Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 13:27 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Suburban Chevrolet Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4076 Matt Crisp                            425 Keith Sasich                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.501 179.83                     0.013  6.834 195.39
          TS  Dial: 7.49 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Stewart   ) 0.026  7.640  0.160      (H Kindle    ) 0.082  6.779 -0.061
E1    (J Cummins   ) 0.031  7.899  0.419      (M Mims      ) 0.396 23.104 16.274
 Qualified:            #22  7.508 184.65                        #6  6.846 202.36

12:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 30.19 inches, adjusted altitude 709 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Matt Crisp's MOV: 0.0273 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4638 Russell Marr                         4743 Ronnie Foret                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.279 176.42                     0.112  6.878 201.37
          TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  0.059              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.078
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.000  7.492  0.652      (D Liebham   ) 0.086  6.805  0.005
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.026  7.229  0.049      (C Bullock   ) 0.121  7.012  0.212
 Qualified:            #14  7.212 190.73                        #5  6.844 200.00

Foret's car bobbled on the launch. Marr races Crisp in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4043 Chris Arnold                          493 Joe Pigford                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  7.428 185.82                    -0.010  7.067 180.33
          TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-):  0.048              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Buehring  ) 0.028  7.384  0.074      (S Benoit    ) 0.019  7.102  0.092
E1    (B Klein     )        8.396  1.006      (R Arnold    ) 0.376  7.039  0.009
 Qualified:            #20  7.417 185.36                       #10  7.056 195.65

Pigford went red and Arnold goes to the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                5049 Mike Chitty                  
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.031  7.425 192.66
                                                    TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.305
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (B Gulitti   ) 0.028  7.170  0.090
E1                                           (A Boggs     ) 0.009  7.405  0.325
 Qualified:                                                       #8  7.013 198.96

Chitty will race Arnold in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink