Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 15:04 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4880 Jimmy Lewis                           518 Monte Green                  
E4                   0.023  8.016 116.79     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.940 183.64
          TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  1.196              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.180
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Pittman   ) 0.035  6.835  0.015      (L Dugas     ) 0.022  6.785  0.005
E2    (J Heber     ) 0.007  6.824  0.004      (B Irby      ) 0.012  6.815  0.025
E1    (K Hampton   ) 0.030  6.882  0.022      (R Okerman   ) 0.024  6.816  0.016
 Qualified:            #14  6.850 204.26                        #8  6.791 203.37

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 1,995 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Green with a tick advantage on the tree and then was out of the groove and over by the wall before he reeled it in to get the win as Lewis made a move toward the centerline and had to click it off early

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   42 Daniel Leibham                       2459 Tommy Turner                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.999 198.47                    -0.002  6.756 210.64
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.059              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.136
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Wright    ) 0.029  7.028  0.088      (K Raftery   ) 0.040  6.714  0.084
E2    (J Thorp     ) 0.065  7.004  0.044      (S Dodd      ) 0.006  6.639  0.019
E1    (J Holt      ) 0.032  7.058  0.068      (M Cobb      ) 0.006  6.747  0.037
 Qualified:            #17  6.985 197.39                        #7  6.710 209.52

Turner goes red and Leibham gets the easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink