Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 07:08 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                        5116 Dave Slatten                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.402 184.77                     0.007  6.875 194.77
         TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Matassa   ) 0.044  7.387  0.007      (J Gillette  ) 0.027  6.867 -0.023
E2    (R Freeman   ) 0.020  7.376 -0.054      (R Perez     ) 0.031  6.898 -0.002
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.002  7.468  0.058      (L Scarth    ) 0.052  6.904 -0.006
 Qualified:            #26  7.379 185.69                        #8  6.882 200.11

4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,035 feet.

Two great lights and Mike Ferderer wins on a -0.005 breakout by Slatten.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Gary Forkner                         775R Rick Takahashi               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  7.153 194.38                    -0.001  7.567 168.96
         TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 7.51 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Newman    ) 0.031  7.139  0.019      (B Wagner    ) 0.004  7.546  0.076
E2    (M Strickland) 0.019  7.130  0.000      (G Ross      ) 0.018  7.481  0.021
E1    (K Haney     ) 0.039  7.142  0.012      (J Roubicek  ) 0.020  7.480  0.010
 Qualified:            #17  7.113 193.88                       #27  7.455 185.43

Takahashi goes red by -0.001 to give the free pass to the finals to Forkner.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink