Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 13:05 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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                           6 Bill King                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.701 176.49                     0.001  6.971 193.63
          TS  Dial: 7.70 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 8.84 (+/-): -1.869
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Silvia    ) 0.024  7.725 -0.015      (W Yakimetz  ) 0.054  6.968  0.038
 Qualified:            #29  7.752 175.94                       #22  6.955 197.13

Weather conditions: air temperature 51 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 927 feet.

King with a near perfect light, but took too much stripe to give Strohm the win. Strohm with a great light and ran dead-on with an one for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   66 Joe Mellof                           7598 Chris Newman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.823 189.55                     0.112  6.714 211.83
          TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.073              TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.194
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Lucas     ) 0.046  6.779 -0.011      (L Olpin     ) 0.031  6.608  0.058
 Qualified:            #13  6.795 203.61                        #6  6.559 212.06

Mellof with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3015 Bill Yates                            664 Ken Ratzloff                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.717 196.76                     0.048  6.871 200.11
          TS  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.057              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Balough   ) 0.017  6.742  0.062      (A Steinkey  ) 0.013  6.886  0.016
 Qualified:            #10  6.693 207.18                       #18  6.904 199.55

Yates with a great light and the win. Bill Yates' MOV: 0.0080 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He keeps his championship hopes alive.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4396 Sammy Gonzales                        789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington       
E2                   0.005  7.183 192.58     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.841 201.91
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.103              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.081
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Warr      ) 0.047  7.109  0.019      (W Mizia     ) 0.020  6.820  0.020
 Qualified:            #23  7.121 191.40                       #15  6.826 202.03

Gonzalez with a great light, but Snyder-Ellington chased him down for the win. Lynsi Snyder-Ellington's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6324 Gerald Bucklin                       7158 Joe Stannard                 
E2                  -0.001  7.962 152.47     ****WINNER****  0.062  7.050 181.32
          TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.732              TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.190
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Warr      ) 0.019  7.264  0.044      (A Firestone ) 0.044  6.898  0.018
 Qualified:            #26  7.251 186.48                       #19  6.904 197.97

Bucklin is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Stannard the win. He will face Snyder-ellington in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                            75 Michael Hiatt                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.625 198.85                    -0.196  7.975 118.53
          TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.045              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  1.085
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Okerman   ) 0.033  6.610  0.000      (K Harper    ) 0.006  7.007  0.107
 Qualified:             #9  6.649 209.30                       #17  6.899 199.61

Hiatt goes red to give Mitsos the win. He will face Mellof in the next round

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                404M Florentino Martin Rodriguez  
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.015  6.188 230.88
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (D Hall      ) 0.013  6.217  0.027
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.232 230.02

Rodriguez with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 Rob Mendenhall                        780 Dave Cook                    
E2                   0.015  6.888 199.76     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.889 199.17
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-): -0.012              TS  Dial: 0.00 (+/-):  6.889
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Meziere   ) 0.010  6.962  0.052      (T Kellner   ) 0.029  6.765  0.005
 Qualified:            #20  6.921 198.96                       #12  6.770 203.92

Mendenhall with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Cook the win. He keeps his championship hopes alive. He will face Rodriguez in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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