Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 15:16 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Sandy Wilkins                        5578 Rich Smith                   
E4                   0.016  6.640 202.97     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.684 206.35
          TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-): -0.040              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Yates     ) 0.009  6.684  0.024      (B Gulitti   ) 0.036  6.641  0.001
E2    (G Butcher   ) 0.038  6.692  0.022      (K Raftery   ) 0.003  6.654  0.014
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.043  6.658  0.018      (T Grzelinski) 0.035  6.654  0.004
 Qualified:            #13  6.675 205.57                       #11  6.666 205.82

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,154 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Smith with the starting line advantage and the win. He advances to his first final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  307 Cheyenne Stanley                     5731 Tom Schmidt                  
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.019  6.601 213.50
          TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): 93.519              TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  0.121
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Demers    ) 0.009  7.829  1.519      (J Heber     ) 0.004  6.585  0.135
E2    (G Coffman   ) 0.010  6.357  0.007      (B Wright    ) 0.021  6.607  0.157
E1    (R Sojka     ) 0.055  6.431  0.101      (S Lehmann   ) 0.020  6.573  0.123
 Qualified:             #2  6.367 230.57                        #4  6.493 216.97

Stanley is a no show.

Schmidt with a good light and he advances to his 14th final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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