Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 14:17 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
 1929 Jeff Brooks                            23 Tommy Turner                 
E3                  -0.001  6.776 202.03     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.716 210.83
          TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.014              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Woody     ) 0.027  6.836  0.066      (G Butcher   ) 0.016  6.671  0.031
E1    (K Dumke     ) 0.016  6.790  0.030      (R Irby      ) 0.022  6.659  0.009
 Qualified:             #6  6.584 209.39                       #10  6.653 211.03

1:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,820 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Brooks moves a tick too soon and goes red, giving the win to Turner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 343A Larry Conolty                        3233 Bob Mandell Jr.              
E3                   0.053  6.599 210.08     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.651 205.13
          TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Benson    ) 0.005  6.616  0.036      (B Baxter    ) 0.039  6.656  0.016
E1    (S Javers    ) 0.004  6.816  0.276      (G Julius    ) 0.060  6.657  0.047
 Qualified:             #4  6.553 213.74                        #8  6.634 207.75

Mandell gets out of the gate first and takes the win. He will take on Turner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 345B Benjamin Board                       4935 Joseph Mohana                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.458 215.89                     0.020  6.738 205.57
          TS  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.088              TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Donato    ) -0.004  8.916  2.546      (D O Neal    ) 0.050  6.697  0.017
E1    (J England   ) 0.034  6.463  0.093      (R Bowman    ) 0.039  6.693 -0.007
 Qualified:             #1  6.434 214.55                        #5  6.563 211.56

Mohsns tskes a little too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5167 Curt Fredrich                        5216 Ryan Kuykendall              
E3                   0.031  6.792 192.88     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.639 203.52
          TS  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Javers    ) 0.012  6.720 -0.010      (E Kurth     ) 0.001  6.661  0.071
E1    (M Kokenes   ) 0.028  6.757  0.027      (L Demers    ) 0.014  6.613  0.003
 Qualified:            #11  6.734 206.83                        #7  6.617 208.20

Ryan Kuykendall's package: 0.015.

Kuykendall will take on Board in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink