Sun, 08 Sep 2013, 15:36 PM Top Sportsman Presented By Aeromotive Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

EARLVILLE, Iowa - Results of round 4 eliminations in Jerry Haas Race Cars Top Sportsman Presented By Aeromotive at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, West Central Division, event at Tri-State Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5731 Tom Schmidt                          5001 Ashton Premer                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.924 196.67                     0.025  7.250 190.67
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Heber     ) 0.014  6.907 -0.003      (B Rotz      ) 0.052  7.227  0.027
E2    (R Bowman    ) 0.013  6.910  0.020      (R Wilson    ) 0.030  7.204  0.004
E1    (T Pope      ) 0.020  6.998  0.038      (L Dalton    ) 0.021  7.289  0.049
 Qualified:             #4  6.905 197.51                       #12  7.220 191.76

2:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,706 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Tom Schmidt cuts a strong 0.004 light for the win. MOV: 0.0272 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  516 Doug Woody                             55 Michael Chitty               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.654 178.78                     0.027  7.267 191.00
          TS  Dial: 7.64 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E3                   1.204 19.442 11.802      (C Harshfield) 0.057  7.235  0.005
E2    (B Baxter    ) 0.073  7.633  0.103      (N Brungardt ) 0.131  7.233 -0.007
E1    (R Julius    ) 0.021  7.677  0.037      (L Demers    ) 0.008  7.328  0.028
 Qualified:            #21  7.605 184.37                        #8  7.057 196.07

Close start and Doug Woody goes to the final round. MOV: 0.0283 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink