Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 02:32 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Sunset Racecraft Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7639 Roger Hall                           7867 Dean Hall                    
E2                   0.039  7.482 184.98     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.655 173.34
         TS  Dial: 7.42 (+/-):  0.062              TS  Dial: 7.63 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Broguiere ) 0.010  7.425  0.035      (C Rumis     ) 0.017  7.614  0.004
 Qualified:             #9  7.409 182.97                       #14  7.637 179.40

11:12 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 29.94 inches.

Hall has all the better numbers for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  761 Jed Bourquin                         773C Billy Creme                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.732 165.31                     0.010 14.166  41.34
         TS  Dial: 7.68 (+/-):  0.052              TS  Dial: 7.52 (+/-):  6.646
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Silvia    ) 0.017  7.670  0.020      (J Momjian   ) 0.004  7.556  0.016
 Qualified:            #15  7.648 187.60                       #10  7.554 187.05

Creme with a nice RT and then the car loses it's "Go Fast" and slows. Bourquin to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7054 Robert Broguiere                     775R Rick Takahashi               
E2                   0.039  7.053 197.33     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.941 171.27
         TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 7.92 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.039  7.040  0.080      (B Wagner    ) 0.011  7.918 -0.022
 Qualified:             #2  7.027 195.56                       #17  7.925 173.58

Big dial-in head start for Takahashi and a nice fourteen light. Broguiere runs closer to his dial, but can't catch him soon enough. Rick Takahashi's MOV: 0.0072 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Joe Roubicek                         6552 Frank Tamez                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.252 188.12                     0.024  6.921 201.25
         TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.002              TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Vazquez   ) 0.048  7.234  7.234      (G Forkner   ) 0.007  6.915  0.025
 Qualified:             #6  7.237 188.07                        #1  6.871 201.76

0.003 light for Roubicek and Tamez can't catch him.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6707 Robert Matthews              
E2                                            ****WINNER**** -0.007  7.676 180.26
                                                   TS  Dial: 7.68 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (L Azcuenaga ) 0.057  7.658  0.008
 Qualified:                                                      #13  7.636 181.62

Bye run for Matthews.

11:19 a.m.

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