Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 22:21 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6796 Robert Strohm                         780 David Cook                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.014 173.74                     0.054  7.129 191.84
          TS  Dial: 8.00 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hymas     ) 0.060  8.008  0.008      (G Lair      ) 0.078  7.124  0.004
E1    (P Dion      ) 0.005  7.998  0.058      (D Bracey    ) 0.004  7.168  0.078
 Qualified:            #29  7.936 176.70                       #10  7.053 193.71

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Robert Strohm's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0110 seconds (approximately 3 feet), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Steven Downs                           74 Bradley Wagner               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.837 171.47                     0.461 No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.81 (+/-):  0.027              TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-): 92.779
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Silvia    ) 0.038  7.873  0.063                           No Time      
E1    (D Watts     ) 0.042  7.819  0.069      (D Bethenson ) 0.012  7.233  0.023
 Qualified:            #27  7.727 177.79                       #16  7.219 195.62

Wagner broke at the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7262 Wayne Newman                         5116 Dave Slatten                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.488 183.94                     0.015  7.099 187.96
          TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.008              TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Newman    ) 0.045  7.475  0.005      (G Forkner   ) 0.028  7.113  0.023
E1    (D Hemley    ) 0.023  7.472  0.042      (K Phillips  ) 0.012  7.076  0.026
 Qualified:            #19  7.409 186.07                        #8  7.020 197.19

Wayne Newman's package: 0.019.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Richard Okerman                      7399 Steve 'Flattop' Faller       
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.302 188.60                     0.039  7.168 194.07
          TS  Dial: 7.29 (+/-):  0.012              TS  Dial: 7.17 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Perez     ) 0.013  7.303  0.013      (B Smith     ) 0.049  7.171  0.031
E1    (J Roubicek  ) 0.021  7.282  0.032      (S Slotten   ) 0.193  7.206  0.066
 Qualified:            #17  7.236 190.43                       #13  7.160 196.24

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink