Sun, 07 Nov 2021, 16:52 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
        Bye                                   6 Ed Olpin                     
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.032  7.053 195.82
                                                    TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (M Green     ) 0.025  7.020  0.020
E1                                           (K Wright    ) 0.035  6.996  0.006
 Qualified:                                                      #23  7.005 196.16

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 4,009 feet.

Olpin with the bye...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7197 Marty Castagno                       7534 Paul Mitsos                  
E3                   0.008  7.242 190.89     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.696 206.29
          TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B LaFlam    ) 0.023  7.231  0.021      (C Whittenbur) 0.035  6.713  0.033
E1    (L Azcuenaga ) 0.035  7.218  0.018      (M Silvia    ) 0.025  6.688  0.038
 Qualified:            #35  7.213 191.43                        #8  6.676 205.94

They had identical reaction times, both were great. Mitsos runs dead-on with a six for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  505 Larry Demers                         4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E3                   0.027  6.985 196.04     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.502 203.03
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.025              TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Proctor   ) 0.024  6.966  0.006      (Y Wilcox    ) 0.026  8.537  2.117
E1    (C Richards  ) 0.029  6.960  0.000      (J Wooton    ) 0.014  6.435  0.015
 Qualified:            #20  6.966 198.90                        #4  6.425 220.30

Lewis with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Jimmy Lewis' MOV: 0.0067 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Doug Bracey                          6796 Robert Strohm                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.229 190.22                    -0.013  9.439  91.88
          TS  Dial: 7.21 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 7.55 (+/-):  1.889
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Wright    ) 0.014  7.261  0.031      (J Linares   ) 0.023  7.541  0.011
E1    (S Galileo   ) 0.016  7.264  0.034      (P Warr      ) 0.021  7.523 -0.007
 Qualified:            #37  7.241 189.36                       #42  7.535 180.57

Strohm goes red to give Bracey the win. He keeps his Division Six title hopes a live. He will face Olpin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                            7598 Chris Newman                 
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.015  7.100 161.61
          TS  Dial: 7.70 (+/-): 92.299              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.210
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Cook      ) 0.034  7.694  0.004      (K Ratzloff  ) 0.025  6.892  0.002
E1    (J Gillette  ) 0.038  7.692  0.012      (C Blaisdell ) 0.062  6.887  0.007
 Qualified:            #43  7.693 180.02                       #17  6.881 198.50

Hall broke on the burnout to give Newman the freebie. He will face Mitsos in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7840 Gary Forkner                         7151 Jeff Connelly                
E3                   0.056  6.883 200.62     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.349 228.89
          TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 6.24 (+/-):  0.109
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hiatt     ) 0.011  6.898  0.028      (M Chitty    ) 0.018  6.393  0.153
E1    (C Esrick    ) 0.018  6.920  0.050                     0.050  6.246  0.026
 Qualified:            #18  6.885 200.44                        #1  6.243 231.79

Connelly with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Lewis in the semifinal.

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