Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 22:33 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
   63 Steven Downs                         6796 Robert Strohm                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.830 176.28                     0.020  7.983 175.57
          TS  Dial: 7.81 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 8.01 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Wagner    ) 0.023  7.837  0.027      (D Cook      ) 0.028  8.014  0.014
E2    (M Silvia    ) 0.038  7.873  0.063      (R Hymas     ) 0.060  8.008  0.008
E1    (D Watts     ) 0.042  7.819  0.069      (P Dion      ) 0.005  7.998  0.058
 Qualified:            #27  7.727 177.79                       #29  7.936 176.70

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7262 Wayne Newman                           75 Richard Okerman              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.490 179.61                     0.018  7.315 187.99
          TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.010              TS  Dial: 7.29 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Slatten   ) 0.011  7.488  0.008      (S "Flattop" ) 0.031  7.302  0.012
E2    (C Newman    ) 0.045  7.475  0.005      (R Perez     ) 0.013  7.303  0.013
E1    (D Hemley    ) 0.023  7.472  0.042      (J Roubicek  ) 0.021  7.282  0.032
 Qualified:            #19  7.409 186.07                       #17  7.236 190.43

Wayne Newman's MOV: 0.0310 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He faces Downs in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink