Sun, 05 Nov 2023, 14:05 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                           634 Dan Lafferty                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.874 202.12                     0.012  6.848 188.10
          TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Yakimetz  ) -0.002  7.343  0.483      (D Hall      ) 0.006  6.857  0.007
E1    (G Bucklin   ) 0.024  6.906  0.046      (Y Wilcox    ) 0.009  6.929  0.069
 Qualified:            #19  6.861 203.55                       #13  6.827 199.73

10:50 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,180 feet.

Lafferty gets the advantage off of the line 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
 7725 Mike Hiatt                           6013 Rod Belsham                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.046 186.69                     0.016  6.812 203.43
          TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Scribner  ) 0.033  7.075  0.015      (J Neibauer  ) 0.008  6.866  0.046
E1    (P Mitsos    ) 0.010  7.075  0.005      (T Kellner   ) 0.011  6.839  0.009
 Qualified:            #30  7.034 193.88                       #12  6.803 202.09

Hiatt gets the advantage off of the line and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5396 Bradley Johnson                      7038 Pat Warr                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.958 190.38                     0.033  6.893 197.71
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.008              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Llamas    ) 0.017  6.979  0.029      (J Stannard  ) 0.023  6.893  0.003
E1    (A Firestone ) 0.039  6.953  0.013      (K Harper    ) -0.003  6.897 -0.003
 Qualified:            #27  6.943 198.35                       #21  6.876 197.97

A coin flip off of the line, Johnson runs his number and takes the close win.

Bradley Johnson's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

Johnson will take on Hiatt in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 H660 Mark Austin                           263 Doug Crumlich                
E3                   0.013  6.896 203.61     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.661 203.80
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Esrick    ) 0.004  6.936  0.026      (J Gillette  ) 0.011  6.669  0.019
E1    (K Ratzloff  ) 0.014  6.924 -0.006      (B King      ) 0.125  6.666  0.016
 Qualified:            #47  7.918 139.63                        #5  6.645 208.39

No advantage off of the line for either driver, Crumlich takes the stripe for the close win.

Doug Crumlich's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Ed Olpin                                5 Richard Okerman              
E3                   0.025  7.024 195.34     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.153 191.87
          TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.006              TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Buehring  ) 0.012  7.050  0.020      (R Strohm    ) 0.031  7.164  0.014
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.012  7.050  0.020      (D Cook      ) 0.027  7.201  0.041
 Qualified:            #28  7.006 195.93                       #34  7.128 193.13

Olpin gets a little hole shot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to okerman.

Okerman will take on Silvia in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6921 Joe Mellof                           5722 Bri Bergh                    
E3                  -0.002  6.925 182.92     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.982 175.25
          TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.065              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.112
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Castagno  ) 0.002  6.901  0.031      (M Green     ) 0.000  6.891  0.021
E1    (J Radford   ) 0.019  6.922  0.052      (D Glenn     ) 0.018  6.872  0.002
 Qualified:            #14  6.839 201.64                       #20  6.872 203.49

Mellof just misses the tree and goes red. Bergh is almost perfect off of the line and takes the win.

Bergh will take on Crumlich in the next round.

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