Sat, 02 Nov 2013, 21:22 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Las Vegas Gambler Showdown Division 7 Finale:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
H698 Danny Holmedal 6969 Rod Hymas
E1 -0.028 8.115 171.88 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.148 169.59
TS Dial: 8.08 (+/-): 0.035 TS Dial: 7.10 (+/-): 0.048
Qualified: #60 8.056 168.70 #29 7.057 195.31
5:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,986 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.Holmedal was too eager and this was over before it started.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
53 Rick Wilson 6699 Garry Weslosky
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.010 7.344 182.75
TS Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 92.659 TS Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #7 6.633 207.59 #38 7.304 184.47
Wilson was unable to answer the staging call, giving Weslosky a free pass to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
D712 Phil Dion 25 Tommy Turner
E1 0.013 7.469 182.11 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.766 202.39
TS Dial: 7.38 (+/-): 0.089 TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.046
Qualified: #40 7.357 187.55 #9 6.684 211.30
Turner is here trying to win the Division 2 title. he must win the event to earn that title.Dion got a little out of shape and that cost him because he had to ease off the throttle to stay in his own lane.
Tommy Turner's MOV: 0.0256 seconds
(approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4147 Greg Lair 7256 Mera Silvia
E1 -0.500 8.483 208.01 ****WINNER**** 0.047 7.398 187.11
TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 1.763 TS Dial: 7.46 (+/-): -0.062
Qualified: #10 6.690 208.84 #41 7.374 187.60
Lair's car rocked back when the tree was activated and he got a red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
773C Billy Cremo D622 Dean Bethenson
E1 0.440 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.926 197.83
TS Dial: 7.54 (+/-): 92.459 TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 0.006
Qualified: #50 7.541 182.53 #19 6.921 199.05
Cremo hurt his Bel Air on the final qualifying run and he staged a wounded race car here, trying to draw a red light. Bethenson
went green, but almost gave it back to Cremo by running just six thousandths over his dial-in. A breakout would have given the win
to Cremo, who did not get past half track.Something, probably the right-hand door, came off Bethenson's car in the
lights.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7840 Gary Forkner 710B Ken Phillips
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 7.479 154.49 0.009 10.522 87.42
TS Dial: 7.15 (+/-): 0.329 TS Dial: 8.13 (+/-): 2.392
Qualified: #31 7.137 193.93 #62 8.192 170.95
Phelps had a great light, but the RPMs spiked in the middle of the run and he slowed.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
721W Clyde Williams 73 Brad Wagner
E1 0.014 12.799 62.28 ****WINNER**** 0.064 7.844 144.60
TS Dial: 7.99 (+/-): 4.809 TS Dial: 7.17 (+/-): 0.674
Qualified: #63 8.774 115.73 #32 7.159 196.87
Williams struggled in qualifying and his problems continued here, the car nosing over after about 300 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
664 Ken Ratzloff 5464 J.J. Heber
E1 -0.500 8.386 125.55 ****WINNER**** 0.152 6.701 203.34
TS Dial: 7.31 (+/-): 1.076 TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): -0.019
Qualified: #39 7.318 188.62 #8 6.676 203.61
Ratzloff left more than a bulb early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6643 Randal Olynyk 672 Curt Geise
E1 0.040 7.525 172.41 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.873 203.65
TS Dial: 7.47 (+/-): 0.055 TS Dial: 6.82 (+/-): 0.053
Qualified: #46 7.462 183.54 #15 6.825 205.44
Curt Geise's MOV: 0.0111 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7639 Roger Hall 45 Keith Sasich
E1 0.579 7.622 165.68 ****WINNER**** 0.057 7.118 169.15
TS Dial: 7.57 (+/-): 0.052 TS Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.178
Qualified: #49 7.532 183.34 #18 6.898 200.35
Hall left a whole bulb late...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6593 Dan Provost 7282 Doug Watts
E1 0.105 7.964 172.10 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.068 192.44
TS Dial: 7.72 (+/-): 0.244 TS Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 0.038
Qualified: #56 7.845 173.74 #25 7.036 195.68
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7534 Paul Mitsos 749R Justin Linares
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 7.484 179.64 0.252 6.777 203.92
TS Dial: 7.46 (+/-): 0.024 TS Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.003
Qualified: #45 7.446 182.50 #14 6.781 204.66
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6718 Shane Molinari 7449 Chip Rumis
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 7.521 168.66 0.005 6.924 199.32
TS Dial: 7.52 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.034
Qualified: #47 7.501 181.94 #16 6.873 200.20
Rumis had a great light, but Molinari did a great job at the stripe. Shane Molinari's MOV: 0.0049 seconds (approximately 17
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
780 David Cook 711J James Naffziger
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.163 175.39 0.017 8.250 166.03
TS Dial: 7.07 (+/-): 0.093 TS Dial: 8.13 (+/-): 0.120
Qualified: #30 7.060 193.40 #61 8.169 168.43
David Cook's MOV: 0.0243 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7875 Roy Cracraft 5468 John Baker
E1 0.018 7.648 175.87 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.949 200.38
