Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 02:36 AM Top Sportsman Shootout Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Sportsman Shootout at the NHRA, Ninth annual Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6796 Robert Strohm                        D622 Dean Bethenson               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  7.980 164.51                     2.656 19.441  89.78
          TS  Dial: 7.98 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 12.711
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Dion      ) 0.013  7.984  0.004      (R Hymas     ) 0.004  6.739  0.019
E1    (J Heber     ) 0.023  7.984  0.004      (G Lair      ) 0.028  6.721  0.011

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Looks like Bethenson staged a broken car.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  780 David Cook                             62 Daryl Hemley                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.189 174.62                     0.002  8.113 156.63
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.069              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  1.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Will      ) 0.007  7.114  0.014                     0.004  7.108  0.018
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.025  7.091  0.021      (D Watts     ) 0.011  7.095  0.035

Hemley had a great light, could not run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.449 145.77     
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.469    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Downs     ) 0.001  6.995  0.005   
E1    (D Crumlich  ) 0.037  6.991  0.001   

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink