Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 21:33 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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                       5649 Rick Wilson                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.489 190.08                     0.001  6.776 212.56
          TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.089              TS  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  0.336
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M McDonald  ) 0.004  6.651  0.221      (J Hostetler ) 0.001  6.447 -0.053
E1    (K Dumke     ) 0.007  6.415  0.045      (T Grzelinski)       No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  6.382 217.21                        #6  6.526 214.79

8:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,247 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Wilson was skating around all over the track early in the run. Johnson went right down the groove and took the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 327J Glenn Julius                          312 Steve Howard                 
E3                   0.016  6.943 199.23     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.931 200.95
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Turner    ) 0.046  7.415  0.465      (K Dinkel    ) 0.047  7.127  0.217
E1    (H Villareal ) 0.106  7.112  0.182      (R Sojka     ) 0.129  6.910  0.030
 Qualified:            #20  6.937 200.38                       #34 10.439 111.75

Julius gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

Howard will take on Johnson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4487 Sean Dodd                            5019 Paul Pittman                 
E3                   0.258  7.335 184.75     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.703 175.89
          TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.085              TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  0.223
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Weise     ) 0.027  7.268  0.018      (M Abruzzi   ) 0.041  6.499  0.009
E1    (T Harger    ) 0.016  7.251 -0.009      (R Benson    ) 0.030  6.509  0.039
 Qualified:            #25  7.239 188.38                        #5  6.488 216.90

Dodd is really late off the line and can't hold off Pittman.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 316K Brandon Baxter                       3190 Glenn Butcher                
E3                  -0.006  9.344  96.64     ****WINNER****  0.046  6.462 216.45
          TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  2.704              TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Smith     ) 0.099  6.644  0.034      (M Coughlin  ) 0.028  6.443  0.013
E1    (R Bowman    ) 0.009  6.650  0.020      (J Lewis     ) 0.027  6.444  0.014
 Qualified:             #7  6.630 209.30                        #3  6.475 215.72

Baxter is a little quick off the line and goes red.

Butcher will take on Pittman in the next round.

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