Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 20:34 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4147 Greg Lair                               9 Dusty Meyer                  
E2                  -0.005  6.578 213.57     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.963 195.96
          TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.038              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.009 11.296  4.766      (J Roubicek  ) 0.029  6.942  0.012
 Qualified:             #5  6.524 213.27                       #29  6.923 198.58

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 2,902 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Lair goes red to give Meyer the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  730 Bryan LaFlam                         345B Benjamin Board               
E2                  -0.005  6.384 207.98     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.960 161.57
          TS  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.074              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.340
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Albert    ) 0.086  6.569  0.239      (L Demers    ) 0.047  6.613  0.003
 Qualified:             #2  6.219 231.95                       #10  6.585 207.18

LaFlam goes red to give Board the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 316K Brandon Baxter                       4911 Darian Boesch                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.592 207.62                     0.043  6.391 222.88
          TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.012              TS  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Freeman   ) 0.026  6.592  0.012      (J Smiddy    ) 0.053  6.449  0.089
 Qualified:            #11  6.588 208.65                        #3  6.351 227.38

Baxter with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Don O'Neal                           3105 Chad Pekrul                  
E2                   0.013  6.792 197.94     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.671 198.82
          TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.018              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Kirman    ) 0.001  6.790 -0.010      (J Steldt    ) 0.023  6.659  0.009
 Qualified:            #24  6.760 202.97                       #16  6.651 200.35

Pekrul with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  319 Rick Sojka                             32 Tommy Turner                 
E2                   0.027  9.878  91.16     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.711 183.22
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  3.268              TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.131
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.060  6.631  0.001      (M Chitty    ) 0.014  6.593  0.013
 Qualified:            #17  6.695 208.07                        #9  6.576 211.63

Sojka with the starting line advantage, but has problems and Turner gets the win. He will face Meyer in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 585K Kyle Dumke                             34 Mark McDonald                
E2                   0.027  6.648 207.34     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.580 203.68
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.038              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mergel    ) 0.035  6.619  0.009      (T Finner    ) -0.002  6.570  0.010
 Qualified:            #14  6.614 208.23                        #6  6.547 209.92

Dumke with the starting line advantage, but McDonald chased him down for the win. He will face Board in the nest round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5167 Curt Fredrich                        3190 Glenn Butcher                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  6.701 207.43                    -0.071 14.765  94.20
          TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  8.335
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Caheely   ) 0.007  6.705  0.015      (B Brown     ) 0.071  6.447  0.017
 Qualified:            #12  6.590 212.16                        #4  6.421 215.72

Butcher goes red to give Fredrich the win. He will face Pekrul in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 411M David Cuadra                           52 Allen Firestone              
E2                   1.456 26.211  38.81     ****WINNER****  0.103  6.739 175.39
          TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 18.951              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.179
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Corn      ) 0.015  7.276  0.036      (W Simmons II) 0.010  6.582  0.022
 Qualified:            #31  7.292 191.08                        #7  6.567 209.75

Cuadra with problems and Firestone gets the win. He will face Baxter in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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