Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 18:49 PM

Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello
Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Lester Johnson 8 Vonnie Mills
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.183 228.23 -0.002 6.581 209.82
TS Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.043 TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.031
Qualified: #1 6.154 230.53 #17 6.577 210.60
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.17
inches, adjusted altitude 2,741 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.Mills is a couple ticks too
quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Johnson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
41 Monte Weaver 316K Brandon Baxter
E1 -0.011 6.356 221.02 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.600 207.91
TS Dial: 6.38 (+/-): -0.024 TS Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 0.030
Qualified: #6 6.410 222.36 #22 6.608 208.33
Weaver goes red and turns on the red light to give Baxter the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Jeff Brooks 333C Kynon Dinkel
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 8.240 137.11 -0.008 6.773 192.55
TS Dial: 6.46 (+/-): 1.780 TS Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 0.343
Qualified: #8 6.481 216.76 #24 6.626 213.81
Dinkel goes red to give Brooks the win. Brooks is loose and clicks it off early, but still
gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5167 Curt Fredrich 730 Bryan LaFlam
E1 0.033 7.440 152.76 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.396 192.08
TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.890 TS Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 0.196
Qualified: #19 6.584 211.39 #3 6.231 231.56
LaFlam with the starting line advantage and the win. Fredrich starts to get loose and clicks
it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
406 Glenn Wright 25 Jackie Robison
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.006 6.723 204.94
TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 93.439 TS Dial: 6.69 (+/-): 0.033
Qualified: #15 6.572 211.16 #31 6.713 207.21
Wright can't get the car to fire to give Robison the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7980 Joe Roubicek 5019 Paul Pittman
E1 -0.008 6.591 207.78 ****WINNER**** 0.008 7.806 136.65
TS Dial: 6.61 (+/-): -0.019 TS Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 1.306
Qualified: #29 6.654 206.86 #13 6.544 213.87
Roubicek goes red to give Pittman the win. He gets loose and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4880 Jimmy Lewis 3218 Belva Brinegar
E1 -0.369 6.459 215.24 ****WINNER**** 0.004 10.555 117.60
TS Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.011 TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 3.935
Qualified: #10 6.492 215.72 #26 6.626 209.56
Lewis goes red to give Brinegar the win. He has severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks
it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
318K Tim Kirman 4911 Darian Boesch
E1 0.012 6.596 207.85 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.382 217.11
TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.046 TS Dial: 6.35 (+/-): 0.032
Qualified: #20 6.588 209.56 #4 6.356 226.43
Boesch with a perfect light and the win. Darian Boesch's MOV: 0.0264 seconds (approximately 8
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
D712 Phil Dion 388T Billy Thoman
E1 0.070 6.806 216.24 ****WINNER**** 0.023 6.839 162.16
TS Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.266 TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.289
Qualified: #28 6.648 214.01 #12 6.537 213.43
Thoman with the starting line advantage and the win. Billy Thoman's MOV: 0.0247 seconds
(approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4147 Greg Lair 5116 Dave Slatten
E1 0.025 8.193 120.38 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.685 175.98
TS Dial: 6.51 (+/-): 1.683 TS Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.035
Qualified: #14 6.554 213.91 #30 6.682 210.34
slatten with the starting line advantage and the win. Lair makes a move toward the centerline
and clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4059 Jim Thorp 518 Monte Green
E1 -0.008 6.458 222.99 ****WINNER**** 0.019 9.157 102.62
TS Dial: 6.45 (+/-): 0.008 TS Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 2.327
Qualified: #9 6.491 222.66 #34 6.848 205.32
Thorp goes red to give Green the win. It appeared Green had a nitrous explosion...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
505 Larry Demers 106B Ed Foley
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.776 202.33 No Time
TS Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.036 TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 93.379
Qualified: #33 6.743 205.98 #27 6.646 208.30
Foley broke on the burnout to give Demers the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3190 Glenn Butcher 344A Stephen Brinegar
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.452 206.89 0.056 6.644 208.36
TS Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 0.022 TS Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #7 6.455 214.28 #23 6.624 209.26
Butcher with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Glenn Butcher's MOV:
0.0066 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1 Ronnie Proctor 7151 Jeff Connelly
E1 0.032 6.539 209.92 ****WINNER**** 0.061 6.112 233.76
TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.021 TS Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.008
Qualified: #18 6.578 210.80 #2 6.167 233.24
Proctor with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Connelly the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
34 Mark McDonald 3211 Jerry Albert
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.580 208.49 0.043 6.709 199.85
TS Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 0.010 TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #16 6.576 209.26 #32 6.733 203.89
McDonald with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1903 Mark Payne 21 Sandy Wilkins
E1 0.044 6.719 204.08 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.671 200.44
TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): -0.001 TS Dial: 6.67 (+/-): 0.001
Qualified: #21 6.596 212.46 #5 6.394 217.18
Wilkins with a great light and the win. Sandy Wilkins' package: 0.006 for the win.
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