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Sat, 27 Sep 2014, 22:03 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5511 Chad Javers                          5167 Curt Fredrich                
E2                  -0.003 20.672  40.58     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.720 206.99
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 13.752              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Corn      ) 0.054  6.949  0.059      (M Kokenes   ) 0.028  6.757  0.027
 Qualified:            #19  6.899 204.32                       #11  6.734 206.83

8:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 1,873 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Javers leaves too soon and gives the win to Fredrich.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3233 Bob Mandell Jr.                      316K Brandon Baxter               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  6.656 207.75                     0.020  6.868 198.67
          TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Julius    ) 0.060  6.657  0.047      (R Moore     ) 0.030  6.887  0.027
 Qualified:             #8  6.634 207.75                       #16  6.874 198.96

Baxter takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3190 Glenn Butcher                          23 Tommy Turner                 
E2                  -0.001  9.069  93.00     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.671 210.93
          TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  2.589              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.022  6.493  0.003      (R Irby      ) 0.022  6.659  0.009
 Qualified:             #2  6.512 212.56                       #10  6.653 211.03

Butcher gets out of the groove, makes a move toward the centerline and has to back off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3357 Edward Kurth                         5216 Ryan Kuykendall              
E2                   0.054  7.499 185.05     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.661 198.85
          TS  Dial: 7.45 (+/-):  0.049              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Wilson    ) 0.043  7.467  0.017      (L Demers    ) 0.014  6.613  0.003
 Qualified:            #31  7.465 185.03                        #7  6.617 208.20

Kuykendall will take on Fredrich in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 343A Larry Conolty                        340W Rodney Benson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  6.616 204.57                     0.017  7.391 176.42
          TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.036              TS  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Javers    ) 0.004  6.816  0.276      (A Horne     ) 0.015  7.396  0.036
 Qualified:             #4  6.553 213.74                       #28  7.108 193.24

Conolty will take on Mandell in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  516 Doug Woody                           1929 Jeff Brooks                  
E2                  -0.009  8.083 123.62     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.836 199.43
          TS  Dial: 7.36 (+/-):  0.723              TS  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.066
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.016  7.378  0.008      (K Dumke     ) 0.016  6.790  0.030
 Qualified:            #30  7.389 189.92                        #6  6.584 209.39

Brooks will take on Turner in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 214D Don O Neal                           4935 Joseph Mohana                
E2                   0.018  7.499 175.18     ****WINNER****  0.050  6.697 199.40
          TS  Dial: 7.39 (+/-):  0.109              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schmidt   ) 0.002  7.437  0.037      (R Bowman    ) 0.039  6.693 -0.007
 Qualified:            #29  7.344 183.39                        #5  6.563 211.56

Mohana will take on Donato in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 345B Benjamin Board                       3285 Michael Donato               
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.004  8.916 109.76                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  2.546              TS  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): 93.629
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J England   ) 0.034  6.463  0.093      (M McDonald  ) 0.040  6.957  0.067
 Qualified:             #1  6.434 214.55                       #25  7.094 179.40

Donato did not make the call to the line.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink