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Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 05:10 PM

Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 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
 6792 Darryn O'Connor                      7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.451 183.52                     0.098  7.366 186.12
         TS  Dial: 7.41 (+/-):  0.041              TS  Dial: 7.34 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Naber     ) 0.049  7.414  0.004      (D Slatten   ) 0.003  7.340  0.020
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.027  7.492  0.052      (D Bracey    ) 0.032  7.349 -0.001
 Qualified:            #10  7.395 185.66                        #8  7.300 188.04

2:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.62 inches, adjusted altitude 3,731 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Mitsos is late and pays for it as O'Conner gets the hole shot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7613 Kevin Kleinweber                       63 Ray Martin                   
E3                   0.021  7.569 178.99     ****WINNER****  0.045  7.360 185.26
         TS  Dial: 7.51 (+/-):  0.059              TS  Dial: 7.33 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Cracraft  ) 0.054  7.514  0.004      (J Roubicek  ) 0.034  7.360  0.040
E1    (C Rumis     ) 0.003  7.582  0.032      (V Torres Jr ) 0.029  7.380  0.020
 Qualified:            #12  7.478 186.20                        #9  7.303 189.39

Kleinweber gets the starting line advantage and gives up too much strip. Martin gets the 18 inch win and next rounds bye run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7899 Ronnie Lahn                  
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.013  7.704 176.74
                                                   TS  Dial: 7.67 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (R Perez     ) 0.062  7.664  0.024
E1                                           (L Demers    ) 0.049  7.683  0.033
 Qualified:                                                      #16  7.635 178.78

Bye run and he will race Lahn later.

2:07 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink