Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 09:52 PM Top Sportsman Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 9225 Michael E Koontz                     1957 Gary Fitzgerald              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.057  7.391 182.35                     0.205  6.864 195.85
         TS  Dial: 7.37 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J BENOIT    ) 0.010  7.410  0.040      (C EDELEN    ) 0.046  6.815  0.055
E3    (C NYERGES   ) 0.000  7.817  0.457      (B THRIFT    ) 0.019  6.805 -0.025
E2    (D MORRISON  ) 0.038  7.374  0.004      (T WEST      ) 0.008  6.870  0.040
E1    (R TYREE     ) 0.011  7.376  0.006      (B PHILLIPS  ) 0.034  6.853  0.003
 Qualified:            #50  7.381 177.44                        #9  6.867 195.70

9:47 p.m. The winner will meet Jones in the final round. Fitzgerald is way late and then can't run the number. Koontz gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1063 Robert Jones                               Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  1.429 11.503 125.65     
         TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  4.603     
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J MILLER    ) 0.023  6.899 -0.001   
E3    (S HALL      ) 0.047  6.930  0.030   
E2    (M JONES JR  ) 0.449  6.903  0.033   
E1    (D ROBINSON  ) 0.028  6.911  0.021   
 Qualified:            #16  6.912 200.35                     Bye

Jones takes it easy on the parts with his Bye run.

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