Sun, 12 Jul 2020, 13:56 PM Oakley Motorsports Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Oakley Motorsports Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Inaugural E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Chris Osborn                         214D Don O'Neal                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.695 205.72                    -0.009  6.840 203.65
          TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pekrul    ) 0.073  6.681  0.021      (V Nannini   ) 0.016  6.819  0.009
E1    (T Stultz    ) 0.036  6.685  0.015      (G Wojnowski ) 0.026  6.815  0.005
 Qualified:            #11  6.691 206.57                       #13  6.834 201.13

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,389 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

O'Neal goes red to give Osborn the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3986 Jon Steldt                              4 Curt Fredrich                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.671 211.33                     0.011  6.679 189.12
          TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.031              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M McDonald  ) 0.018  6.682  0.052      (J Smiddy    ) 0.037  6.656  0.026
E1    (K Dinkel    ) 0.044  6.644  0.014      (D Cuadra    ) 0.015  6.637  0.027
 Qualified:            #10  6.653 211.76                        #8  6.624 210.50

Fredrich with the starting line advantage, but Steldt gets the win in a close one. Jon Steldt's MOV: 0.0031 seconds (approximately 10 inches). He will face Osborn in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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