Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 03:52 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Ray Martin                             71 Joe Roubicek                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.360 183.87                     0.098  7.019 198.29
         TS  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  0.040              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Torres Jr ) 0.029  7.380  0.020      (V Campa     ) 0.019  7.199  0.159
 Qualified:             #9  7.303 189.39                        #4  6.986 197.25

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.65 inches, adjusted altitude 3,349 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Ray Martin's MOV: 0.0331 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7875 Roy Cracraft                         7613 Kevin Kleinweber             
E2                   0.034  7.790 176.44     ****WINNER****  0.054  7.514 180.91
         TS  Dial: 7.81 (+/-): -0.020              TS  Dial: 7.51 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Gladden   ) 0.036  7.878  0.048      (C Rumis     ) 0.003  7.582  0.032
 Qualified:            #17  7.770 176.79                       #12  7.478 186.20

Kleinweber will face Martin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5116 Dave Slatten                         7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E2                   0.037  7.065 198.09     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.340 186.05
         TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.025              TS  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B LaFlam    ) 0.012  7.112  0.032      (D Bracey    ) 0.032  7.349 -0.001
 Qualified:             #3  6.881 203.25                        #8  7.300 188.04

Paul Mitsos' MOV: 0.0392 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6792 Darryn O'Connor                      7851 Robert Naber                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049  7.414 186.72                     0.036  7.626 178.85
         TS  Dial: 7.41 (+/-):  0.004              TS  Dial: 7.63 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.027  7.492  0.052      (M Green     ) 0.026  7.667  0.017
 Qualified:            #10  7.395 185.66                       #15  7.574 179.54

O'Conner will face Mitsos in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7899 Ronnie Lahn                          721P Raul Perez                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.062  7.664 177.81                    -0.183  7.299 191.40
         TS  Dial: 7.64 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-): -0.081
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Demers    ) 0.049  7.683  0.033      (B Daniluk   ) 0.009  7.406  0.026
 Qualified:            #16  7.635 178.78                       #11  7.395 184.55

Lahn will get the bye in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink