Mon, 8 Oct 2007, 04:36 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
 7980 Joe Roubicek                         6707 Robert Matthews              
E4                   0.046  7.294 187.05     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.708 180.16
         TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 7.70 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3                         No Time            (J Bourquin  ) 0.043  7.702  0.012
E2    (F Tamez     ) 0.003  7.252  0.002                     -0.007  7.676 -0.004
E1    (E Vazquez   ) 0.048  7.234  7.234      (L Azcuenaga ) 0.057  7.658  0.008
 Qualified:             #6  7.237 188.07                       #13  7.636 181.62

1:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 29.89 inches.

Matthews gets a good head start and runs closer to his dial in for a final round slot.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                775R Rick Takahashi               
E4                                            ****WINNER****  1.594 No Time      
                                                   TS  Dial: 7.96 (+/-): 92.039
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (D Hall      ) 0.004  7.972  0.012
E2                                           (R Broguiere ) 0.014  7.941  0.021
E1                                           (B Wagner    ) 0.011  7.918 -0.022
 Qualified:                                                      #17  7.925 173.58

Takahashi gets the Bye into the finals and takes the green. He backs out to save the pieces.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink