Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 06:28 PM Top Sportsman Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 5 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
 5830 Joshua Vettel                        4191 Steve Benoit                 
E5                   0.074  6.916 196.19     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.762 187.63
         TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.036              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Sumner    ) 0.015  6.991  0.101      (T Stewart   ) 0.044  6.747  0.047
E3    (K Piepke    ) 0.020  6.990  0.110      (R Freeman   ) 0.017  6.746  0.046
E2    (M Green     ) 0.004  6.883  0.023      (J Mohana    ) 0.011  7.547  0.847
E1    (M Goates    ) 0.035  6.903  0.023      (M Pickens   ) 0.031  8.640  1.930
 Qualified:            #13  6.925 195.45                        #6  6.715 205.69

5:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,557 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

This is it, the final final. Benoit gets a big holeshot and runs down Vettel to take the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink