Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 20 Sep 2014, 09:42 AM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe



ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 452A Don Holcomb                            45 Keith Sasich                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.013 197.19                    -0.021  7.350 186.43
          TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.017              TS  Dial: 7.34 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #16  7.031 197.10                       #32  7.354 185.54
8:17 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 79 percent, barometer 29.41 inches, adjusted altitude 2,680 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.



 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 430Y Trent Wilson                         7513 Todd Stewart                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.880 196.87                     0.016  7.219 186.05
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #11  6.906 196.93                       #27  7.242 184.77
Stewart got the holeshot but took a little too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Chris Arnold                         4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E1                   0.057  7.301 187.89     ****WINNER****  0.049  6.946 187.34
          TS  Dial: 7.28 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #28  7.294 188.02                       #12  6.928 200.95
Jimmy Lewis' MOV: 0.0031 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   46 Kirk Piepke                          5464 J.J. Heber                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  7.129 192.00                    -0.019  6.840 198.64
          TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.031              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #25  7.206 191.35                        #9  6.826 198.96


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4147 Greg Lair                             493 Joe Pigford                  
E1                   0.042  6.772 191.84     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.174 192.14
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:             #7  6.750 206.51                       #23  7.167 192.69


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 436B Kevin Hampton                        4289 Daniel Leibham               
E1                   0.009  7.349 184.42     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.005 194.07
          TS  Dial: 7.31 (+/-):  0.039              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #31  7.346 185.51                       #15  7.008 195.17


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4769 Henry Kindle                           49 Royce Freeman                
E1                  -0.038  7.127 189.82     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.795 207.59
          TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-): -0.013              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #24  7.179 188.60                        #8  6.800 206.76


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Jimmie Dickey                        5074 Jim White                    
E1                   0.013  7.663 179.54     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.891 184.22
          TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  0.563              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.261
 Qualified:            #19  7.118 194.83                        #3  6.643 210.70


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4638 Russell Marr                          451 Bob Gulitti                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.056 191.24                     0.016  6.574 208.81
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.074
 Qualified:            #17  7.053 195.82                        #1  6.507 212.46


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 473M Marlon Goates                          47 Stewart Johnson              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.334 187.34                     0.044  7.166 188.96
          TS  Dial: 7.32 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.196
 Qualified:            #30  7.327 187.73                       #14  6.953 196.02


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5830 Josh Vettel                          4317 Bobby Irby                   
E1                   0.119  6.735 202.39     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.122 181.81
          TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.095              TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:             #5  6.667 205.88                       #21  7.123 185.21


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5731 Tom Schmidt                          425J Jerry Jordan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.883 199.17                     0.006  7.405 184.45
          TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 7.42 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:            #10  6.906 202.00                       #33  7.422 184.35


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 438B Arlie Boggs                            23 Tommy Turner                 
E1                  -0.005  6.987 202.18     ****WINNER**** -0.003  6.738 208.42
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-): -0.093              TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #22  7.143 192.47                        #6  6.745 208.55


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 421E Leslie Dugas                         400H Travis Leach                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  7.318 174.44                     0.466  7.002 187.50
          TS  Dial: 7.30 (+/-):  0.018              TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #29  7.312 188.31                       #13  6.951 198.67


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 D712 Phil Dion                             405 Keith Raftery                
E1                   0.021  7.138 175.34     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.539 209.59
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.058              TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #18  7.093 195.17                        #2  6.532 210.08


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  505 Larry Demers                         5532 Norman Brungardt             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.031 194.18                    -0.002  6.638 207.66
          TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.069              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #20  7.122 192.30                        #4  6.664 207.02

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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