Sun, 30 Sep 2007, 05:42 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Dart Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Third annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3053 Belva Brinegar                       3749 Tim Molnar                   
E4                  -0.201  8.053 160.82     ****WINNER****  0.023  7.390 143.75
         TS  Dial: 7.99 (+/-):  0.063              TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.490
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Edelen    ) 0.008  8.034  0.044      (S Fitzgibbon) 0.020  6.933  0.033
E2    (M Abruzzi   ) 0.005  8.031  0.041      (R Hughes    ) 0.033  6.917  0.017
E1    (M Blaney    ) 0.029  8.002  0.012      (R Ondrejko  ) 0.028  6.934  0.054
 Qualified:            #29  8.013 166.07                       #13  6.966 199.05

5:32 p.m. Molnar was trailing smoke for much of this pass, but he's going to the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  387 Mike Coughlin                        372C Greg Burba                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.018 169.06                    -0.009  6.928 201.91
         TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.098              TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Yates     ) 0.019  6.930  0.000      (B Brown     ) 0.005  7.032  0.062
E2    (M Malcuit   ) 0.017  6.969  0.069      (J Wyatt     ) 0.023  7.327  0.427
E1    (J Scali Jr  ) 0.029  6.874 -0.006                     0.030  6.896 -0.024
 Qualified:             #7  6.869 202.15                        #1  6.709 205.82

Burba cuts it too close at the tree and Coughlin is going to the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink