Sat, 26 May 2012, 15:52 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MARION, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular Series presented by AMSOIL, at San Antonio Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4760 Chris Gulitti                         490 Craig Luitjen                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.615 167.91                     0.092  8.009 179.21
         T/S  Dial: 7.52 (+/-):  0.095             T/S  Dial: 7.97 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:             #9  7.449 185.41                       #18  7.982 179.71

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Chris Gulitti's MOV: 0.0080 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 444V Ricky Vedros                         473M Marlon Goates                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.777 178.86                     0.067  7.485 164.47
         T/S  Dial: 7.76 (+/-):  0.017             T/S  Dial: 7.36 (+/-):  0.125
 Qualified:            #15  7.756 178.29                        #6  7.330 188.60

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  4P2 Rowdy James                          4509 Michael Collier              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.433 182.19                    -0.017  8.019 171.76
         T/S  Dial: 7.45 (+/-): -0.017             T/S  Dial: 7.98 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:             #8  7.437 182.04                       #17  7.953 165.02

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4289 Daniel Liebham                       438B Arlie Boggs                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.171 192.88                     0.023  7.589 191.33
         T/S  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.011             T/S  Dial: 7.59 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:             #3  7.156 192.80                       #12  7.583 190.60

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                          467 Chris Dollar                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.041 186.88                     0.024  7.536 180.43
         T/S  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.061             T/S  Dial: 7.45 (+/-):  0.086
 Qualified:             #1  6.940 200.71                       #10  7.455 182.26

Glenn Wright's MOV: 0.0320 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Kamron Wright                        4300 Lance Abbott                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  7.369 189.08                     0.030  7.709 171.62
         T/S  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  0.049             T/S  Dial: 7.71 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:             #4  7.293 189.95                       #13  7.616 180.00

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4940 Lonnie Sumner                        408K Glenn Reus                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.950  85.59                           No Time      
         T/S  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  3.510             T/S  Dial: 7.44 (+/-): 92.559
 Qualified:             #7  7.395 184.88                       #16  7.922 173.81

Reus' steering coupler disengaged during qualifying and he bounced off the wall. He was uninjured and the car was not severely damaged, but he's through for the event.