TS Dial: 7.65 (+/-): -0.002 TS Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #52 7.634 178.24 #21 6.927 201.16
Cracraft had the better light, took two thousandths too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7157 Dave Deadman 6432 Gary Miserva
E1 -0.002 7.699 178.19 ****WINNER**** 0.106 7.058 194.69
TS Dial: 7.67 (+/-): 0.029 TS Dial: 7.06 (+/-): -0.002
Qualified: #55 7.672 179.61 #24 7.030 195.45
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
789 Lynsi Snyder 405 Keith Raftery
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.198 188.86 0.001 6.651 193.40
TS Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 0.018 TS Dial: 6.66 (+/-): -0.009
Qualified: #33 7.172 189.82 #2 6.486 214.42
Raftery had a great light and nine thousandths too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Richard Okerman 6618 Dale Giroux
E1 -0.017 7.432 183.39 ****WINNER**** 0.144 6.763 204.11
TS Dial: 7.42 (+/-): 0.012 TS Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #43 7.409 184.47 #12 6.754 203.19
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7262 Wayne Newman 7273 Gary Ross
E1 0.044 7.285 185.38 ****WINNER**** 0.034 6.648 194.44
TS Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 0.025 TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 0.028
Qualified: #36 7.237 190.27 #5 6.606 208.88
Gary Ross' MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
769 Mel Uechi 55 Michael Chitty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.638 178.99 0.027 6.917 198.32
TS Dial: 7.61 (+/-): 0.028 TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): -0.003
Qualified: #51 7.593 180.69 #20 6.922 199.37
Chitty took three thousandths too much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
54 Monte Green 451 Bob Gulitti
E1 0.005 7.226 190.97 ****WINNER**** 0.004 6.604 195.28
TS Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 0.046 TS Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #34 7.181 191.19 #3 6.532 211.69
Bob Gulitti's MOV: 0.0438 seconds (approximately 12 feet), with a 0.008 package.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
505 Larry Demers 79 Chris Newman
E1 0.018 7.671 179.78 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.987 198.76
TS Dial: 7.66 (+/-): 0.011 TS Dial: 6.97 (+/-): 0.017
Qualified: #54 7.644 181.13 #23 6.963 199.55
Chris Newman's MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 7 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4760 Chris Gulitti 777C Doug Bracey
E1 -0.001 6.963 196.70 ****WINNER**** 0.028 7.670 174.10
TS Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.013 TS Dial: 7.64 (+/-): 0.030
Qualified: #22 6.927 197.05 #53 7.642 175.98
Gulitti went red by a thousandth.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
757T Ted Carli X757 Dave Zewe
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.785 204.51 0.115 7.467 183.79
TS Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.005 TS Dial: 7.45 (+/-): 0.017
Qualified: #13 6.769 205.72 #44 7.435 184.95
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4902 Kohlby Sasich 7980 Joe Roubicek
E1 0.009 7.288 188.25 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.604 199.91
TS Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 0.028 TS Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #35 7.225 189.36 #4 6.595 209.49
Joe Roubicek's MOV: 0.0127 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7728 Kelly Harper 5116 Dave Slatten
E1 0.038 7.993 172.56 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.113 176.65
TS Dial: 7.95 (+/-): 0.043 TS Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 0.033
Qualified: #58 7.952 173.14 #27 7.050 194.80
Dave Slatten's MOV: 0.0292 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
63 Daryl Hemley 6655 Randy Modersohn
E1 0.036 7.057 195.25 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.944 169.81
TS Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 0.027 TS Dial: 7.93 (+/-): 0.014
Qualified: #26 7.040 195.93 #57 7.915 170.30
Randy Modersohn's MOV: 0.0282 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7746 Patrick McHenry 721P Raul Perez
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 7.544 180.45 0.166 6.910 200.71
TS Dial: 7.54 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.010
Qualified: #48 7.519 182.28 #17 6.878 201.64
Patrick McHenry's MOV: 0.1597 seconds (approximately 47 feet). Patrick McHenry's package: 0.017.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
550 Ed Olpin 690E Todd Fleck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 7.416 179.92 0.022 6.881 200.23
TS Dial: 7.39 (+/-): 0.026 TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.151
Qualified: #42 7.378 186.79 #11 6.725 206.26
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
668W Don Wilk 6636 Ray Martin
E1 0.029 6.638 208.46 ****WINNER**** 0.036 7.330 186.41
TS Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.028 TS Dial: 7.32 (+/-): 0.010
Qualified: #6 6.607 208.94 #37 7.299 188.15
Ray Martin's MOV: 0.0112 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
788D Doug Crumlich 3285 Michael Donato
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.995 169.40 No Time
TS Dial: 7.97 (+/-): 0.025 TS Dial: 7.97 (+/-): 92.029
Qualified: #59 7.969 169.87 #28 7.052 195.85
Donato was a no-show.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 5200 Steven Whiteley
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.029 8.705 106.70
TS Dial: 8.04 (+/-): 0.665
Qualified: #1 6.032 237.46
#1 qualifier gets a bye. He left hard, the car started doing a dance about 300 feet out, and he lifted.
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