Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 16:51 PM Top Sportsman Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 5 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
 3233 Bob Mandell Jr.                      5216 Ryan Kuykendall              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.021  6.710 197.59                     0.054  9.081 102.04
          TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.060              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  2.461
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Turner    ) 0.024  6.646 -0.004      (B Board     ) 0.007  6.624  0.004
E3    (L Conolty   ) 0.008  6.651  0.001      (C Fredrich  ) 0.006  6.639  0.009
E2    (B Baxter    ) 0.039  6.656  0.016      (E Kurth     ) 0.001  6.661  0.071
E1    (G Julius    ) 0.060  6.657  0.047      (L Demers    ) 0.014  6.613  0.003
 Qualified:             #8  6.634 207.75                        #7  6.617 208.20

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 2,859 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Ryan Kuykendall won Beat Appearing Car award earlier this weekend and this his first final round. This is Mandell Jr.'s third final round and he gets the starting line advantage and the win. This is his second National event win in as many weeks. Kuykendall with problems early in the run and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink