Sun, 24 Feb 2013, 16:25 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 721P Raul Perez                           757T Ted Carli                    
E4                  -0.004  9.336  96.09     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.686 207.72
          TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  2.526              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hall      ) 0.018  6.836  0.046      (R Okerman   ) 0.006  6.683 -0.007
E2    (M Silvia    ) 0.059  8.054  1.254      (B LaFlam    ) 0.003  6.797  0.147
E1    (R Williams  ) 0.043  6.871  0.011      (D Woody     ) 0.021  6.779  0.039
 Qualified:             #5  6.854 201.40                        #3  6.671 206.10

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.70 inches, adjusted altitude 1,975 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Perez was just a little too quick on the tree and turned it red, the car then got real loose before he clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  542 JR Lobner                            7282 Doug Watts                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.010  7.474 180.69                     0.029  6.949 199.29
          TS  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Torres    ) 0.011  7.453  0.013      (M Williams  ) 0.035  7.023  0.113
E2    (R Martin    ) 0.003  7.498  0.068      (J Dickey    ) 0.023  6.957  0.027
E1    (M Green     ) 0.014  7.509  0.039      (S Molinari  ) 0.025  6.980  0.010
 Qualified:            #21  7.433 182.50                        #8  7.139 195.36

Lobner with the starting line advantage and the win by 0.0246 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He will face Carli in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink