Sat, 31 Mar 2012, 19:55 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL Carsafe Dragpalooza VIII:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2002 Bruce Thrift                         4338 Mark Buehring                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  4.463 151.10                     0.010 12.684  49.69
          TS  Dial: 4.44 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 4.52 (+/-):  8.164
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W BROWN III ) 0.084  4.452  0.032      (R DAVIS     ) 0.010  5.143  0.623
 Qualified:            #10  4.424 161.23                       #15  4.519 156.83

6:42 p.m. Buehring left first, but his car launched into severe tire shake.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  120 Lizzy Musi                           477F Earl Folse                   
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.057  4.172 177.74
          TS  Dial: 4.28 (+/-): 95.719              TS  Dial: 4.20 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R ADKINS    ) 0.010  4.321  0.001      (J SACKUVICH ) 0.049  4.301  0.041
 Qualified:             #5  4.277 170.23                        #4  4.270 173.96

Musi lost control of her car on the burnout, sliding to a stop halfway across the centerline. They pushed her car back toi the return road, her weekend over.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  412 Randell Reid                         4298 Jerry Holt                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  4.516 150.11                     0.057  4.785 151.48
          TS  Dial: 4.44 (+/-):  0.076              TS  Dial: 4.17 (+/-):  0.615
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G BUTCHER   ) 0.013  4.479  0.019      (C NYERGES   ) 0.064  4.193  0.023
 Qualified:            #11  4.429 159.04                        #3  4.152 175.25

Holt was a little late, then could not run the number. Reid races Thrift in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 124X Chuck Mohn                            333 Marco Abruzzi                
E2                  -0.013  4.097 176.05     ****WINNER****  0.030  4.382 161.90
          TS  Dial: 4.10 (+/-): -0.003              TS  Dial: 4.41 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R COWGEN    ) 0.013  4.139  0.039      (B GULITTI   ) 0.020  4.554  0.124
 Qualified:             #1  3.847 175.21                        #9  4.415 161.46

Mohn went red and Abruzzi advances to face Folse in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink