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Sat, 20 Oct 2012, 16:42 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  140 William Brown III                    5212 Bill Chinn Jr.               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  4.267 159.42                    -0.012  4.324 167.30
          TS  Dial: 4.22 (+/-):  0.047              TS  Dial: 4.21 (+/-):  0.114
 Qualified:             #9  4.208 170.41                        #8  4.199 170.64

3:20 p.m. Brown trails Marco Abruzzi by 277 points (three rounds) in the championship chase.

Chinn went red and Brown gets past his first hurdle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 477F Earl Folse                            333 Marco Abruzzi                
E1                   0.006  4.181 176.93     ****WINNER****  0.016  4.261 170.58
          TS  Dial: 4.22 (+/-): -0.039              TS  Dial: 4.28 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:             #7  4.179 176.88                       #10  4.214 171.69

Abruzzi needs to go a couple rounds to clinch, faced a big hurdle right here. It was a close race, Folse with a hundredth in hand after two very good reaction times, but Folse took too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3190 Glenn Butcher                        124X Chuck Mohn                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  4.262 166.91                    -0.001  4.224 168.85
          TS  Dial: 4.27 (+/-): -0.008             TSE  Dial: 4.22 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:            #11  4.235 168.05                        #6  4.175 170.60

Mohn was a thousandth early on the light and Butcher advances.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2002 Bruce Thrift                          405 Keith Raftery                
E1                   0.054  4.343 163.51     ****WINNER****  0.023  4.174 164.01
          TS  Dial: 4.33 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 4.15 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #12  4.235 166.83                        #5  4.143 174.01

Keith Raftery's MOV: 0.0206 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 308P Joe Palmer                            120 Lizzy Musi                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.126  4.180 173.41
          TS  Dial: 4.12 (+/-): 95.879              TS  Dial: 4.12 (+/-):  0.060
 Qualified:            #13  4.256 170.34                        #4  4.103 176.12

Palmer crashed in the first qualifying session, so Musi gets a competition single. She races Raftery in the quarterfinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  204 Ronnie Davis                         4147 Greg Lair                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  4.202 174.01                     0.002  4.361 156.39
          TS  Dial: 4.17 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 4.29 (+/-):  0.071
 Qualified:             #3  4.094 179.52                       #14  4.277 166.15

Davis has a tough hill to climb toi win the championship, trailing by 333 points (four rounds). Since Abruzzi won in this round, Davis would have to win the event and set a record (and Abruzzi would have to stop winning).

Lair had a great light, but could not run the number and Davis advances. He faces Abruzzi's teammate Butcher in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Kamron Wright                         451 Bob Gulitti                  
E1                   0.039  4.327 162.68     ****WINNER****  0.043  4.113 169.04
          TS  Dial: 4.30 (+/-):  0.027              TS  Dial: 4.11 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #15  4.285 164.83                        #2  4.086 177.72

Gulitti's car used up a lot of lane, very close to the centerline at the stripe, but he ran dead-on his dial-in for the win. Bob Gulitti's MOV: 0.0201 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He will face Abruzzi in round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5472 Jim Sackuvich                        5835 Joshua Vettel                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  4.357 165.99                     0.067  4.903 104.57
          TS  Dial: 4.29 (+/-):  0.067              TS  Dial: 3.98 (+/-):  0.923
 Qualified:            #16  4.292 166.27                        #1  3.981 183.89

#1-qualifier Vettel shook hard and lifted. Sackuvich will race Brown in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink