Fri, 16 Oct 2015, 15:53 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th
annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
42 Daniel Leibham 4298 Jerry Holt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 7.058 195.25 0.286 6.810 188.57
TS Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.068 TS Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.270
Qualified: #17 6.985 197.39 #1 6.523 216.31
Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.62
inches, adjusted altitude 2,858 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.Leibham with the starting
line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
436B Kevin Hampton 4880 Jimmy Lewis
E1 0.014 7.225 188.52 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.882 203.31
TS Dial: 7.24 (+/-): -0.015 TS Dial: 6.86 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #30 7.239 188.94 #14 6.850 204.26
Hampton with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Lewis the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Richard Okerman 518 Monte Green
E1 0.020 7.189 183.92 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.816 198.76
TS Dial: 7.16 (+/-): 0.029 TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.016
Qualified: #24 7.151 192.22 #8 6.791 203.37
Okerman with a slight starting line advantage, but Green gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4739 Frank Kohutek 5074 Jim White
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.143 195.73 0.072 6.721 200.17
TS Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 0.063 TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.001
Qualified: #21 7.077 197.10 #5 6.676 211.46
Kohutek with a great light and the win. Frank Kohutek's MOV: 0.0031 seconds (approximately 11
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
41 Kirk Piepke 5019 Paul Pittman
E1 0.044 10.612 87.08 ****WINNER**** 0.005 7.068 149.75
TS Dial: 7.05 (+/-): 3.562 TS Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.548
Qualified: #18 7.043 196.19 #2 6.525 214.04
Pittman with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
421E Leslie Dugas 430Y Trent Wilson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.270 188.94 0.001 6.919 192.55
TS Dial: 7.25 (+/-): 0.020 TS Dial: 6.87 (+/-): 0.049
Qualified: #28 7.237 190.14 #12 6.820 202.55
wilson with a near perfect light, but Dugas gets the win. Leslie Dugas' MOV: 0.0081 seconds
(approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
425J Jerry Jordan 491C Mario Boesch
E1 -0.015 7.248 172.63 ****WINNER**** 0.055 6.885 205.98
TS Dial: 7.19 (+/-): 0.058 TS Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 0.045
Qualified: #26 7.197 191.19 #10 6.795 208.52
Jordan goes red and Boesch gets the win. Boesch with the win and he will face Pittman in the
next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
473M Marlon Goates 51 J.J. Heber
E1 0.011 7.142 189.47 ****WINNER**** 0.017 6.739 193.10
TS Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 0.062 TS Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 0.029
Qualified: #22 7.085 190.86 #6 6.697 207.18
Goates with the starting line advantage, but Heber gets the win. He will face Lewis in the
next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
406 Glenn Wright 429 Jimmie Dickey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.817 201.52 -0.006 7.220 194.55
TS Dial: 6.82 (+/-): -0.003 TS Dial: 7.21 (+/-): 0.010
Qualified: #11 6.803 202.24 #27 7.219 190.24
Dickey goes red and Wright with a great light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4147 Greg Lair 400H Travis Leach
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.029 6.689 209.92 -0.025 7.454 144.60
TS Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.049 TS Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 0.394
Qualified: #4 6.636 211.43 #20 7.064 195.08
Lair turns on the red light and Leach gets the win. Lair will face Dugas in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4940 Lonnie Sumner 405 Keith Raftery
E1 0.085 7.162 191.38 ****WINNER**** 0.019 6.669 193.05
TS Dial: 7.05 (+/-): 0.112 TS Dial: 6.53 (+/-): 0.139
Qualified: #19 7.057 197.02 #3 6.537 212.23
Rafferty with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Wright in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
340W Rodney Benson 4487 Sean Dodd
E1 0.012 6.990 193.90 ****WINNER**** 0.016 7.296 185.15
TS Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 0.080 TS Dial: 7.27 (+/-): 0.026
Qualified: #15 6.923 196.73 #31 7.258 191.05
Benson with the slight starting line advantage, but Dodd gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4769 Henry Kindle 409 Kamron Wright
E1 -0.034 7.254 188.83 ****WINNER**** 0.040 6.829 202.85
TS Dial: 7.25 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.031
Qualified: #29 7.237 188.86 #13 6.824 203.16
Kindle turns on the red light and Wright gets the win. He will face Kohutek in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
476 Martin Blair 4317 Bobby Irby
E1 -0.001 7.422 178.76 ****WINNER**** 0.039 7.042 191.13
TS Dial: 7.43 (+/-): -0.008 TS Dial: 7.01 (+/-): 0.032
Qualified: #32 7.407 180.81 #16 6.970 199.61
Blair is just a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Irby gets the easy win
and he will face Green in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4416 Michael Cobb 2459 Tommy Turner
E1 0.031 7.185 195.34 ****WINNER**** 0.006 6.747 195.99
TS Dial: 7.14 (+/-): 0.045 TS Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 0.037
Qualified: #23 7.115 196.50 #7 6.710 209.52
Turner with a great light and the win. He will face dodd in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4059 Jim Thorp 4334 Mason Wright
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.188 189.87 0.010 6.820 198.29
TS Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 0.008 TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.020
Qualified: #25 7.179 190.27 #9 6.791 202.76
Wright with the slight starting line advantage, but Thorp gets the win. Jim Thorp's MOV:
0.0101 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Leibham in the next round.
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