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Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 23:01 PM

Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  743 Ron Smith                              56 Dusty Meyer                  
E2                  -0.500 10.016  91.81     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.179 167.09
          TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  2.886              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.179
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Demers    ) 0.038  7.159  0.029      (A Firestone ) 0.003  7.038  0.048
 Qualified:            #28  7.185 191.84                       #20  7.030 196.79

Smith left before the third amber to give Meyer the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Richard Okerman                      5049 Michael Chitty               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.432 182.48                     0.008  6.667 202.39
          TS  Dial: 7.43 (+/-):  0.002              TS  Dial: 6.67 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hall      ) 0.010  7.421  0.021      (P Warr      ) 0.001  6.691  0.001
 Qualified:            #31  7.445 182.80                        #8  6.700 205.47

Chitty with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Okerman the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   64 Craig Blaisdell                      7134 Bryan Warr                   
E2                  -0.500  7.104 194.58     ****WINNER**** -0.011  7.027 178.28
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Linares   ) 0.077  7.064  0.014      (T Kellner   ) 0.023  6.956  0.016
 Qualified:            #22  7.094 195.34                       #15  6.964 197.80

Blaisdell left before the third amber to give Warr the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7197 Marty Castagno                         76 Ken Ratzloff                 
E2                   0.038  7.186 188.10     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.020 194.86
          TS  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.006              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Proctor   ) 0.016  7.143 -0.007      (B Gulitti   ) 0.040  7.309  0.329
 Qualified:            #26  7.174 189.55                       #18  7.005 190.97

Ratzloff with a great light and the win. Ken Ratzloff's MOV: 0.0126 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Warr in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                            45 Darian Boesch                
E2                   0.045  6.738 204.98     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.251 215.31
          TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.008              TS  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Martin    ) 0.054  6.737  0.037      (E Olpin     ) 0.014  6.245  0.015
 Qualified:            #10  6.733 205.82                        #2  6.260 229.66

Boesch with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Darian Boesch's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 23 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6502 Will Yakimetz                        7450 Don Meziere                  
E2                   0.017  7.027 193.16     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.924 192.17
          TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.037              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B LaFlam    ) 0.015  6.970 -0.010      (M Ferderer  ) 0.021  6.925  0.065
 Qualified:            #19  7.012 194.88                       #12  6.884 200.56

Meziere with a tick advantage on the tree and the win in a close one. Don Meziere's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 16 inches). He will face Okerman in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 411M David Cuadra                         2459 Tommy Turner                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.943 197.68                     0.010  7.865 129.17
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.063              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  1.245
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Riegel    ) 0.082  6.900  0.030      (J Gillette  ) 0.014  6.613  0.003
 Qualified:            #14  6.919 199.58                        #6  6.645 208.78

Cuadra with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Boesch in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Doug Bracey                          7151 Jeff Connelly                
E2                   0.044  7.177 188.41     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.195 214.48
          TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.037              TS  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Crumlich  ) 0.012  7.164  0.034                     0.010  6.157 -0.043
 Qualified:            #24  7.154 191.51                        #1  6.214 233.24

Connelly with the starting line advantage and the win. Jeff Connelly's MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Meyer in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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