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Sun, 25 Mar 2012, 18:29 PM

Top Sportsman Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 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
   72 Richard Okerman                       550 Ed Olpin                     
E5                   0.026  7.479 182.26     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.710 178.45
          TS  Dial: 7.47 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 7.68 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Cremo     ) 0.015  7.515  0.055                     0.025  7.688 -0.022
E3    (R Takahashi ) 0.020  7.462  0.002      (S Whiteley  ) 0.053  7.715  0.035
E2    (R Olynyk    ) 0.028  7.453  0.023      (K Speed     ) 0.008  7.809  0.149
E1    (P Jones     ) 0.000  7.448  0.028      (D Cook      ) 0.016  7.646 -0.034
 Qualified:            #17  7.442 189.92                       #28  7.687 179.37

3:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 27.20 inches, adjusted altitude 4,681 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Close race.Ed Olpin takes a 0.002 RT for the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 12 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7980 Joe Roubicek                 
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.026  7.166 170.99
                                                    TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.126
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (R Naber     ) 0.046  7.094  0.054
E3                                           (G Ross      ) 0.011  7.048  0.008
E2                                           (D Hall      ) 0.012  7.036  0.016
E1                                           (S Molinari  ) 0.005  7.083  0.053
 Qualified:                                                       #6  7.047 196.07

Bye run to the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink