Sat, 21 May 2016, 12:53 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
57 Jeffrey Hostetler 4011 Royce Freeman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 7.584 182.18 0.048 6.739 206.80
TS Dial: 7.58 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 6.76 (+/-): -0.021
Qualified: #24 7.607 181.91 #11 6.759 205.79
Hostetler with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
514X Tom Donovan 424 Chris Wiegers
E1 0.065 6.857 196.36 ****WINNER**** 0.047 7.639 178.05
TS Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 0.017 TS Dial: 7.63 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #12 6.873 200.95 #25 7.645 180.14
Wiegers with the starting line advantage and the win. Chris Wiegers' MOV: 0.0263 seconds
(approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2062 Todd Ewing 4487 Sean Dodd
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.779 187.94 0.069 7.349 188.67
TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.059 TS Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.019
Qualified: #7 6.722 205.94 #20 7.337 189.23
Ewing with the starting line advantage and the win. Todd Ewing's MOV: 0.0146 seconds
(approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
V501 Jeremiah Vandeventer 5464 J.J. Heber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.217 189.42 0.033 6.657 203.16
TS Dial: 7.20 (+/-): 0.017 TS Dial: 6.66 (+/-): -0.003
Qualified: #18 7.208 189.50 #5 6.663 206.73
Vandeventer with a great light and the win. Jeremiah Vandeventer's package: 0.024. He will
face Hostetler in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5381 Wade Kiefer 46 Allen Firestone
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 7.521 179.92 0.022 6.885 202.97
TS Dial: 7.52 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.135
Qualified: #23 7.536 185.38 #10 6.743 206.76
Firestone with the starting line advantage, but Kiefer got the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5750 Scott Javers 516 Doug Woody
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.760 205.32 -0.002 11.961 90.27
TS Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.020 TS Dial: 7.43 (+/-): 4.531
Qualified: #9 6.739 205.66 #22 7.430 189.18
Woody goes red and gives Javers the win light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
79 Jeff Connelly 5049 Michael Chitty
E1 0.001 7.365 185.26 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.764 200.20
TS Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.035 TS Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #19 7.322 186.72 #6 6.713 205.44
Connelly with a near perfect light, but Chitty has a great light and gets the win in close one.
Michael Chitty's MOV: 0.0058 seconds (approximately 19 inches). He will face Wiegers in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5731 Tom Schmidt 58 Curt Harshfield
E1 0.042 6.876 202.30 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.962 189.04
TS Dial: 6.84 (+/-): 0.036 TS Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #26 10.439 99.34 #13 6.946 193.32
Harshfield with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Ewing in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
542 J.R. Lobner 51 Jim White
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.002 7.130 187.96 0.011 6.697 210.93
TS Dial: 7.09 (+/-): 0.040 TS Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.097
Qualified: #16 7.090 195.11 #3 6.575 212.33
Lobner with a great light and the win. He will face Javers in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
469 Kyle Firestone 518 Monte Green
E1 0.035 7.169 189.23 ****WINNER**** 0.120 6.846 196.27
TS Dial: 6.85 (+/-): 0.319 TS Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 0.126
Qualified: #21 7.344 194.44 #8 6.738 204.17
Firestone with the starting line advantage, but then slowed and Green grabs the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Jimmy Lewis 5649 Rick Wilson
E1 0.028 7.284 181.96 ****WINNER**** 0.033 6.661 171.25
TS Dial: 6.96 (+/-): 0.324 TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 0.111
Qualified: #15 7.049 199.91 #2 6.540 212.19
Lewis with the starting line advantage, but Wilson grabs the win. Wilson will face Green in
the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5416 Rod Moore 345B Benjamin Board
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 7.241 189.12 No Time
TS Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 7.241 TS Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
Qualified: #17 7.205 189.63 #4 6.650 168.98
Board is a no show...Moore will face Kiefer in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
577C Rick Bowman 5576 Larry Larson
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.006 6.188 240.98
TS Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999 TS Dial: 6.15 (+/-): 0.038
Qualified: #14 6.973 195.62 #1 6.144 239.65
Bowman is a no show. Larson with his fastest pass of the weekend on the single. He will get a
bye in the next round.
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