Sat, 19 Aug 2017, 15:42 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5554 Michael Freischel                    5538 Brian Lair                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  8.177 129.89                    -0.407  7.218 192.96
          TS  Dial: 7.61 (+/-):  0.567              TS  Dial: 7.17 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Meyer     ) 0.007  7.603  0.023      (S Javers    ) 0.178  7.160 -0.050
 Qualified:            #13  7.561 181.59                        #9  7.239 192.91

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.56 inches, adjusted altitude 3,882 feet.

Lair with problems and left way early turning on the red light to give Freishel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Larry Demers                         5189 Rob Meservier                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  7.212 189.07                     0.042  7.065 191.54
          TS  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Laurin    ) 0.003  7.188  0.018      (D Butler    ) 0.020  7.039  0.139
 Qualified:             #8  7.171 191.16                        #4  6.882 197.94

Demers with the starting line advantage and the win. Larry Demers' MOV: 0.0283 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4627 Brian Heath                            51 Paul Pittman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.179 189.84                     0.037  6.565 212.13
          TS  Dial: 7.17 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Woody     ) 0.016  7.168  0.018                     0.000  6.547  0.017
 Qualified:             #6  7.080 191.62                        #1  6.515 214.55

Heath with the starting line advantage and the win. Brian Heath's MOV: 0.0220 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He will face Demers in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Joseph Mohana                        5418 Scotty Schleicher            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.836 183.82                     0.069  7.679 172.83
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.006              TS  Dial: 7.66 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Loeffelhol) 0.044  6.810  0.060      (B Antony    ) 0.049  7.672  0.022
 Qualified:             #3  6.740 205.35                       #15  7.647 179.35

Mohana with the starting line advantage and the win. He will get the bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 V501 Jeremiah Vandeventer                       Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.289 187.23     
          TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-):  0.039    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schmidt   ) 0.037  7.260  0.010   
 Qualified:            #10  7.261 188.81                     Bye

Vandeventer with the bye and he will face Freischel in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink