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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 12:26 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 273F Michael Fillmore                        4 Doug Crumlich                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.271 185.18                     0.052  6.627 209.82
          TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #31  7.246 191.97                       #15  6.624 209.95
11:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 30.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,902 feet.

Fillmore gets a great light and takes the win with a .014 package.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Scott Underwood                      141D Alexander Thomson            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.267 191.10                     0.033 16.278  45.69
          TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  9.588
 Qualified:            #32  7.247 191.19                       #16  6.698 210.77
Underwood gets the advantage off of the line and pulls away for the win. Thomson was out of power early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2904 Doug Gbur                              13 David Crafts                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  6.956 182.72                     0.382  6.493 212.13
          TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.046              TS  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.073
 Qualified:            #24  6.910 200.05                        #8  6.475 213.03
Gbur gets a big holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2004 Tyler Caheely                          43 Bob Gulitti                  
E1                   0.035  6.842 194.04     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.342 206.92
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.012              TS  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #22  6.832 197.88                        #6  6.347 220.30
Gulitti gets a great light and takes the win with a .016 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1357 John Benoit                           299 Jeff Windholz                
E1                   0.037  6.532 209.85     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.033 191.08
          TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.012              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #10  6.500 210.21                       #26  7.002 195.85
Windholz gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the close win.

Jeff Windholz's MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 17 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   22 James Hinkle                         5049 Michael Chitty               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.225 188.52                     0.016  6.615 209.69
          TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #30  7.201 191.57                       #14  6.591 210.77
A coin flip off of the line, Hinkle runs dead on "with a five" to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   39 Dennis Dowson                          18 Douglas Bussa                
E1                   0.135  6.506 221.78     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.950 197.31
          TS  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:             #9  6.493 221.78                       #25  6.920 197.77
Bussa gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Dowson for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  124 Michael Grafas                       5167 Curtis Fredrich              
E1                   0.021  7.168 192.33     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.564 209.23
          TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #28  7.129 192.71                       #12  6.549 210.70
Fredrich gets the holeshot and takes the win with a .027 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Richard Smith                          12 Ronald Riegel                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.464 202.12                     0.012  6.994 199.58
          TS  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.134
 Qualified:             #7  6.470 214.42                       #23  6.836 202.48
Smith gets a great light and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 119K Freddy Perkins                       4059 Jim Thorp                    
E1                   0.049  6.823 196.64     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.394 197.54
          TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.073              TS  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #20  6.762 199.73                        #4  6.271 225.94
Thorp with the advantage off of the line and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Kamron Wright                          48 Mark Buehring                
E1                   0.002  6.111 226.05     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.723 198.73
          TS  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.009              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:             #1  6.128 225.82                       #17  6.709 205.44
Wright gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Buehring.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2654 Stanley Albritton                     193 Ronnie Proctor               
E1                   0.014 16.226  52.10     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.609 182.95
          TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  9.096              TS  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  0.099
 Qualified:            #27  7.106 192.30                       #11  6.516 211.59
Albritton gets the holeshot but has problems right off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3388 Alex Bosak                              8 Darian Boesch                
E1                   0.067  6.780 203.95     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.334 210.05
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.040              TS  Dial: 6.28 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #19  6.747 204.39                        #3  6.242 229.82
Boesch gets the holeshot and goes around Bosak for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                         200C Chad Morrison                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.307 218.80                     0.038  6.824 202.52
          TS  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:             #5  6.278 227.23                       #21  6.829 203.34
Wright with the holeshot;Morrison breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Christopher Arnold                   3190 Glenn Butcher                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.724 204.05                     0.026  6.116 225.56
          TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #18  6.709 204.20                        #2  6.138 224.62
Butcher gets the advantage off of the line but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2912 Lucien Wilkins                       2984 Scotty Lyons                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.598 191.89                     0.057  7.199 190.59
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.048              TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.079
 Qualified:            #13  6.568 213.20                       #29  7.169 191.73
Wilkins gets the holeshot and goes around Lyons for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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