Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 14:38 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations(Revised)
By Dave Rowe



MADISON, Ill. - Revised results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Lester Johnson                       585K Kyle Dumke                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.415 216.20                     0.019 No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.045              TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 93.079
 Qualified:             #2  6.382 217.21                       #18  6.859 202.00
Dumke was disqualified for having an illegal ignition box.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  542 J.R. Lobner                           387 Mike Coughlin                
E1                   0.003  7.320 188.65     ****WINNER****  0.054  6.728 205.88
          TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-):  0.060              TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #27  7.258 189.36                       #11  6.695 210.01
Lobner gets out of the gate first but Coughlin takes the stripe and the close win.

Mike Coughlin's MOV: 0.0011 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 577C Rick Bowman                          316K Brandon Baxter               
E1                   0.018 12.034  72.48     ****WINNER****  0.009  6.650 194.94
          TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  4.904              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #23  7.008 196.87                        #7  6.630 209.30
Bowman has problems off the line and is out of the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  381 Mick Snyder                          3514 Tim Weise                    
E1                   0.055  6.266 226.77     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.033 193.93
          TS  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.056              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:             #1  6.226 227.92                       #17  6.781 201.67
Wise gets a big holeshot and holds off Snyder for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5648 Shawn Kennedy                        5578 Rich Smith                   
E1                   0.046  7.844 169.78     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.779 202.27
          TS  Dial: 7.77 (+/-):  0.074              TS  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:            #31  7.788 170.90                       #15  6.758 205.76
A dead heat off the line, Smith is able to pull ahead and take the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3248 Steve Maas                            333 Marco Abruzzi                
E1                   0.017  7.381 185.26     ****WINNER****  0.009  6.758 204.98
          TS  Dial: 7.39 (+/-): -0.009              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:            #29  7.393 185.15                       #13  6.735 205.26
Abruzzi gets the advantage off the line and goes around Maas for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 340W Rodney Benson                        5019 Paul Pittman                 
E1                   0.012  6.919 195.62     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.509 212.03
          TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-): -0.051              TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:            #21  6.988 196.70                        #5  6.488 216.90
Benson gets the holeshot but takes way too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5571 Jeffrey Hostetler                      51 J.J. Heber                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.489 185.10                    -0.034  6.719 206.35
          TS  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.089              TS  Dial: 6.71 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:            #30  7.408 185.79                       #14  6.743 205.38
Heber leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Hostetler.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3626 Tony Grzelinski                      5649 Rick Wilson                  
E1                   0.054 No Time           ****WINNER****        No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 93.069              TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 93.479
 Qualified:            #22  7.003 192.77                        #6  6.526 214.79
Grzelinski was disqualified for an illegal ignition box and Wilson moves on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  440 Hermilo Villareal                    327J Glenn Julius                 
E1                   0.741 20.011  66.43     ****WINNER****  0.106  7.112 172.56
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 13.131              TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.182
 Qualified:            #33  8.226 192.36                       #20  6.937 200.38
Villareal stumbles off the line and takes it easy down the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                            5035 Tom Harger                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.251 191.27                     0.061  6.602 196.24
          TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-): -0.009              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.098
 Qualified:            #25  7.239 188.38                        #9  6.693 212.09
Dodd gets out of the gate with the advantage takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 333C Kynon Dinkel                         214D Don O'Neal                   
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.019  6.657 201.19                    -0.001  7.116 178.78
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.047              TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-): -0.014
 Qualified:             #8  6.674 197.59                       #24  7.089 190.32
Dinkel leaves too soon and gives O'Neal the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  319 Rick Sojka                            312 Steve Howard                 
E1                  -0.023  6.825 181.20     ****WINNER****  0.129  6.910 201.22
          TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.075              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #16  6.758 204.20                       #34 10.439 111.75
Sojka leaves early and goes red giving the win to Howard.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  302 Timothy Irwin                        2459 Tommy Turner                 
E1                  -0.011  7.315 180.60     ****WINNER****  0.074  6.690 211.36
          TS  Dial: 7.28 (+/-):  0.035              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #28  7.288 183.79                       #12  6.699 210.83
Irwin goes red and gives the win to Turner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4880 Jimmy Lewis                          3190 Glenn Butcher                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.027  6.444 216.55
          TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 93.569              TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #19  6.930 201.91                        #3  6.475 215.72
Lewis is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2062 Todd Ewing                           3102 Mark McDonald                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.002 11.133  77.68
          TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 93.249              TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  4.383
 Qualified:            #26  7.254 134.73                       #10  6.693 203.46
Ewing is a no-show.

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