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Sat, 14 Oct 2023, 12:17 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  407 Mark Griffin                         436B Kevin Hampton                
E2                   0.012  7.004 188.99     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.272 191.48
          TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.114              TS  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.092
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.970  7.223  0.333      (H Kindle    ) 0.001  7.273  0.023
 Qualified:            #24  6.908 207.64                       #32  7.421 188.59

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 846 feet.

Hampton with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4147 Greg Lair                             406 Glenn Wright                 
E2                   0.022 16.942  47.17     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.794 152.36
          TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): 10.462              TS  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.584
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Higgins   ) -0.007 17.972 11.402      (L Abbott    ) 0.025  6.276 -0.014
 Qualified:            #13  6.578 213.43                        #5  6.279 229.22

Lair with the starting line advantage, but lost traction right at the hit. Wright with the wins.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Allen Firestone                      411M David Cuadra                 
E2                   0.012  6.443 207.65     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.135 210.12
          TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.093              TS  Dial: 6.12 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Stockton  ) 0.033  6.442  0.022      (J Carnascial) 0.016  6.180  0.000
 Qualified:             #9  6.401 215.61                        #1  6.155 232.82

Firestone with the starting line advantage, but Cuadra chases him down for the win. He will face Wright in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5049 Michael Chitty                       4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2                   0.011  6.579 211.21     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.229 226.05
          TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.011              TS  Dial: 6.23 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Wright    ) 0.012  6.643  0.033      (P Robinson  ) 0.000  6.335  0.005
 Qualified:            #14  6.593 210.95                        #6  6.301 224.09

Chitty with a tick advantage on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Lewis the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dean Hall                            4463 Tim Wilson                   
E2                   0.023  6.841 200.84     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.430 182.87
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.081              TS  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bills     ) 0.618 13.584  6.664      (M Buehring  ) 0.024  7.548  0.168
 Qualified:            #23  6.906 199.94                       #31  7.396 186.41

Wilson with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Ron Riegel                            469 Kyle Firestone               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.931 200.08                     0.035  6.166 230.24
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Blomberg  ) -0.004  6.994  0.014      (D Hall      ) 0.029  6.232  0.012
 Qualified:            #27  6.992 198.54                        #3  6.241 225.78

Riegel with a near perfect light and the win. He will face Wilson in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                               9 Paul Mitsos                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.303 224.00                    -0.007  7.789 122.36
          TS  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  1.239
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Martin Rod) 0.023  6.400  0.000      (A Firestone ) 0.021  6.664 -0.026
 Qualified:            #10  6.404 222.97                       #18  6.690 208.52

Mitsos goes red to give Thorp the win. He will face Lewis in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Curt Fredrich                        4204 Scooter Hampton              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.715 172.25                     0.012 64.999   NS  
          TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.195              TS  Dial: 6.22 (+/-): 58.779
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ogden     ) 0.038  6.578 -0.012      (R Riegel    ) 0.020  6.323  0.083
 Qualified:            #12  6.575 210.17                        #4  6.252 224.60

Hampton with the starting line advantage, but has problems and Fredrich gets the win. He will face Hampton in the next round.

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