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Sat, 04 Nov 2023, 20:46 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
 5396 Bradley Johnson                      796L Baruc Llamas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.979 185.87                     0.017  7.402 182.26
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.029              TS  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Firestone ) 0.039  6.953  0.013      (B Warr      ) 0.022  7.363 -0.007
 Qualified:            #27  6.943 198.35                       #39  7.319 184.83

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,320 feet.

They have identical reaction times and Johnson gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5722 Bri Bergh                             518 Monte Green                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.891 196.50                     0.036  6.803 199.26
          TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Glenn     ) 0.018  6.872  0.002      (M Ferderer  ) 0.011  6.758  0.008
 Qualified:            #20  6.872 203.49                        #8  6.733 206.10

Bergh with a perfect light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dean Hall                             634 Dan Lafferty                 
E2                   0.019  6.948 198.32     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.857 199.02
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-): -0.012              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Proctor   ) 0.024  6.984  0.034      (Y Wilcox    ) 0.009  6.929  0.069
 Qualified:            #25  6.930 198.70                       #13  6.827 199.73

Lafferty with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                          6502 Will Yakimetz                
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.002  7.343 186.02                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.483              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-): 93.309
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Bucklin   ) 0.024  6.906  0.046      (B Knudsen   ) 0.026  6.954  0.264
 Qualified:            #19  6.861 203.55                        #7  6.662 211.30

Yakimetz can't get the car to fire to give Silvia the freebie.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6206 Jake Neibauer                        6013 Rod Belsham                  
E2                   0.063  6.977 187.18     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.866 196.10
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.037              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Blaylock  ) 0.073  6.951  0.001      (T Kellner   ) 0.011  6.839  0.009
 Qualified:            #24  6.927 198.47                       #12  6.803 202.09

Belsham with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7158 Joe Stannard                         7038 Pat Warr                     
E2                   0.027  7.141 192.74     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.893 197.36
          TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Newman    ) 0.001  7.156  0.016      (K Harper    ) -0.003  6.897 -0.003
 Qualified:            #33  7.110 193.93                       #21  6.876 197.97

Warr with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a three for the win in a close one. Pat Warr's MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

Stannard ran dead-on with a one for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7197 Marty Castagno                       6921 Joe Mellof                   
E2                   0.051  6.985 197.25     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.901 200.17
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.012  6.990  0.010      (J Radford   ) 0.019  6.922  0.052
 Qualified:            #26  6.942 198.55                       #14  6.839 201.64

Mellof with a near perfect light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  757 Jeff Gillette                         263 Doug Crumlich                
E2                   0.045  6.873 199.70     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.669 207.94
          TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.017              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Martin    ) 0.022  6.907  0.017      (B King      ) 0.125  6.666  0.016
 Qualified:            #17  6.851 200.68                        #5  6.645 208.39

Crumlich with the starting line advantage and the win. Unofficial calculations, this will put him in the lead in the Division Two for the Top sportsman title.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Richard Okerman                      6796 Robert Strohm                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.164 185.82                     0.042  7.905 168.64
          TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 7.89 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Cook      ) 0.027  7.201  0.041      (T Caheely   ) 0.040  7.900  0.010
 Qualified:            #34  7.128 193.13                       #46  7.877 171.12

Okerman with the starting line advantage and the win. Richard Okerman's MOV: 0.0123 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

King wins the Division six title by our unofficial calculations.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Ed Olpin                               49 Mark Buehring                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.050 195.39                     0.026  6.883 196.53
          TS  Dial: 7.03 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.012  7.050  0.020      (M Lucas     ) 0.051  6.895  0.005
 Qualified:            #28  7.006 195.93                       #16  6.847 199.58

Olpin 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                         H660 Mark Austin                  
E2                   0.018  7.338 187.31     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.936 193.85
          TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.108              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Linares   ) 0.182  7.294  0.094      (K Ratzloff  ) 0.014  6.924 -0.006
 Qualified:            #35  7.175 186.43                       #47  7.918 139.63

Austin with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6407 William Scribner                     7725 Mike Hiatt                   
E2                   0.038  7.516 182.38     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.075 181.89
          TS  Dial: 7.48 (+/-):  0.036              TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Snyder- El) 0.079  7.492  0.022      (P Mitsos    ) 0.010  7.075  0.005
 Qualified:            #42  7.466 183.22                       #30  7.034 193.88

Hiatt with the starting line advantage and the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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