Sun, 03 Mar 2013, 18:36 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pacific Division Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at Firebird International Raceway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7256 Mera Silvia 7130 Phil Miller
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.001 7.387 178.64 0.030 10.101 86.69
TS Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 0.047 TS Dial: 7.54 (+/-): 2.561
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Hymas ) 0.023 7.346 0.006 (T Carli ) 0.007 7.547 0.017
E1 (K Harper ) 0.038 7.314 0.014 (B Kidd ) 0.028 7.543 0.003
Qualified: #19 7.340 189.34 #35 7.569 178.38
4:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.72 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,743 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.Miller slows and Mera Silvia gets the easy win.MOV: 2.5438 seconds (more than
100 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
796 Tom Ticer 79 Chris Newman
E3 -0.002 7.531 183.94 ****WINNER**** 0.033 6.980 177.07
TS Dial: 7.48 (+/-): 0.051 TS Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 0.070
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Olynyk ) 0.007 7.536 0.036 (T Radeff ) 0.019 7.007 0.107
E1 (G Forkner ) 0.017 7.521 0.051 (M Grady ) 0.013 6.938 0.018
Qualified: #31 7.523 184.85 #5 6.938 198.03
Chris Newman's MOV: opponent's -0.002 red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6134 Shawn Herbst 664 Ken Ratzloff
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.767 176.77 0.055 7.539 182.95
TS Dial: 7.75 (+/-): 0.017 TS Dial: 7.52 (+/-): 0.019
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Wilson ) 0.039 7.775 -0.005 (E Olpin ) 0.045 7.531 0.011
E1 (R Okerman ) 0.033 7.756 0.036 (M Green ) 0.017 7.526 0.016
Qualified: #38 7.759 178.38 #32 7.539 183.32
Close race. Shawn Herbst races Silvia later. MOV: 0.0227 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6636 Ray Martin 7980 Joe Roubicek
E3 0.017 7.388 186.92 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.592 199.94
TS Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.058 TS Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Molinari ) 0.006 7.341 0.011 (B LaFlam ) 0.021 6.605 0.015
E1 (M Thompson ) 0.035 7.326 0.026 (Bye ) 0.149 6.640 0.020
Qualified: #18 7.324 187.50 #1 6.623 210.41
Martin has a small RT advantage, but Joe Roubicek passes him right before the lights MOV: 0.0498 seconds (approximately 14
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
780 David Cook 721P Raul Perez
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.115 170.77 0.000 10.967 84.82
TS Dial: 7.04 (+/-): 0.075 TS Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 4.077
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Lair ) 0.031 7.052 0.032 (L Torres ) 0.038 6.933 0.053
E1 (A Fisher ) 0.013 7.139 0.119 (J Dickey ) 0.007 6.869 0.009
Qualified: #9 7.045 195.42 #4 6.901 202.33
Perez nails the tree with a perfect light and then has the tires basketball. He has to lift. David Cook gets the easy win. MOV:
3.9772 seconds (more than 100 feet).He will see Roubicek next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
542 JR Lobner Bye
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.514 182.75
TS Dial: 7.48 (+/-): 0.034
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Ross ) 0.013 7.597 0.097
E1 (W Newman ) 0.014 7.510 0.010
Qualified: #34 7.552 181.64 Bye
Bye run for Lobner and he will race Ticer.
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