Sun, 03 Mar 2013, 16:04 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Orteq Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, Showdown at Sundown at Royal Purple Raceway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3348 Fred Sommer 4695 Allen Firestone
E2 -0.024 7.505 179.85 ****WINNER**** 0.161 No Time
TS Dial: 7.47 (+/-): 0.035 TS Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 93.229
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Premer ) 0.019 7.479 -0.021 (C Arnold ) 0.054 6.786 0.096
Qualified: #30 7.509 177.74 #6 6.789 202.42
2:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted
altitude 618 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.Sommer went red and it sounded like Firestone broke something in the driveline on
the launch.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4935 Joseph Mohana 4148 Travis Parten
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.032 7.211 154.99 0.002 9.357 92.53
TS Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.471 TS Dial: 7.41 (+/-): 1.947
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Swindoll ) 0.000 6.743 0.053 (J Pigford ) 0.023 7.427 0.007
Qualified: #5 6.732 204.60 #29 7.459 184.47
Parten had a very nice light, but slowed on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4338 Mark Buehring 4011 Royce Freeman
E2 -0.011 6.874 202.85 ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.617 215.03
TS Dial: 6.86 (+/-): 0.014 TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): -0.003
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Arnold ) 0.071 6.879 -0.071 (W Collins ) 0.043 6.888 0.288
Qualified: #12 6.949 200.41 #4 6.693 199.46
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
49 Kirk Piepke 425 Keith Sasich
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.022 7.249 161.88 0.013 13.297 84.94
TS Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.259 TS Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 6.467
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Mims ) 0.041 7.540 0.590 (V Hoda ) 0.179 6.941 0.111
Qualified: #16 7.000 196.56 #24 7.217 198.38
Sasich got a very close look at the right wall on the launch and wisely lifted. Piepke races Freeman next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
430Y Trent Wilson 55 Michael Chitty
E2 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.068 6.841 203.22
TS Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 93.099 TS Dial: 6.82 (+/-): 0.021
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Pena ) 0.005 6.889 -0.071 (M Goates ) 0.017 6.837 0.047
Qualified: #15 6.994 199.26 #7 6.815 202.97
Wilson had problems getting the RPMs up for the launch, eventually drove it off the track.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
42 Danny Leibham 451 Bob Gulitti
E2 -0.012 6.940 201.13 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.681 207.59
TS Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 0.100 TS Dial: 6.68 (+/-): 0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Johnson ) 0.029 6.908 0.068 (C Bullock ) 0.016 6.689 0.019
Qualified: #9 6.874 200.44 #1 6.474 212.59
Gulitti races Mohana in round three.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4759 Luis Vela 4298 Jerry Holt
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.201 7.001 183.94 -0.007 6.690 202.79
TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 0.081 TS Dial: 6.66 (+/-): 0.030
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Foret ) -0.070 6.954 0.074 (J Shook ) 0.019 6.755 0.095
Qualified: #11 6.920 199.37 #3 6.672 208.36
Vela faces Chitty in round three.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
41 Matt Crisp 405 Keith Raftery
E2 0.009 7.359 176.67 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.594 213.10
TS Dial: 7.36 (+/-): -0.001 TS Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.074
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Gulitti ) 0.011 7.434 0.124 (H Rodriguez ) 0.016 6.540 0.020
Qualified: #26 7.326 186.02 #2 6.544 201.67
Last pair. Crisp was ten thousandths away from a perfect run, but a thousandth of that was on the wrong side of his dial-in and
Raftery gets the win light. He races Firestone in the quarterfinals.
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