Sun, 09 Nov 2014, 19:07 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Market Gambler Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Shawn Herbst                         D712 Phil Dion                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.820 176.65                     0.019  7.070 188.07
          TS  Dial: 7.80 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Firestone ) 0.007  7.812  0.022      (B Smith     ) 1.489  9.019  1.909
E2    (T Fleck     ) 0.020  7.802  0.022      (J Roubicek  ) 0.027  7.083  0.033
E1    (M Williams  ) 0.031  7.797  0.027      (G Lamay     ) 0.009  7.231  0.221
 Qualified:            #58  7.761 178.00                       #22  7.020 197.42

4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 27.69 inches, adjusted altitude 4,234 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Dion takes a little too much stripe and gives the win to Herbst.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6998 Rod Andreas                          7399 Steve Faller                 
E4                  -0.006  7.616 182.28     ****WINNER**** -0.017  9.235  94.86
          TS  Dial: 7.60 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  2.205
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Strohm    ) 0.038  7.645  0.015      (L Demers    ) 0.029  7.037  0.037
E2    (R Shelly    ) 0.012  7.604  0.034      (D Watts     ) 0.004  6.988  0.078
E1    (R Hymas     ) 0.057  7.599  0.039      (G Foster    ) 0.212  7.114  0.204
 Qualified:            #52  7.566 182.18                       #16  6.896 204.26

Andreas leaves too soon and goes red. Faller backs off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  634 Dan Lafferty                          757 Jeff Gillette                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.170 188.31                     0.043  7.125 195.36
          TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Lanz      ) 0.015  7.165  0.015      (S Molinari  ) 0.002  7.148  0.018
E2    (S Martin    ) 0.023  7.141  0.021      (J Heber     ) 0.040  7.130  0.040
E1    (J Tiegen    ) 0.021  7.196  0.066      (A Quigley   ) 0.053  7.074 -0.016
 Qualified:            #31  7.119 191.73                       #27  7.084 196.13

Lafferty gets off the line and hangs on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7262 Wayne Newman                           72 Chris Newman                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.228  7.368 187.29                    -0.036  7.102 196.02
          TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-): -0.012              TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Will      ) 0.058  7.391  0.011      (M Green     ) 0.007  7.090  0.010
E2    (R Perez     ) 0.016  7.361  0.021      (C Gulitti   ) 0.021  7.051  0.011
E1    (N Brungardt ) 0.055  7.304 -0.026      (M Lucas     ) 0.001  7.003 -0.027
 Qualified:            #37  7.321 188.20                       #25  7.044 197.08

Chris newman is a little too early off the line giving the win to Wayne.

Wayne will take on Lafferty in the next round.

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