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Sat, 28 Sep 2013, 18:31 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5830 Joshua Vettel                         312 Steve Howard                 
E1                   0.026  6.720 196.36     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.935 199.76
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-): -0.020              TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:             #7  6.758 205.91                       #21  7.188 190.57
5:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.50 inches, adjusted altitude 2,796 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.



 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 343A Larry Conolty                        503R Bill Rotz                    
E1                   0.179  6.580 210.18     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.261 186.77
          TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.120              TS  Dial: 7.27 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:             #8  6.768 199.61                       #22  7.271 187.16


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3348 Fred Sommer                          393A Mike Olenick                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.624 177.23                    -0.008  6.952 199.82
          TS  Dial: 7.64 (+/-): -0.016              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-): -0.048
 Qualified:            #28  7.631 177.07                       #14  6.974 199.55


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3761 Brian Brown                            53 Rick Wilson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.463 183.37                     0.028  6.985 183.12
          TS  Dial: 7.45 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #26  7.457 184.27                       #12  6.948 198.17


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5731 Tom Schmidt                          340W Rodney Benson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.861 194.24                     0.014  7.330 184.98
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 7.30 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:             #9  6.825 203.98                       #23  7.314 185.74


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3130 Shane Cowan                          316K Brandon Baxter               
E1                   0.005  7.344 190.86     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.834 192.96
          TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.204              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.134
 Qualified:            #19  7.139 192.17                        #5  6.680 208.71


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  516 Doug Woody                           449J Stewart Johnson              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.446 185.54                    -0.026  7.233 196.24
          TS  Dial: 7.43 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.283
 Qualified:            #27  7.477 190.00                       #13  6.964 198.58


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 Tommy Turner                         577C Rick Bowman                  
E1                   0.030  6.689 210.14     ****WINNER****  0.047  7.055 186.79
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.079              TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:             #3  6.618 212.59                       #17  7.055 197.48


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3102 Mark McDonald                         563 Daniel Varn                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.194 165.64                     0.111  7.561 190.00
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.274              TS  Dial: 7.37 (+/-):  0.191
 Qualified:            #11  6.904 200.17                       #25  7.379 190.48


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5074 Jim White                            4317 Robert Irby                  
E1                   0.042  6.668 209.65     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.086 182.35
          TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-): -0.012              TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:             #4  6.661 211.33                       #18  7.097 189.42


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5578 Rich Smith                            505 Larry Demers                 
E1                   0.039  6.966 198.88     ****WINNER****  0.017  7.576 172.63
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.036              TS  Dial: 7.52 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #29 13.033  99.95                       #15  6.976 198.35
Larry Demers' MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4674 Heidi Robison                        1929 Jeff Brooks                  
E1                   0.019  7.113 185.51     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.877 202.88
          TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-): -0.017              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:            #20  7.140 194.35                        #6  6.693 207.91


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 327J Glenn Julius                         5080 John Hocking                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  7.386 180.04                     0.058  7.643 152.42
          TS  Dial: 7.36 (+/-):  0.026              TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.803
 Qualified:            #24  7.359 182.65                       #10  6.888 179.80


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3190 Glenn Butcher                          55 Michael Chitty               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.548 209.46                     0.010  7.114 194.80
          TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.008              TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:             #2  6.552 209.95                       #16  6.979 198.64


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                3685 Eric Burnett                 
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.049  6.382 223.58
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.392 223.88

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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