Sun, 08 Mar 2020, 22:47 PM Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ORLANDO, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by RacingRVs.com at the Drag Illustrated, World Doorslammer Nationals presented by CTech Manufacturing:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1477 Carl Burnett                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.023  3.902 187.70     
         TSP  Dial: 3.86 (+/-):  0.042    
 Qualified:             #1  3.861 188.31                     Bye

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

Burnett with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Vonnie Mills                         2922 Rick McDonough               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  4.192 172.87                    -0.008  4.817 142.29
          TS  Dial: 4.19 (+/-):  0.002              TS  Dial: 4.79 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:             #5  4.172 173.25                       #12  4.787 144.97

McDonough goes red to give Mills the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2344 Javier Matos Ruiz                    2002 Bruce Thrift                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  4.518 156.84                     0.020  4.081 167.32
          TS  Dial: 4.49 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 4.04 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:             #9  4.507 157.95                        #2  3.962 183.15

Thrift with the starting line advantage, but Ruiz holds on for the win in a close one. Javier Matos Ruiz's MOV: 0.0050 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3855 Aaron Glaser                         2080 Bill Powell                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  4.076 174.37                     0.046  4.587 152.18
          TS  Dial: 4.07 (+/-):  0.006             TSP  Dial: 4.59 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:             #3  4.021 179.04                       #10  4.580 152.31

Glasser with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2948 Alex Ramirez                         6558 William Ward                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  4.954 141.03                           No Time      
         TSP  Dial: 4.94 (+/-):  0.014             TSP  Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
 Qualified:            #14  4.929 141.65                        #7  4.323 167.47

Ward was a no-show to give Ramirez the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  290 Tom Vanbeek                          2056 Bruce Duncan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  4.811 144.32                     0.052  4.336 164.97
         TSP  Dial: 4.80 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 4.28 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #13  4.795 144.95                        #6  4.254 167.88

Vanbeek with a near pearfecxt light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3102 Mark McDonald                        9485 Harry Martinez               
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.007  4.185 170.32                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 4.16 (+/-):  0.025             TSP  Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
 Qualified:             #4  4.148 171.53                       #11  4.606 153.65

Martinez is a no-show to give McDonald the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2654 Stanley Albritton                    2223 Todd Pritchard               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  4.981 134.62                     0.077  4.351 167.89
          TS  Dial: 4.95 (+/-):  0.031             TSP  Dial: 4.35 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #15  4.944 139.99                        #8  4.335 166.83

Albritton with a great light and the win. Stanley Albritton's MOV: 0.0380 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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