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Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 10:31 AM

Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Lester Johnson                          8 Vonnie Mills                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.183 228.23                    -0.002  6.581 209.82
          TS  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.043              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:             #1  6.154 230.53                       #17  6.577 210.60

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,741 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Mills is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Johnson the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Monte Weaver                         316K Brandon Baxter               
E1                  -0.011  6.356 221.02     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.600 207.91
          TS  Dial: 6.38 (+/-): -0.024              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:             #6  6.410 222.36                       #22  6.608 208.33

Weaver goes red and turns on the red light to give Baxter the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jeff Brooks                          333C Kynon Dinkel                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.240 137.11                    -0.008  6.773 192.55
          TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  1.780              TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.343
 Qualified:             #8  6.481 216.76                       #24  6.626 213.81

Dinkel goes red to give Brooks the win. Brooks is loose and clicks it off early, but still gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5167 Curt Fredrich                         730 Bryan LaFlam                 
E1                   0.033  7.440 152.76     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.396 192.08
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.890              TS  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.196
 Qualified:            #19  6.584 211.39                        #3  6.231 231.56

LaFlam with the starting line advantage and the win. Fredrich starts to get loose and clicks it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                           25 Jackie Robison               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.006  6.723 204.94
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 93.439              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:            #15  6.572 211.16                       #31  6.713 207.21

Wright can't get the car to fire to give Robison the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Joe Roubicek                         5019 Paul Pittman                 
E1                  -0.008  6.591 207.78     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.806 136.65
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  1.306
 Qualified:            #29  6.654 206.86                       #13  6.544 213.87

Roubicek goes red to give Pittman the win. He gets loose and clicked it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4880 Jimmy Lewis                          3218 Belva Brinegar               
E1                  -0.369  6.459 215.24     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.555 117.60
          TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.011              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  3.935
 Qualified:            #10  6.492 215.72                       #26  6.626 209.56

Lewis goes red to give Brinegar the win. He has severe tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 318K Tim Kirman                           4911 Darian Boesch                
E1                   0.012  6.596 207.85     ****WINNER****  0.000  6.382 217.11
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.046              TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #20  6.588 209.56                        #4  6.356 226.43

Boesch with a perfect light and the win. Darian Boesch's MOV: 0.0264 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 D712 Phil Dion                            388T Billy Thoman                 
E1                   0.070  6.806 216.24     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.839 162.16
          TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.266              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.289
 Qualified:            #28  6.648 214.01                       #12  6.537 213.43

Thoman with the starting line advantage and the win. Billy Thoman's MOV: 0.0247 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4147 Greg Lair                            5116 Dave Slatten                 
E1                   0.025  8.193 120.38     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.685 175.98
          TS  Dial: 6.51 (+/-):  1.683              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #14  6.554 213.91                       #30  6.682 210.34

slatten with the starting line advantage and the win. Lair makes a move toward the centerline and clicks it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                             518 Monte Green                  
E1                  -0.008  6.458 222.99     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.157 102.62
          TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.008              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  2.327
 Qualified:             #9  6.491 222.66                       #34  6.848 205.32

Thorp goes red to give Green the win. It appeared Green had a nitrous explosion...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  505 Larry Demers                         106B Ed Foley                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.776 202.33                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.036              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 93.379
 Qualified:            #33  6.743 205.98                       #27  6.646 208.30

Foley broke on the burnout to give Demers the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3190 Glenn Butcher                        344A Stephen Brinegar             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.452 206.89                     0.056  6.644 208.36
          TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:             #7  6.455 214.28                       #23  6.624 209.26

Butcher with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Glenn Butcher's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Ronnie Proctor                       7151 Jeff Connelly                
E1                   0.032  6.539 209.92     ****WINNER****  0.061  6.112 233.76
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.021              TS  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.008
 Qualified:            #18  6.578 210.80                        #2  6.167 233.24

Proctor with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Connelly the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Mark McDonald                        3211 Jerry Albert                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.580 208.49                     0.043  6.709 199.85
          TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.010              TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #16  6.576 209.26                       #32  6.733 203.89

McDonald with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1903 Mark Payne                             21 Sandy Wilkins                
E1                   0.044  6.719 204.08     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.671 200.44
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-): -0.001              TS  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #21  6.596 212.46                        #5  6.394 217.18

Wilkins with a great light and the win. Sandy Wilkins' package: 0.006 for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink