Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 13:41 PM
Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second
annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5731 Tom Schmidt 3761 Brian Brown
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.788 204.51 -0.003 9.134 116.47
TS Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.002 TS Dial: 7.43 (+/-): 1.704
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Burnett ) 0.013 6.827 0.007 (B Baxter ) 0.002 7.469 0.019
E1 (R Benson ) 0.002 6.861 0.021 (R Wilson ) 0.018 7.463 0.013
Qualified: #9 6.825 203.98 #26 7.457 184.27
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.62
inches, adjusted altitude 1,966 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.Brown is just a few ticks too
quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Schmidt gets the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
505 Larry Demers 4317 Robert Irby
E3 0.028 7.487 184.83 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.093 184.09
TS Dial: 7.52 (+/-): -0.033 TS Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 0.013
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Rotz ) 0.003 7.625 0.075 (M McDonald ) 0.045 7.096 0.026
E1 (R Smith ) 0.017 7.576 0.056 (J White ) 0.009 7.086 0.006
Qualified: #15 6.976 198.35 #18 7.097 189.42
Irby with a near perfect light and the win with a great package...Robert Irby's package:
0.015.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3190 Glenn Butcher 516 Doug Woody
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.534 210.60 0.058 7.410 189.98
TS Dial: 6.51 (+/-): 0.024 TS Dial: 7.35 (+/-): 0.060
Prior rounds:
E2 0.003 6.537 -0.003 (J Brooks ) 0.009 7.439 -0.001
E1 (M Chitty ) 0.011 6.548 0.008 (S Johnson ) 0.023 7.446 0.016
Qualified: #2 6.552 209.95 #27 7.477 190.00
Butcher with the better light and chases Woody down after giving him a big headstart to take
the win by 0.0531 seconds (approximately 15 feet). Butcher will face Irby in the
semifinal.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3348 Fred Sommer 577C Rick Bowman
E3 0.027 7.667 171.38 ****WINNER**** 0.010 7.048 188.81
TS Dial: 7.63 (+/-): 0.037 TS Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.008
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Howard ) 0.039 7.614 0.004 (G Julius ) 0.013 7.073 0.043
E1 (M O'lenick ) 0.012 7.624 -0.016 (T Turner ) 0.047 7.055 0.015
Qualified: #28 7.631 177.07 #17 7.055 197.48
Bowman with a great light and package to take the win light. Rick Bowman's MOV: 0.0463 seconds
(approximately 12 feet). Rick Bowman's package: 0.018. Bowman will face Schmidt in the
semifinal.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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