Sun, 07 Nov 2021, 13:48 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green

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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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