Sun, 13 Oct 2013, 13:54 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Good Vibrations Top Sportsman at the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour and Summit Super Series presented by AMSOIL, Summit World Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Mike Thompson                        G661 Graham Foster                
E2                   0.022  7.396 178.66     ****WINNER****  0.005  7.567 180.81
         T/S  Dial: 7.38 (+/-):  0.016             T/S  Dial: 7.54 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S HALL      ) 0.005  7.372  0.022      (K WRIGHT    ) 0.002  7.548 -0.012
 Qualified:            #15 -0.032                               #11 -0.002        

Foster gets a great light and holds off Thompson for the win.

Graham Foster's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

Foster will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1903 Mark Payne                           9170 Calvin Snow                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  7.265 180.65                     0.007  7.742 170.15
         T/S  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.015             T/S  Dial: 7.77 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R ALLMAN    ) 0.021  7.278  0.048      (F SOMMER    ) 0.024  7.768  0.018
 Qualified:             #4 0.007                               #16 -0.035        

Snow gets a big holeshot but takes too much stripe giving the win to Payne.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1225 Mike Koontz                             3 Rick McDonough               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.619 176.63                    -0.016  7.346 174.03
         T/S  Dial: 7.63 (+/-): -0.011             T/S  Dial: 7.35 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.000  7.628  0.018      (S LACHAMBRE ) 0.360 13.585  6.275
 Qualified:             #1 0.000                                #6 0.021        

McDonough leaves a little too quickly and gives Koontz the trip to round three.

Koontz will have lane choice over Payne in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 235M Norm Williams                        4204 Scooter Hampton              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.739 173.52                     0.035  7.557 185.15
         T/S  Dial: 7.73 (+/-):  0.009             T/S  Dial: 7.54 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S WASKO     ) 0.015  7.731  0.011      (L DUGAS     ) 0.006  7.544  0.004
 Qualified:            #17 -9.999                                #5 0.008        

Williams puts together a .015 package and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 9474 Jim Cairnes                                Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.788 169.66     
         T/S  Dial: 7.79 (+/-): -0.002    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P MCNALLY   ) 0.008  7.791  0.021   
 Qualified:             #2 0.004                             Bye

Cairnes will give up lane choice to Williams in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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