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Sun, 25 Mar 2012, 14:20 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pacific Division Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7920 Morgan Thompson                      7639 Roger Hall                   
E2                   0.038  8.080 167.93     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.649 182.08
          TS  Dial: 8.03 (+/-):  0.050              TS  Dial: 7.62 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dion      ) 0.036  8.041  0.011      (P Gladden   ) 0.056  7.665  0.065
 Qualified:            #33  8.043 169.25                       #25  7.620 182.90

11:07 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.30 inches, adjusted altitude 3,977 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Roger Hall's MOV: 0.0218 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                             7924 Kenny Speed                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.809 150.73                     0.003 10.741  92.55
          TS  Dial: 7.66 (+/-):  0.149              TS  Dial: 7.50 (+/-):  3.241
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Cook      ) 0.016  7.646 -0.034      (T Carli     ) 0.059  7.515  0.015
 Qualified:            #28  7.687 179.37                       #20  7.514 181.64

Two grat lights and Speed slows to give the easy win to Olpin.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                          773C Billy Cremo                  
E2                   0.071  7.507 177.35     ****WINNER****  0.020  7.681 176.30
          TS  Dial: 7.50 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 7.67 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Weems     ) 0.027  7.482 -0.028      (J Baker     ) 0.035  7.683  0.043
 Qualified:            #19  7.511 184.30                       #27  7.675 177.11

Silvia is late. Billy Cremo's MOV: 0.0473 seconds (approximately 12 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                            7980 Joe Roubicek                 
E2                  -0.004  7.266 188.44     ****WINNER****  0.012  7.036 195.93
          TS  Dial: 7.27 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Cracraft  ) 0.021  7.296  0.026      (S Molinari  ) 0.005  7.083  0.053
 Qualified:            #14  7.285 188.07                        #6  7.047 196.07

Joe Roubicek's MOV: opponent's -0.004 red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Richard Okerman                      6643 Randal Olynyk                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.453 184.47                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.43 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 7.62 (+/-): 92.379
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Jones     ) 0.000  7.448  0.028      (J Gillette  ) 0.081  7.630  0.010
 Qualified:            #17  7.442 189.92                       #26  7.633 180.02

Olynyk breaks and is pushed away.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Chris Newman                         5200 Steven Whiteley              
E2                   0.007  7.628 178.21     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.358 187.99
          TS  Dial: 7.58 (+/-):  0.048              TS  Dial: 7.33 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Perez     ) 0.279  7.668  0.088      (A Madrid    ) 0.006  7.398  0.068
 Qualified:            #24  7.594 179.64                       #15  7.352 188.60

Two strong RT's and Steven Whiteley gets the close win MOV: 0.0177 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 777C Doug Bracey                            75 Rick Takahashi               
E2                   0.924  7.771 169.10     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.101 172.30
          TS  Dial: 7.74 (+/-):  0.031              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.101
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Forkner   ) 0.119  7.752  0.012      (M Uechi     ) 0.086  7.008  0.018
 Qualified:            #30  7.758 175.11                        #5  7.006 200.41

Bracey is almost a second late and Takahashi dumps early for the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                         599Z Justin Mcbride               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.671 177.81                     0.002  7.592 177.93
          TS  Dial: 7.67 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 7.53 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Wagner    ) 0.006  7.697  0.027      (C Rumis     ) 0.002  7.553  0.013
 Qualified:            #29  7.691 177.60                       #21  7.546 182.62

McBride nails the tree with a 0.002 light, but Naber runs just 0.001 to his dial for the two foot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7273 Gary Ross                    
E2                                                                  No Time      
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 83.249
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (D Zewe      ) 0.028  6.781  0.001
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.732 203.37

OK... Ross does his burnout on his bye run and the car stops on the track. He gets pushed back to behind the line and he finally is able to get the engine started and slowly up to stage. He takes the green and is pushed back.

11:16 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink