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Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 17:08 PM

Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Final, Round 5 Eliminations
By Rick Green





BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Vince Hoda                            405 Keith Raftery                
E5                   0.040  6.851 198.93     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.479 195.68
          TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.024  6.855  0.065      (A Boggs     ) 0.151  6.480  0.030
E3    (S Dodd      ) 0.045  6.851  0.061      (A Philpot   ) 0.014  6.401 -0.029
E2    (B Blomberg  ) 0.007  6.818 -0.022      (D Wix       ) 0.029  6.601  0.151
E1    (M Blair     ) 0.033  6.921  0.031                     0.008  6.476  0.006
 Qualified:             #8  6.894 198.41                        #1  6.471 212.59
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,561 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Raftery with the starting line advantage and takes the win. Keith Raftery's MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Raftery wins his fifth National event Wally.

Hoda runs dead on in the losing effort...

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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