Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 18:19 PM Summit Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Summit Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 K285 Bill Crutcher                        V789 Martin Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005 12.505 106.78                    -0.051 12.052 112.73
       SPMAN  Dial: 12.57 (+/-): -0.065          SPMAN  Dial: 12.02 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Rose      ) 0.012 12.595 -0.055      (G Rust      ) 0.077 12.059  0.009
 Qualified:             #2 6                                    #3 5            

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,322 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Brown turns on the red light and Crutcher gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1482 Scott Smith                          X321 Ted Lipka                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013 11.978 110.88                     0.014 12.086 111.85
       SPMAN  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.022          SPMAN  Dial: 12.11 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Kam       ) 0.061 11.964 -0.066                     0.043 12.116  0.046
 Qualified:             #4 4                                    #1 7            

They leave together with Smith getting the slight advantage and the wins the double breakout race.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink