Sat, 17 Oct 2015, 20:27 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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                        409 Kamron Wright                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.028 190.75                     2.871  7.037 163.04
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.088              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.277
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Thorp     ) 0.065  7.004  0.044      (F Kohutek   ) 0.013  6.792 -0.008
E1    (J Holt      ) 0.032  7.058  0.068      (H Kindle    ) 0.040  6.829 -0.031
 Qualified:            #17  6.985 197.39                       #13  6.824 203.16

7:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.68 inches, adjusted altitude 1,728 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Leibham gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4880 Jimmy Lewis                          5019 Paul Pittman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.835 199.02                     0.020  6.453 216.48
          TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Heber     ) 0.007  6.824  0.004      (M Boesch    ) 0.025  6.490  0.000
E1    (K Hampton   ) 0.030  6.882  0.022      (K Piepke    ) 0.005  7.068  0.548
 Qualified:            #14  6.850 204.26                        #2  6.525 214.04

Pittman gets the advantage off the line but takes a little too much stipe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2459 Tommy Turner                          405 Keith Raftery                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.714 209.17                     0.013  6.654 212.29
          TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.084              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.114
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Dodd      ) 0.006  6.639  0.019      (G Wright    ) 0.005  6.532  0.052
E1    (M Cobb      ) 0.006  6.747  0.037      (L Sumner    ) 0.019  6.669  0.139
 Qualified:             #7  6.710 209.52                        #3  6.537 212.23

Raftery gets the advantage off the line but can't run the number.

Tommy Turner's MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 421E Leslie Dugas                          518 Monte Green                  
E3                   0.042  7.187 190.30     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.785 196.16
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-): -0.013              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Lair      ) 0.004  7.540  0.330      (B Irby      ) 0.012  6.815  0.025
E1    (T Wilson    ) 0.022  7.270  0.020      (R Okerman   ) 0.024  6.816  0.016
 Qualified:            #28  7.237 190.14                        #8  6.791 203.37

Green gets the holeshot;dugas breaks out.

In the next round it will be Leibham vs. Turner and Lewis vs. Green.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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