Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 06:40 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 4 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
        Bye                                  63 Ray Martin                   
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.043  7.322 187.34
                                                   TS  Dial: 7.34 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (K Kleinewebe) 0.045  7.360  0.030
E2                                           (J Roubicek  ) 0.034  7.360  0.040
E1                                           (V Torres Jr ) 0.029  7.380  0.020
 Qualified:                                                       #9  7.303 189.39

3:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.61 inches, adjusted altitude 3,990 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Bye run to the final run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6792 Darryn O'Connor                      7899 Ronnie Lahn                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.441 184.75                     0.001  7.726 172.23
         TS  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 7.69 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Mitsos    ) 0.017  7.451  0.041                     -0.013  7.704  0.034
E2    (R Naber     ) 0.049  7.414  0.004      (R Perez     ) 0.062  7.664  0.024
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.027  7.492  0.052      (L Demers    ) 0.049  7.683  0.033
 Qualified:            #10  7.395 185.66                       #16  7.635 178.78

Lahn cards a terrific 0.001 light and gives up to much strip to give O'Connor the two foot win. He runs 0.001 to his index.

There is oil in the right lane right after the 1000 foot lights and well past the finish line and over to the guard rail further down track. It's reported that Lahn's car tagged the wall and then flew back across the track collecting O'Connor's Cavalier.

Both drivers are out of their cars and clean up has started.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink