Sat, 09 Feb 2019, 17:31 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7728 Kelly Harper                          605 Mike Ferderer                
E2                   0.028  6.981 201.49     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.078 186.54
          TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.071              TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Miller    ) 0.097  6.955  0.045      (J Linares   ) 0.079  7.095  0.045
 Qualified:            #14  6.898 204.05                       #22  7.038 195.19

Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 1,783 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Harper with a couple ticks on the tree, but he was using up all of his lane and Ferderer gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  664 Ken Ratzloff                         7133 Richard Okerman              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.914 200.95                     0.018  7.010 195.73
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Pederson  ) 0.045  6.925  0.005      (G Ross      ) 0.035  7.032  0.042
 Qualified:            #12  6.854 202.39                       #20  6.975 196.27

Ratzloff with a near perfect light and the win in a close one. Ken Ratzloff's MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7197 Marty Castagno                       6502 Will Yakimetz                
E2                  -0.002  7.071 192.03     ****WINNER****  0.052  6.946 197.19
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-): -0.009              TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Newman    ) 0.032  7.121  0.051      (G Copley    ) 0.633  6.945  0.005
 Qualified:            #23  7.046 192.74                       #15  6.901 198.38

Castagno is a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Yakimetz the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Doug Crumlich                           6 Bud Preuss                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.914 197.62                     0.031  6.770 202.94
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.026              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Cuadra Jr ) 0.115  6.922 -0.008      (R Balough   ) 0.013  6.773  0.013
 Qualified:            #16  6.908 198.03                        #8  6.733 204.14

Crumlich with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Ratzloff in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7262 Wayne Newman                          757 Jeff Gillette                
E2                   0.166  7.111 194.63     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.871 178.33
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.181              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dion      ) 0.176  6.940 -0.010      (T Kellner   ) 0.128  6.838  0.028
 Qualified:            #17  6.931 200.89                        #9  6.803 204.26

Gillette with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7241 Bart Smith                             78 Paul Mitsos                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.102 177.21                     0.202  7.041 194.97
          TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.012              TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Meziere   ) 0.004  7.101  0.131      (J Roubicek  ) 0.017  7.051  0.011
 Qualified:            #29  7.284 198.88                       #21  7.015 195.28

Smith with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Gillette in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7151 Jeff Connelly                         514 Phil Unruh                   
E2                   0.020  6.660 194.49     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.454 225.18
          TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.140              TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Perez     ) 0.173  8.738  1.538      (B Warr      ) 0.021  6.632  0.202
 Qualified:            #26  7.144 193.93                        #2  6.431 227.27

Connelly with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Unruh the win. He will face Ferderer in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Doug Bracey                           550 Ed Olpin                     
E2                   0.024  7.192 187.11     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.994 189.50
          TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Beanes    ) 0.056  7.171  0.001      (G Lair      ) 0.032  6.979  0.009
 Qualified:            #27  7.170 188.49                       #19  6.962 198.70

Olpin with the starting line advantage and the win. Ed Olpin's MOV: 0.0113 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Yakimetz in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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