Sun, 14 Oct 2012, 23:38 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pacific Division Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Seventh annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Richard Okerman                       757 Jeff Gillette                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.451 183.79                     0.010  7.116 194.02
          TS  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Cracraft  ) 0.007  7.454  0.024      (S Kondolay  ) 0.007  7.092  0.002
 Qualified:            #15  7.409 184.55                        #8  7.068 195.76

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Close in the lights. Richard Okerman's MOV: 0.0020 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                        6969 Rod Hymas                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.671 174.91                     0.012  7.878 184.25
          TS  Dial: 7.62 (+/-):  0.051              TS  Dial: 7.41 (+/-):  0.468
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Green     ) 0.007  7.627  0.027      (R Strohm    ) 0.026  7.415  0.025
 Qualified:            #22  7.589 182.40                       #14  7.394 187.81

A perfect RT for Ferderer, as Hymas slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7639 Roger Hall                           7282 Doug Watts                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.502 184.83                     0.026  7.148 192.93
          TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Heber     ) 0.001  7.482  0.002      (R Naber     ) 0.031  7.125  0.015
 Qualified:            #18  7.469 185.13                       #10  7.099 193.13

Roger Hall's MOV: 0.0180 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   65 Daryl Hemley                         7840 Gary Forkner                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  7.565 181.81                    -0.007  7.262 187.73
          TS  Dial: 7.55 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.000  7.560  0.040      (D Bracey    ) 0.000  7.570  0.350
 Qualified:            #20  7.526 182.82                       #12  7.209 191.78

Daryl Hemley's MOV: opponent's -0.007 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Chris Newman                         5116 Dave Slatten                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.055 192.58                     0.033  7.148 193.74
          TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Newman    ) 0.053  7.050  0.030      (E Olpin     ) 0.027  7.160  0.000
 Qualified:             #4  7.009 198.20                       #11  7.156 191.95

Chris Newman runs 0.005 to his dial for the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Dave Zewe                            D712 Phil Dion                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.524 178.97                     0.008  7.687 179.42
          TS  Dial: 7.50 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 7.65 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.022  7.536  0.066      (D Cook      ) 0.001  7.645  0.025
 Qualified:            #17  7.459 183.47                       #24  7.643 179.78

Close race. Dave Zewe's MOV: 0.0050 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                                Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.494 184.57     
          TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.014    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Daniluk   ) 0.022  7.451 -0.009   
 Qualified:            #16  7.433 185.89                     Bye

Bye run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  789 Lynsi Torres                         721P Raul Perez                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.446 185.15                    -0.001  7.049 196.19
          TS  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.046              TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Thompson  ) 0.035  7.409  0.019      (M Uechi     ) -0.020  7.092  0.052
 Qualified:            #13  7.361 186.77                        #6  7.011 197.36

Lynsi Torres' MOV: opponent's -0.001 red light. More close red lights.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ]

Apr 19- HOUSTON - Friday Schedule
Apr 19- Tige Boats Named Presenting Sponsor of E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series Portion of NHRA SpringNationals
Apr 19- HOUSTON - Previous Success, Early Win has Funny Car's Courtney Force Excited
Apr 18- Haney Headed for NHRA Pro Mod with Summit Racing on His Side
Apr 18- HOUSTON - Richie Crampton Enjoying Early-Season Success Heading to 31st Annual NHRA SpringNationals
Apr 18- 2018 Mustang Cobra Jet Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Racing Legend with Quickest
Apr 18- New Ford Mustang Funny Car Scheduled to Debut In 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Season Opener
Apr 16- HOUSTON - Fact Sheet
Apr 16- HOUSTON - After Early-Season Mishap Funny Car's Jonnie Lindberg Looks to Get On Track
Apr 15- LAS VEGAS 1 -Through the Lens of Ron Lewis