Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 16:16 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 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                          473M Marlon Goates                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.176 192.17                    -0.008  7.382 186.79
          TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.126              TS  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lewis     ) 0.060  7.050  0.020      (K Raftery   ) 0.228  7.362  0.012
E2    (R Freeman   ) 0.060  7.021 -0.019      (T Turner    ) 0.008  7.357  0.017
E1    (K Sasich    ) 0.017  7.013 -0.017      (S Johnson   ) 0.015  7.334  0.014
 Qualified:            #16  7.031 197.10                       #30  7.327 187.73

Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.49 inches, adjusted altitude 3,469 feet, track temperature 135 degrees.

Goates turns on the red light and Holcomb goes to his first National event final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4317 Bobby Irby                           4289 Daniel Leibham               
E4                   0.013  7.167 187.29     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.011 195.65
          TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Marr      ) 0.011  7.142 -0.008      (T Wilson    ) 0.006  7.031  0.021
E2    (L Dugas     ) 0.030  7.130  0.010      (J Pigford   ) 0.025  7.013  0.003
E1    (J Vettel    ) 0.038  7.122  0.012      (K Hampton   ) 0.032  7.005  0.005
 Qualified:            #21  7.123 185.21                       #15  7.008 195.17

They both have a couple good lights and Leibham gets the win by 0.0137 seconds (approximately 4 feet). This will be his third National event final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink