Sun, 13 Oct 2013, 15:00 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Good Vibrations Top Sportsman at the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour and Summit Super Series presented by AMSOIL, Summit World Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1225 Mike Koontz                          1903 Mark Payne                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065  7.614 176.60                    -0.008  7.281 189.92
         T/S  Dial: 7.62 (+/-): -0.006             T/S  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R McDONOUGH ) 0.017  7.619 -0.011      (C SNOW      ) 0.035  7.265  0.015
E1                   0.000  7.628  0.018      (R ALLMAN    ) 0.021  7.278  0.048
 Qualified:             #1 0.000                                #4 0.007        

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,424 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Payne goes red and Koontz will get the bye into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 235M Norm Williams                        9474 Jim Cairnes                  
E3                  -0.018  7.829 170.82     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.821 165.40
         T/S  Dial: 7.73 (+/-):  0.099             T/S  Dial: 7.79 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S HAMPTON   ) 0.006  7.739  0.009                     0.026  7.788 -0.002
E1    (S WASKO     ) 0.015  7.731  0.011      (P MCNALLY   ) 0.008  7.791  0.021
 Qualified:            #17 -9.999                                #2 0.004        

Williams is too quick on the tree and turned on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                G661 Graham Foster                
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.007  7.562 181.42
                                                   T/S  Dial: 7.55 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (M THOMPSON  ) 0.005  7.567  0.027
E1                                           (K WRIGHT    ) 0.002  7.548 -0.012
 Qualified:                                                      #11 -0.002        

Foster with the bye here and he has the quickest reaction of the round and will have lane choice over Cairnes in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink