Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 22:05 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Ninth annual Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Steven Downs                           71 Mera Silvia                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.873 175.62                     0.033  7.567 173.36
          TS  Dial: 7.81 (+/-):  0.063              TS  Dial: 7.57 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Watts     ) 0.042  7.819  0.069      (J Heber     ) 0.040  7.539  0.029
 Qualified:            #27  7.727 177.79                       #20  7.483 184.40

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Silvia had the better light, but got his nose in front and broke out by three thousandths.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6796 Robert Strohm                        6969 Rod Hymas                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060  8.008 175.46                    -0.007  7.077 189.58
          TS  Dial: 8.00 (+/-):  0.008              TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dion      ) 0.005  7.998  0.058      (K Will      ) 0.023  7.052  0.012
 Qualified:            #29  7.936 176.70                        #7  7.019 195.82

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7262 Wayne Newman                           72 Chris Newman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.045  7.475 184.72                     0.082  7.142 194.13
          TS  Dial: 7.47 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hemley    ) 0.023  7.472  0.042      (D Hall      ) 0.022  7.129  0.029
 Qualified:            #19  7.409 186.07                       #11  7.090 195.79

Wayne Newman's MOV: 0.0440 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Richard Okerman                      721P Raul Perez                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  7.303 188.86                     0.018  7.097 196.10
          TS  Dial: 7.29 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.021  7.282  0.032      (M Uechi     ) -0.007  7.080  0.020
 Qualified:            #17  7.236 190.43                        #9  7.039 198.50

Richard Okerman's MOV: 0.0090 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7399 Steve 'Flattop' Faller               7241 Bart Smith                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049  7.171 195.76                     0.038  7.601 175.98
          TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.031              TS  Dial: 7.62 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Slotten   ) 0.193  7.206  0.066      (M Green     ) 0.000  7.623  0.043
 Qualified:            #13  7.160 196.24                       #21  7.550 182.28

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5116 Dave Slatten                         7840 Gary Forkner                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.113 189.92                     0.023  7.234 191.92
          TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Phillips  ) 0.012  7.076  0.026      (D Crumlich  ) 0.007  7.213  0.003
 Qualified:             #8  7.020 197.19                       #15  7.207 192.49

Dave Slatten's MOV: 0.0060 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  780 David Cook                           4147 Greg Lair                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  7.124 191.97                    -0.001  6.795 205.63
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.004              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bracey    ) 0.004  7.168  0.078      (E Olpin     ) 0.000  6.803  0.013
 Qualified:            #10  7.053 193.71                        #3  6.755 207.18

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Bradley Wagner                             Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  1.183 No Time           
          TS  Dial: 7.21 (+/-): 92.789    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bethenson ) 0.012  7.233  0.023   
 Qualified:            #16  7.219 195.62                     Bye

Wagner took the green.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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