Sun, 05 Nov 2023, 14:05 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
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
7256 Mera Silvia 634 Dan Lafferty
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.874 202.12 0.012 6.848 188.10
TS Dial: 6.86 (+/-): 0.014 TS Dial: 6.85 (+/-): -0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (W Yakimetz ) -0.002 7.343 0.483 (D Hall ) 0.006 6.857 0.007
E1 (G Bucklin ) 0.024 6.906 0.046 (Y Wilcox ) 0.009 6.929 0.069
Qualified: #19 6.861 203.55 #13 6.827 199.73
10:50 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 29.96
inches, adjusted altitude 3,180 feet.Lafferty gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe
and breaks out giving the win to Silvia.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7725 Mike Hiatt 6013 Rod Belsham
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.011 7.046 186.69 0.016 6.812 203.43
TS Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.004 TS Dial: 6.82 (+/-): -0.008
Prior rounds:
E2 (W Scribner ) 0.033 7.075 0.015 (J Neibauer ) 0.008 6.866 0.046
E1 (P Mitsos ) 0.010 7.075 0.005 (T Kellner ) 0.011 6.839 0.009
Qualified: #30 7.034 193.88 #12 6.803 202.09
Hiatt gets the advantage off of the line and takes the double breakout win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5396 Bradley Johnson 7038 Pat Warr
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.036 6.958 190.38 0.033 6.893 197.71
TS Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 0.008 TS Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.013
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Llamas ) 0.017 6.979 0.029 (J Stannard ) 0.023 6.893 0.003
E1 (A Firestone ) 0.039 6.953 0.013 (K Harper ) -0.003 6.897 -0.003
Qualified: #27 6.943 198.35 #21 6.876 197.97
A coin flip off of the line, Johnson runs his number and takes the close win.Bradley Johnson's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 10 inches).
Johnson will take on Hiatt in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
H660 Mark Austin 263 Doug Crumlich
E3 0.013 6.896 203.61 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.661 203.80
TS Dial: 6.88 (+/-): 0.016 TS Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Esrick ) 0.004 6.936 0.026 (J Gillette ) 0.011 6.669 0.019
E1 (K Ratzloff ) 0.014 6.924 -0.006 (B King ) 0.125 6.666 0.016
Qualified: #47 7.918 139.63 #5 6.645 208.39
No advantage off of the line for either driver, Crumlich takes the stripe for the close win.Doug
Crumlich's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 15 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Ed Olpin 5 Richard Okerman
E3 0.025 7.024 195.34 ****WINNER**** 0.028 7.153 191.87
TS Dial: 7.03 (+/-): -0.006 TS Dial: 7.15 (+/-): 0.003
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Buehring ) 0.012 7.050 0.020 (R Strohm ) 0.031 7.164 0.014
E1 (G Lair ) 0.012 7.050 0.020 (D Cook ) 0.027 7.201 0.041
Qualified: #28 7.006 195.93 #34 7.128 193.13
Olpin gets a little hole shot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to
okerman.Okerman will take on Silvia in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6921 Joe Mellof 5722 Bri Bergh
E3 -0.002 6.925 182.92 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.982 175.25
TS Dial: 6.86 (+/-): 0.065 TS Dial: 6.87 (+/-): 0.112
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Castagno ) 0.002 6.901 0.031 (M Green ) 0.000 6.891 0.021
E1 (J Radford ) 0.019 6.922 0.052 (D Glenn ) 0.018 6.872 0.002
Qualified: #14 6.839 201.64 #20 6.872 203.49
Mellof just misses the tree and goes red. Bergh is almost perfect off of the line and takes the
win.Bergh will take on Crumlich in the next round.
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