Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 14:21 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 4 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
 5049 Mike Chitty                          4043 Chris Arnold                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.143 185.21                     0.031  7.425 186.77
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 7.41 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.031  7.425  0.305      (J Pigford   ) 0.010  7.428  0.048
E2    (B Gulitti   ) 0.028  7.170  0.090      (M Buehring  ) 0.028  7.384  0.074
E1    (A Boggs     ) 0.009  7.405  0.325      (B Klein     )        8.396  1.006
 Qualified:             #8  7.013 198.96                       #20  7.417 185.36

1:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 829 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Chitty had a nice double-oh light and won by about six feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4638 Russell Marr                         4076 Matt Crisp                   
E4                  -0.011 13.401  70.00     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.556 159.04
          TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  6.151              TS  Dial: 7.49 (+/-):  0.066
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Foret     ) 0.020  7.279  0.059      (K Sasich    ) 0.009  7.501  0.011
E2                   0.000  7.492  0.652      (T Stewart   ) 0.026  7.640  0.160
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.026  7.229  0.049      (J Cummins   ) 0.031  7.899  0.419
 Qualified:            #14  7.212 190.73                       #22  7.508 184.65

Marr went red and Crisp will race Chitty in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink