Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 14:11 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5049 Michael Chitty 32 Tommy Turner
E1 -0.018 6.859 205.07 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.593 211.86
TS Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.079 TS Dial: 6.58 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #25 6.770 206.01 #9 6.576 211.63
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.55
inches, adjusted altitude 2,573 feet. Chitty goes red to give Turner the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
M529 Ron Mergel 585K Kyle Dumke
E1 0.026 6.971 194.35 ****WINNER**** 0.035 6.619 209.04
TS Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.021 TS Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #30 6.950 197.74 #14 6.614 208.23
Mergel with a slight starting line advantage, but Dumke chases him down for the win in a close
one. Kyle Dumke's MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 13 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3986 Jon Steldt 3105 Chad Pekrul
E1 0.085 7.123 186.18 ****WINNER**** 0.023 6.659 192.71
TS Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 0.123 TS Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.009
Qualified: #32 7.484 160.10 #16 6.651 200.35
Pekrul with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Lester Johnson 319 Rick Sojka
E1 0.041 6.107 218.34 ****WINNER**** 0.060 6.631 192.99
TS Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.023 TS Dial: 6.63 (+/-): 0.001
Qualified: #1 6.117 230.13 #17 6.695 208.07
Johnson with the starting line advantage and runs the quickest pass of the event, but takes too
much stripe to give Sojka the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
316K Brandon Baxter 4011 Royce Freeman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.592 206.70 0.046 6.871 202.88
TS Dial: 6.58 (+/-): 0.012 TS Dial: 6.85 (+/-): 0.021
Qualified: #11 6.588 208.65 #27 6.845 203.16
Baxter with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2004 Tyler Caheely 5167 Curt Fredrich
E1 0.027 6.921 197.36 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.705 199.17
TS Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.031 TS Dial: 6.69 (+/-): 0.015
Qualified: #28 6.905 197.91 #12 6.590 212.16
Fredrich with a great light and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3830 William Simmons II 52 Allen Firestone
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.582 210.01
TS Dial: 6.74 (+/-): 93.259 TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #23 6.742 204.98 #7 6.567 209.75
Simmons II couldn't get the car to fire and when it finally did it was too late and he was
pushed off the starting line to give Firestone the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
411M David Cuadra 373 Rick Corn
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 7.276 193.38 0.038 6.609 202.15
TS Dial: 7.24 (+/-): 0.036 TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #31 7.292 191.08 #15 6.622 196.62
Cuadra with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3542 Troy Finner 34 Mark McDonald
E1 -0.090 6.700 199.20 ****WINNER**** -0.002 6.570 206.83
TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.030 TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.010
Qualified: #22 6.733 196.36 #6 6.547 209.92
Finner goes red to give McDonald the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
505 Larry Demers 345B Benjamin Board
E1 0.046 6.836 201.91 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.613 205.85
TS Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.004 TS Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.003
Qualified: #26 6.830 200.89 #10 6.585 207.18
Demers with a tick advantage on the tree, but took a little too much stripe to give Board the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7980 Joe Roubicek 9 Dusty Meyer
E1 0.054 6.614 203.46 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.942 197.02
TS Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.012
Qualified: #13 6.599 208.23 #29 6.923 198.58
Meyer with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
730 Bryan LaFlam 3211 Jerry Albert
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.086 6.569 179.95 -0.005 8.978 91.77
TS Dial: 6.33 (+/-): 0.239 TS Dial: 6.70 (+/-): 2.278
Qualified: #2 6.219 231.95 #18 6.703 206.35
Albert is a little too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give LaFlam the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
318K Tim Kirman 7 Don O'Neal
E1 -0.016 6.608 209.07 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.790 198.12
TS Dial: 6.57 (+/-): 0.038 TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.010
Qualified: #8 6.574 209.36 #24 6.760 202.97
Kirman goes red to give O'Neal the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3761 Brian Brown 3190 Glenn Butcher
E1 -0.010 6.725 196.07 ****WINNER**** 0.071 6.447 215.20
TS Dial: 6.67 (+/-): 0.055 TS Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 0.017
Qualified: #20 6.719 201.97 #4 6.421 215.72
Brown goes red to give Butcher the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4911 Darian Boesch 382J Jonathan Smiddy
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 6.449 214.55 0.105 6.859 198.82
TS Dial: 6.36 (+/-): 0.089 TS Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 0.149
Qualified: #3 6.351 227.38 #19 6.707 204.32
Boesch with the starting line advantage and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5578 Rich Smith 4147 Greg Lair
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.009 11.296 77.49
TS Dial: 6.53 (+/-): 93.469 TS Dial: 6.53 (+/-): 4.766
Qualified: #21 6.730 199.08 #5 6.524 213.27
Smith is a no-show to give Lair the freebie.
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