Fri, 22 Mar 2024, 18:09 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Reporter

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Jeff Gillette                        6324 Gerald Bucklin               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.855 198.20                     0.044  7.248 187.81
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.025              TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:             #9  6.825 200.92                       #19  7.241 186.79

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,248 feet.

Gillette with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7720 Rich Harrison                         664 Ken Ratzloff                 
E1                   0.017  7.427 182.01     ****WINNER****  0.056  6.907 199.73
          TS  Dial: 7.46 (+/-): -0.033              TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #20  7.444 185.13                       #10  6.887 200.20

Harrison with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Ratzloff the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7356 Ted Kellner                             3 Bryan Warr                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.197 190.86                     0.014  6.774 197.65
          TS  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #17  7.179 192.28                        #7  6.728 205.35

Warr with the starting line advantage, but Kellner runs dead-on with a seven for the win in a close one. Ted Kellner's MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                         780 David Cook                   
E1                  -0.003  7.040 187.91     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.721 206.61
          TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.040              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:            #14  6.992 196.39                        #4  6.662 207.11

Ferderer goes red to give Cook the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7158 Joe Stannard                         5291 Tom Patterson                
E1                   0.057  7.105 194.35     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.742 194.77
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.025              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #15  7.062 195.28                        #5  6.664 214.21

Patterson with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7038 Pat Warr                             7728 Kelly Harper                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.925 189.04                     0.078  6.408 224.14
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.045              TS  Dial: 6.41 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #11  6.898 197.77                        #1  6.440 223.43

Warr with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 690Y Yeshua Wilcox                         518 Monte Green                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.202 192.11                     0.033  6.768 206.48
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.002              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #18  7.191 191.92                        #8  6.755 206.42

Wilcox is perfect on the tree and runs dead-on with a two for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                             7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.947 198.41                     0.018  6.606 211.49
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #12  6.924 198.35                        #2  6.564 211.89

Mitsos with the starting line advantage, but Olpin runs dead-on with a seven for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington                  5 Richard Okerman              
E1                   0.036  6.925 203.09     ****WINNER****  0.004  7.154 174.73
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.185              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:             #6  6.726 205.41                       #16  7.069 193.57

Okerman with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 699B Aaron Steinkey                        720 Rob Mendenhall               
E1                   0.008  6.594 203.55     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.987 194.38
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-): -0.006              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:             #3  6.587 209.30                       #13  6.942 198.55

Steinkey with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Mendenhall the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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