Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 06:12 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4940 Lonnie Sumner                        5830 Joshua Vettel                
E4                   0.066  7.276 184.32     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.991 190.32
         TS  Dial: 7.29 (+/-): -0.014              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.101
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Leibham   ) 1.122 19.747 12.457      (K Piepke    ) 0.020  6.990  0.110
E2    (A Glen Barri) 0.072  7.297 -0.013      (M Green     ) 0.004  6.883  0.023
E1    (J Heber     ) 0.051  7.330 -0.050      (M Goates    ) 0.035  6.903  0.023
 Qualified:            #27  7.381 183.87                       #13  6.925 195.45

4:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,608 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Vettel gets a big advantage off the line; Sumner breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7513 Todd Stewart                         4191 Steve Benoit                 
E4                   0.022  7.274 176.26     ****WINNER****  0.044  6.747 204.51
         TS  Dial: 7.28 (+/-): -0.006              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Randall   ) 0.028  7.302  0.022      (R Freeman   ) 0.017  6.746  0.046
E2    (G Lair      ) 0.000  7.305  0.025      (J Mohana    ) 0.011  7.547  0.847
E1    (M Withers   ) 0.010  7.372  0.222      (M Pickens   ) 0.031  8.640  1.930
 Qualified:            #28  7.426 186.79                        #6  6.715 205.69

Stewart gets the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink