Sun, 23 Feb 2014, 14:35 PM
Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA
Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
G233 Frank Gostilla 605 Mike Ferderer
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.414 183.37 0.026 7.409 185.89
TS Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 0.014 TS Dial: 7.38 (+/-): 0.029
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Radeff ) 0.082 7.398 0.018 (R Cracraft ) 0.022 7.358 0.008
E1 (M Green ) 0.027 7.412 0.002 (C Williams ) -0.398 7.401 0.031
Qualified: #20 7.403 184.14 #16 7.369 186.77
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,628
feet, track temperature 108 degrees.Just 0.006 difference at the green and Frank Gostilla runs closer to his dial for the
win.MOV: 0.0217 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7282 Doug Watts 730 Bryan LaFlam
E3 0.036 7.045 197.02 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.351 177.09
TS Dial: 7.07 (+/-): -0.025 TS Dial: 7.37 (+/-): -0.019
Prior rounds:
E2 (P McHenry ) 0.031 7.144 0.114 (B Kidd ) -0.008 7.300 0.020
E1 (Z Clarke ) 0.023 7.075 0.005 (R Modersohn ) 0.008 7.322 0.022
Qualified: #9 7.077 197.02 #13 7.299 187.96
Bryan LaFlam's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0068 seconds (approximately 24 inches) in a double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7157 Dave Deadman 550 Ed Olpin
E3 0.012 8.041 176.40 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.434 163.35
TS Dial: 7.59 (+/-): 0.451 TS Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 0.094
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Molinari ) 0.024 7.574 0.004 (D Bracey ) 0.046 7.337 0.037
E1 (L Snyder ) 0.010 7.610 0.020 (D Crumlich ) 0.002 7.359 0.009
Qualified: #26 7.576 181.89 #14 7.329 188.73
Deadman is away first, but slows down track. Olpin gets the easy win.He faces Gostilla next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7534 Paul Mitsos 7851 Robert Naber
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.374 185.28 0.060 7.611 177.98
TS Dial: 7.35 (+/-): 0.024 TS Dial: 7.60 (+/-): 0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Perez ) 0.030 7.329 0.009 (G Miserva ) 0.022 7.636 0.066
E1 (K Harper ) 0.025 7.357 0.007 (R Martin ) 0.037 7.704 0.114
Qualified: #15 7.337 185.64 #27 7.593 178.64
Paul Mitsos' MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 3 feet).LaFlam faces him in round four.
12:30 p.m.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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