Fri, 15 Nov 2024, 14:25 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Robert Strohm                          77 Mera Silva                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.725 176.26                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.74 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
 Qualified:            #29  7.752 175.94                       #14  6.807 198.79

Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 1,407 feet.

Silva is a no-show to give Strohm the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                            404M Florentino Martin Rodriguez  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.013  6.217 230.37
          TS  Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999              TS  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #16  6.867 199.58                        #1  6.232 230.02

Hall is a no-show to give Rodrigues the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3015 Bill Yates                            717 Randy Balough                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.742 190.78                     0.076  7.255 184.35
          TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.062              TS  Dial: 7.21 (+/-):  0.045
 Qualified:            #10  6.693 207.18                       #25  7.235 188.12

Yates with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6455 Mike Lucas                             66 Joe Mellof                   
E1                   0.053  7.318 181.45     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.779 200.83
          TS  Dial: 7.34 (+/-): -0.022              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #28  7.331 186.38                       #13  6.795 203.61

Mellof with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                             7598 Chris Newman                 
E1                   0.029  6.912 198.55     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.608 211.53
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-): -0.008              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #21  6.946 198.00                        #6  6.559 212.06

Olpin with a couple ticks on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Newman the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4396 Sammy Gonzales                       7038 Pat Warr                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  7.109 192.58                     0.005  6.651 188.25
          TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.061
 Qualified:            #23  7.121 191.40                        #8  6.603 208.10

Warr with a great light, but Gonzales holds on for the win in a close one. Sammy Gonzales' MOV: 0.0002 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7158 Joe Stannard                           51 Allen Firestone              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.898 198.47                     0.022  7.416 158.13
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.018              TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  1.016
 Qualified:            #19  6.904 197.97                        #4  6.420 213.10

Firestone with the starting line advantage and the win, but Standard holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  664 Ken Ratzloff                         699B Aaron Steinkey               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.886 199.20                     0.010  6.406 207.08
          TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.42 (+/-): -0.014
 Qualified:            #18  6.904 199.55                        #3  6.403 222.03

Steinkey with the slight starting line advantage, but Ratzloff holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Michael Hiatt                        7728 Kelly Harper                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.007 173.65                     0.004  9.017  98.63
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.107              TS  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  2.627
 Qualified:            #17  6.899 199.61                        #2  6.400 222.73

A couple great lights with Harper getting a couple ticks, but Hiatt holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Bill King                            6502 Will Yakimetz                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  6.968 196.24                     0.025  6.610 187.94
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.038              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #22  6.955 197.13                        #7  6.598 214.93

Yakimetz with the starting line advantage and the win, but King holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7974 William Mizia                         789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington       
E1                   0.057  8.004 169.85     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.820 198.32
          TS  Dial: 7.89 (+/-):  0.114              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #30  7.907 170.15                       #15  6.826 202.03

Snyder-Ellington with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6324 Gerald Bucklin                          3 Bryan Warr                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.264 186.38                     0.029  6.728 190.35
          TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  0.044              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #26  7.251 186.48                       #11  6.757 204.76

Bucklin with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                             5 Richard Okerman              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.610 209.65                     0.019  7.135 191.40
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:             #9  6.649 209.30                       #24  7.136 191.54

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7450 Don Meziere                           720 Rob Mendenhall               
E1                   0.017  6.503 189.79     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.962 199.26
          TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.053              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.052
 Qualified:             #5  6.431 212.03                       #20  6.921 198.96

Mendenhall with the starting line advantage and the win. Rob Mendenhall's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7356 Ted Kellner                           780 Dave Cook                    
E1                  -0.002  7.332 187.99     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.765 203.95
          TS  Dial: 7.31 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #27  7.324 188.23                       #12  6.770 203.92

Kellner goes red to give Cook the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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