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Sun, 07 Nov 2021, 13:48 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green



LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7894 Steve Galileo                         777 Doug Bracey                  
E1                   0.099  8.235 121.38     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.264 169.57
          TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  1.355              TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:            #16  6.881 199.29                       #37  7.241 189.36
Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,335 feet.

Bracey 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                         692D Darren Shank                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.529 219.12                    -0.031  8.720 111.19
          TS  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.229              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  1.710
 Qualified:             #3  6.340 219.04                       #24  7.020 196.16
Shank goes red to give LaFlam the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  721 Mike Johnson                          749 Justin Linares               
E1                  -0.058  7.129 193.21     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.684 207.69
          TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.069              TS  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #31  7.164 193.29                       #10  6.694 206.86
Johnson goes red to give Linares the win, who had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                           605 Mike Ferderer                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  7.045 185.59                     0.200  8.140 122.89
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.205              TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.940
 Qualified:            #13  6.857 200.29                       #34  7.210 189.02
Green with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7116 Larry Azcuenaga                      7197 Marty Castagno               
E1                  -0.005  6.898 188.54     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.218 183.97
          TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.048              TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #14  6.864 198.26                       #35  7.213 191.43
Azcuenaga goes red to give Castagno the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Richard Okerman                       780 David Cook                   
E1                   0.019  7.217 183.15     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.722 196.85
          TS  Dial: 7.17 (+/-):  0.047              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #32  7.187 191.38                       #11  6.706 205.66
Okerman with a tick advantage on the tree, but Cook chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  757 Jeff Gillette                        7867 Dean Hall                    
E1                   0.045  6.993 197.77     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.692 175.32
          TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 7.68 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #22  6.987 197.71                       #43  7.693 180.02
Hall with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  604 Chris Richards                        505 Larry Demers                 
E1                   0.153  7.273 196.44     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.960 186.15
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.553              TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.000
 Qualified:            #41  7.347 200.74                       #20  6.966 198.90
Demers with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a zero for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  468 Kelly Land                            406 Glenn Wright                 
E1                  -0.003  7.029 196.10     ****WINNER****  0.025  7.335 154.00
          TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.001              TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.935
 Qualified:            #26  7.033 195.62                        #5  6.427 224.36
Land is few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7377 Jessie Wooton                        4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E1                   0.129  6.869 201.46     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.435 211.23
          TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-): -0.131              TS  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #25  7.021 201.04                        #4  6.425 220.30
Lewis with the starting line advantage and was out of the groove. He stays with it and reels it in for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6796 Robert Strohm                        7038 Pat Warr                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.523 181.01                     0.033  6.939 196.90
          TS  Dial: 7.53 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-): -0.021
 Qualified:            #42  7.535 180.57                       #21  6.970 196.90
Strohm with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                          7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E1                   0.081  7.121 194.77     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.688 194.04
          TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #29  7.116 197.02                        #8  6.676 205.94
Mitsos with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7398 Chris Esrick                         7840 Gary Forkner                 
E1                  -0.032  7.486 183.57     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.920 180.02
          TS  Dial: 7.27 (+/-):  0.216              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.050
 Qualified:            #39  7.289 185.64                       #18  6.885 200.44
Esrick goes red and got real loose, he reeled it in, Forkner with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  409 Kamron Wright                           6 Ed Olpin                     
E1                   0.041  6.241 227.61     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.996 196.22
          TS  Dial: 6.26 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:             #2  6.280 227.84                       #23  7.005 196.16
Olpin with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a six for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6182 Lee Goranson                         702G Mike Proctor                 
E1                   0.024  7.142 189.07     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.688 191.00
          TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-): -0.008              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #30  7.162 192.66                        #9  6.684 208.94
Proctor with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Ken Ratzloff                         4147 Greg Lair                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.043 194.55                     0.016  6.608 202.85
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #27  7.067 194.41                        #6  6.616 211.00
Lair with a few ticks on the tree, but took a little too much stripe to give Ratzloff the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 743A Andrew Moeck                         5509 Charley Whittenburg          
E1                   0.030  7.333 192.17     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.932 192.17
          TS  Dial: 7.34 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.052
 Qualified:            #40  7.327 193.79                       #19  6.903 202.58
Whittenburg with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7728 Kelly Harper                         7725 Mike Hiatt                   
E1                   0.037 12.533 143.55     ****WINNER****  0.026  7.061 187.11
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  5.933              TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:             #7  6.629 211.86                       #28  7.071 192.52
Hiatt with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5049 Michael Chitty                       6502 Will Yakimetz                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.390 14.083  75.11                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  7.363              TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 93.279
 Qualified:            #12  6.729 204.66                       #33  7.208 196.39
Yakimetz is a no-show to give Chitty the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 710F Craig Blaisdell                      7598 Chris Newman                 
E1                  -0.500  7.215 194.69     ****WINNER****  0.062  6.887 198.50
          TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #38  7.246 193.38                       #17  6.881 198.50
Blaisdell left before the third amber to give Newman the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6206 Jake Neibauer                        690Y Yeshua Wilcox                
E1                   0.089  6.883 198.26     ****WINNER****  0.022  7.278 183.24
          TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 7.27 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #15  6.879 200.08                       #36  7.226 193.40
Wilcox with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7151 Jeff Connelly                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.050  6.246 232.63
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.243 231.79
Connelly with the bye

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