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Fri, 27 Oct 2023, 23:23 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Kamron Wright                         789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington       
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.104 225.94                     0.017  6.866 194.80
          TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.004              TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:             #1  6.109 231.28                       #17  6.867 201.01
7:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,116 feet.

Snyder-Ellington gets the advantage off of the line but Wright reels her in and takes the stripe for the win.

Kamron Wright's MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                         7134 Bryan Warr                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.348 215.17                     0.036  6.889 199.52
          TS  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  0.018              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:             #3  6.344 224.43                       #19  6.885 200.11
A coin flip off of the line, Wright gets around Warr and takes the stripe for the win.

Glenn Wright's MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                          7725 Mike Hiatt                   
E1                   0.040  6.782 204.98     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.071 187.99
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #13  6.771 205.29                       #29  7.085 192.41
Hiatt gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win with a .015 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 702G Mike Proctor                         5722 Bri Bergh                    
E1                   0.098  8.127 110.68     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.893 193.46
          TS  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  1.837              TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:             #2  6.342 220.55                       #18  6.881 202.82
Bergh with the holeshot and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dean Hall                             263 Doug Crumlich                
E1                   0.013  9.268  98.04     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.715 180.52
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  2.288              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.065
 Qualified:            #24  7.025 196.10                        #8  6.675 207.94
A close one out of the gate, Hall has problems and is off of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                          61 Yeshua Wilcox                
E1                   0.059  7.195 181.15     ****WINNER****  0.043  7.286 182.11
          TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.035              TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #30  7.142 190.22                       #33  7.255 190.86
Wilcox gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

Yeshua Wilcox's MOV: 0.0054 seconds (approximately 17 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7038 Pat Warr                             4147 Greg Lair                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.911 193.65                     0.005  6.666 209.23
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:            #22  6.902 197.19                        #6  6.642 210.73
Warr is perfect off of the line and takes the win with a .011 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                            32 Rich Smith                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  6.855 200.41                     0.038  6.431 208.33
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.025              TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): -0.049
 Qualified:            #21  6.902 202.36                        #5  6.501 213.50
Smith gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Silvia.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Allen Firestone                        49 Mark Buehring                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.480 200.23                     0.053  6.906 190.46
          TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.010              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:             #4  6.487 212.76                       #20  6.901 198.41
Firestone gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6658 Bill King                            6502 Will Yakimetz                
E1                  -0.015  7.091 191.76     ****WINNER****  0.042  6.766 206.29
          TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.031              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.014
 Qualified:            #28  7.085 193.49                       #12  6.745 206.86
King is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Yakimetz.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 699B Aaron Steinkey                       7197 Marty Castagno               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.693 204.20                     0.014  7.011 191.05
          TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #11  6.713 204.23                       #27  7.060 195.19
Castagno gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Steinkey.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Don Meziere                             5 Richard Okerman              
E1                  -0.005  6.792 202.12     ****WINNER****  0.023  7.193 191.21
          TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.008              TS  Dial: 7.17 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #15  6.818 203.09                       #31  7.190 191.02
Meziere misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Okerman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6921 Joe Mellof                           4720 Mike Morehead                
E1                   0.061  6.914 199.52     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.708 199.26
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:            #23  6.912 199.26                        #7  6.674 207.21
Morehead gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2004 Tyler Caheely                         780 David Cook                   
E1                   0.022  7.022 186.18     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.816 199.52
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-): -0.018              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.116
 Qualified:            #26  7.057 194.13                       #10  6.713 205.35
Cook gets the advantage off of the line;Caheely breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Ted Kellner                          7711 Don London                   
E1                  -0.005  7.337 162.92     ****WINNER****  0.230  6.815 202.42
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.137              TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #32  7.215 191.65                       #16  6.819 202.88
Kellner misses the tree and goes red giving the win to London.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5396 Bradley Johnson                         3 Ed Olpin                     
E1                   0.044 18.760  51.86     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.124 183.37
          TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-): 12.070              TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.094
 Qualified:             #9  6.705 207.82                       #25  7.043 194.55
Johnson hits the throttle, makes a move toward the centerline, then gives up on the run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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