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Sat, 29 Jul 2006, 04:35 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Second annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1175 Mark Parente                          387 Mike Coughlin                
E1                   0.025  7.812 175.43     ****WINNER****  0.024  7.426 182.58
         TS  Dial: 7.79 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 7.41 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #10  7.780 175.50                        #5  7.368 188.25

4:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,836 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Mike Coughlin's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 23 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  364 Mitch Smith                            29 Robert Sellers               
E1                  -0.020  7.470 184.32     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.096 193.63
         TS  Dial: 7.45 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-): -0.044
 Qualified:             #8  7.421 185.13                        #3  7.138 178.33


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 282E Ed Stuart                            3015 Bill Yates Sr.               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  7.822 176.67                    -0.007  7.751 181.64
         TS  Dial: 7.80 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.521
 Qualified:             #9  7.766 180.14                        #4  7.215 191.24


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2240 Jim Carlton                          6552 Frank Tamez                  
E1                  -0.010  7.418 185.10     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.402 163.77
         TS  Dial: 7.37 (+/-):  0.048              TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.252
 Qualified:             #7  7.405 165.97                        #2  7.098 195.76

Tamez faces Coughlin next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3776 Mark Conkle                           351 Charlie Edelen               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  7.263 193.18                           No Time      
         TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.063              TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-): 92.799
 Qualified:            #11  8.072 171.38                        #6  7.401 184.37

Edelen showed up just as Conkle was staging and was directed to the return road. Conkle races Sellers next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                2459 Tommy Turner                 
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.048  7.104 197.48
                                                   TS  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.029 198.64

Turner gets the odd-lot bye and will race Stuart next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink