Sat, 20 Oct 2012, 20:30 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  120 Lizzy Musi                            140 William Brown III            
E3                   0.045  4.167 173.87     ****WINNER****  0.025  4.239 168.30
          TS  Dial: 4.13 (+/-):  0.037              TS  Dial: 4.20 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K RAFTERY   ) 0.004  4.162  0.012      (J SACKUVICH ) 0.025  4.306  0.086
E1    (N on File   ) 0.126  4.180  0.060      (B CHINN JR. ) 0.026  4.267  0.047
 Qualified:             #4  4.103 176.12                        #9  4.208 170.41

7:16 p.m. Brown is mathenatically still in the championship chase and he does his part, with a holeshot win over Musi. William Brown III's MOV: 0.0182 seconds (approximately 5 feet). However, the only way Brown can pass Abruzzi would be to set both ends of the record and he doesn't have the required backup runs, so Abruzzi is the 2012 Top Sportsman champion.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  333 Marco Abruzzi                        3190 Glenn Butcher                
E3                   0.063  4.252 170.82     ****WINNER****  0.030  4.264 166.56
          TS  Dial: 4.23 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 4.25 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B GULITTI   ) 0.025  4.248  0.008      (R DAVIS     ) 0.013  4.265  0.015
E1    (E FOLSE     ) 0.016  4.261 -0.019      (C MOHN      ) 0.033  4.262 -0.008
 Qualified:            #10  4.214 171.69                       #11  4.235 168.05

There were no team orders and Butcher laid a light on Abruzzi to get the win.

Glenn Butcher's MOV: 0.0416 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He will face Brown in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink