Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 07:34 PM Top Sportsman Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 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
   71 Gary Forkner                          605 Mike Ferderer                
E5                   0.047  7.175 193.68     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.431 182.50
         TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.035              TS  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Takahashi ) 0.013  7.153  0.023      (D Slatten   ) 0.009  7.402  0.022
E3    (C Newman    ) 0.031  7.139  0.019      (J Matassa   ) 0.044  7.387  0.007
E2    (M Strickland) 0.019  7.130  0.000      (R Freeman   ) 0.020  7.376 -0.054
E1    (K Haney     ) 0.039  7.142  0.012      (R Martin    ) 0.002  7.468  0.058
 Qualified:            #17  7.113 193.88                       #26  7.379 185.69

4:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,307 feet.

Ferderer was 20 career wins and last won this year at Las Vegas. He had his first win at Denver in 1985. Forkner is 0-2 in career wins.

Advantage Ferderer at the green and he runs well enough to hold off a charging Forkner for the 2010 Top Sportsman Championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink