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Fri, 31 May 2019, 16:49 PM

Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3105 Chad Pekrul                             5 Lester Johnson               
E1                   0.057  7.005 193.43     ****WINNER****  0.044  6.285 208.81
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.085              TS  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.055
 Qualified:            #18  6.871 196.16                        #2  6.227 223.28

3:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 3,160 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Johnson gets the advantage off the line, gets a little squirrely early in the run, but stays on the throttle and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  451 Bob Gulitti                          3381 Scott Haas                   
E1                   0.002  7.763 136.72     ****WINNER****  0.020  7.001 164.37
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.813              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.171
 Qualified:            #32  8.188 136.70                       #16  6.829 201.85

Gulitti gets a great light but gets out of the groove. he gets close to the wall and has to back off the throttle. Haas goes down the groove and takes the stripe for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 333C Kynon Dinkel                         345B Benjamin Board               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.522 215.68                    -0.005  6.864 198.67
          TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.002              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:             #3  6.514 215.27                       #19  6.884 196.82

Board misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Dinkel.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3761 Brian Brown                          5167 Curt Fredrich                
E1                  -0.021  6.957 197.02     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.718 209.17
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 6.71 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #27  7.025 194.97                       #11  6.697 208.36

Brown leaves too soon and goes red giving Fredrich the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Doug Crumlich                        316K Brandon Baxter               
E1                   0.034  6.935 200.41     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.636 208.14
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.014
 Qualified:            #25  6.950 200.32                        #9  6.643 208.59

Crumlich gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Baster.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5049 Michael Chitty                         52 Allen Firestone              
E1                   0.023  6.925 202.67     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.567 212.29
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-): -0.035              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #23  6.924 202.85                        #7  6.591 211.73

A coin flip off the line, Firestone takes the double-breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Dusty Meyer                          2692 Dylan Stott                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.959 197.86                     0.020  6.666 201.91
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #24  6.941 197.83                        #8  6.622 208.97

Stott gets the advantage off the line but Meyer gets the stripe for the close win.

Dusty Meyer's MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  189 Dave Miller                          4911 Darian Boesch                
E1                   0.065  6.898 197.97     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.583 211.20
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-): -0.002              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #20  6.902 198.50                        #4  6.540 219.36

Miller is a little behind off the line and breaks out trying to hold off Boesch.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 318K Tim Kirman                           3589 Steven Lehmann               
E1                  -0.047  6.603 209.59     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.059 126.38
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  1.149
 Qualified:             #5  6.563 210.08                       #21  6.905 204.14

Kirman leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Lehmann. Lehmann gets out of shape early in the run, the car makes a move toward the wall and he backs off the throttle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Mark McDonald                          11 Michael Cerro                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.678 204.17                     0.009  6.982 196.67
          TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-): -0.002              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-): -0.008
 Qualified:            #10  6.677 206.10                       #26  6.979 196.62

A couple of good lights, both break out but McDonald gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3772 Gary Wojnowski Jr.                   409M Cristian Cuadra              
E1                   0.037  6.750 206.07     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.165 189.26
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-): -0.010              TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #13  6.756 205.72                       #29  7.152 194.91

Cuadra is almost perfect off the line and runs the number for a .006 package to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5484 Steve Jaeger                          514 Phil Unruh                   
E1                   0.012  6.921 200.38     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.600 224.02
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #22  6.920 201.19                        #6  6.585 223.17

Jaeger gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Unruh.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  730 Bryan LaFlam                         3388 Alex Bosak                   
E1                   0.000  6.203 230.92     ****WINNER****  0.003  6.848 204.35
          TS  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:             #1  6.169 233.76                       #17  6.850 204.70

LaFlam is perfect off the line but Bosak puts together a .011 package to take the win.

Alex Bosak's MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 11 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 J.R. Lobner                          3233 Bob Mandell Jr.              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  7.429 178.40                     0.066  6.788 195.76
          TS  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.029              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #30  7.392 183.57                       #14  6.765 203.80

Lobner gets the advantage off the line;Mandell breaks out trying to run hi down.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 D712 Phil Dion                            6455 Mike Lucas                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.034  7.453 183.34
          TS  Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 93.289              TS  Dial: 7.45 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #15  6.778 210.50                       #31  7.448 183.44

Dion is pushed off the track and is unable to make a pass.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 343A Larry Conolty                         319 Rick Sojka                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.070  8.434 102.29
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-): 93.239              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  1.674
 Qualified:            #28  7.134 157.83                       #12  6.740 210.64

Conolty is a no-show. Sojka was skating around all over the track and backed off the throttle early.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink