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Fri, 16 Oct 2015, 15:53 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





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.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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