Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 01:04 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Sunset Racecraft Top Sportsman at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 711J James Naffziger                      7800 Les Figueroa                 
E3                   0.010  8.032 169.76     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.740 168.26
         TS  Dial: 7.94 (+/-):  0.092              TS  Dial: 7.67 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Wagner    ) 0.035  8.006  0.066      (R Takahashi )       No Time      
E1    (B Cremo     ) 0.034  7.958 -0.022      (G Ross      ) 0.011  7.726  0.076
 Qualified:            #30  7.996 171.53                       #18  7.663 178.00

9:51 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,608 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Two great RT's and Figueroa catches Naffziger before the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Wayne Silvia                         7054 Robert Broguiere             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.289 188.25                     0.106  6.938 197.62
         TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.049              TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Broguiere ) 0.016  7.266  0.026      (G Forkner   ) 0.073  6.960 -0.040
E1    (R Lahn      ) 0.036  7.264  0.024      (P Miller    ) 0.116  7.413  0.413
 Qualified:             #5  7.234 190.35                        #1  6.944 198.06

Good light for Silvia, not so much for Broguiere.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7265 Larry Scarth                         788D Doug Crumlich                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  7.811 176.37                           No Time      
         TS  Dial: 7.81 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 7.81 (+/-): 92.189
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Downing   ) 0.042  7.876  0.046      (B Harris    ) 0.032  8.047  0.087
E1    (C Newman    ) 0.018  7.843  0.003      (R Hall      ) 0.020  8.030  0.060
 Qualified:            #24  7.811 175.73                       #28  7.931 171.97

Crumlich is a "No Show". Scarth gets a free pass to round four with almost a perfect guess at his dial-in.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6707 Robert Matthews                        77 Chip Rumis                   
E3                  -0.003  7.744 158.13     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.080 195.05
         TS  Dial: 7.63 (+/-):  0.114              TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Torres Jr ) 0.020  7.653  0.003      (M Vazquez   ) 0.029  7.070  0.030
E1    (K Drew      ) 0.007  7.666 -0.014      (J Bourquin  ) 0.015  7.057  0.007
 Qualified:            #15  7.637 178.87                        #3  7.011 195.85

Final pair. Old style Nova vs. new style Cobalt. Matthews goes red by -0.003 to give the win to Rumis.

9:59 a.m.

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