the starting line advantage, but then had problems right at the hit and clicked it
off. Styers will face Green in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5116 Dave Slatten 5793 Gery Lockman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.443 173.61 -0.500 8.149 167.84
TS Dial: 7.39 (+/-): 0.053 TS Dial: 8.14 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #9 7.381 188.04 #21 8.144 167.82
Lockman turned on the red light and Slatten with the freebie.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5629 Arnie Fisher 4147 Greg Lair
E1 -0.001 7.882 175.32 ****WINNER**** 0.024 7.066 195.59
TS Dial: 7.86 (+/-): 0.022 TS Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.026
Qualified: #15 7.861 157.26 #3 7.056 198.79
Fisher is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light...Lair will face Slatten in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
564X Dave Walters 5007 Bob Cornine
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.093 7.589 180.28 0.058 8.168 167.12
TS Dial: 7.43 (+/-): 0.159 TS Dial: 8.20 (+/-): -0.032
Qualified: #10 7.414 182.11 #22 8.184 167.93
Cornine with the starting line advantage and then took too much stripe to give Walters the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5517 Ralph Smith 5464 Jeremiah Heber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.093 165.40 0.208 7.338 191.08
TS Dial: 8.09 (+/-): 0.003 TS Dial: 7.35 (+/-): -0.012
Qualified: #19 8.074 168.49 #7 7.336 191.38
Smith with a huge starting line advantage and the win. Ralph Smith's package: 0.039.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5648 Shawn Kennedy 5532 Norm Brungardt
E1 0.006 8.099 150.80 ****WINNER**** 0.062 7.613 179.56
TS Dial: 8.11 (+/-): -0.011 TS Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 0.353
Qualified: #20 8.085 160.23 #8 7.365 192.63
Kennedy with the big starting line advantage and then took too much stripe to give Brungardt
the win. Brungardt was trailing a lot of smoke from around 700 feet on...but still gets the win.
He will face Lovell in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5381 Wade Kiefer 7534 Paul Mitsos
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.046 7.752 176.28
TS Dial: 7.75 (+/-): 92.249 TS Dial: 7.75 (+/-): 0.002
Qualified: #25 8.802 155.92 #13 7.747 176.37
Kiefer is a no-show and Mitsos will face R. Smith in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5899 Ron Williams 45 Keith Sasich
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.049 199.40
TS Dial: 7.09 (+/-): 92.909 TS Dial: 7.09 (+/-): -0.041
Qualified: #16 7.881 174.62 #4 7.078 199.29
Williams is a no-show and Sasich will face Walters in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5222 Max Tafoya Jr. 505 Larry Demers
E1 0.026 8.702 158.41 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.711 158.78
TS Dial: 8.50 (+/-): 0.202 TS Dial: 7.56 (+/-): 0.151
Qualified: #24 8.558 159.08 #12 7.521 178.05
Demers with the slight starting line advantage and the win. He will face Baker in the next
round.
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