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Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 13:30 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6921 Joe Mellof                           6502 Will Yakimetz                
E2                   0.015  6.812 204.73     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.624 194.24
          TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.062              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Newman    ) 0.026  6.745  0.295      (E Olpin     ) 0.004  6.614  0.014
 Qualified:            #10  6.762 204.88                        #4  6.598 214.31

10:11 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,822 feet.

Just 0.001 difference in RT's and Will Yakimetz scores the win. MOV: 0.0275 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6658 Bill King                             757 Jeff Gillette                
E2                  -0.015  6.927 197.54     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.775 202.58
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.027              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Linares   ) 0.006  6.924  0.114      (M Buehring  ) 0.054  6.813  0.043
 Qualified:            #18  6.934 197.08                       #24  7.446 149.75

King goes red and Gillette goes on to round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Richard Okerman                      7711 Don London                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.996 195.68                    -0.007  6.732 193.65
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Green     ) 0.000  7.015 -0.005      (M Silvia    ) 0.012  6.723  0.023
 Qualified:            #20  7.027 196.42                       #26 24.859  49.61

Winner will face Yakimetz next round.

London goes red by -0.007 and Okerman gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Ken Ratzloff                           76 Ted Kellner                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  7.033 160.92                     0.692  7.120 194.55
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.193              TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Mitsos    ) 0.003  6.874  0.024      (D Meziere   ) 0.007  7.131  0.001
 Qualified:            #15  6.862 201.28                       #21  7.145 194.58

10:14 a.m. A brief delay to clean up the right starting line from London in the last pair. 10:22 a.m. Back to racing
Winner gets the bye run next round and will get to race on Sunday!
WOW! Kellner runs right on his dial, but is way late at the green!

Ratzloff gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7197 Marty Castagno                       7134 Bryan Warr                   
E2                   0.041  6.876 199.97     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.758 198.32
          TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.026              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Crumlich  ) 0.011  6.874  0.004      (Y Wilcox    ) 0.004  6.791  0.041
 Qualified:            #16  6.886 200.53                        #9  6.754 204.51

Just 0.002 difference to their dials and Bryan Warr leaves with an 0.008 light for the win. MOV: 0.0319 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington                780 David Cook                   
E2                   0.073  6.797 204.29     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.696 205.07
          TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Bucklin   ) 0.056  6.798  0.028      (M Ferderer  ) 0.006  6.700  0.020
 Qualified:            #12  6.799 203.25                        #6  6.689 206.67

Winner faces Warr later today.

Just 0.001 difference to their dials, but Cook has the much better light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dean Hall                                  Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.851 201.73     
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.021    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Martin Rod) 0.026  6.850  0.030   
 Qualified:            #14  6.842 201.43                     Bye

Bye run for Hall and he will face Gillette in the next round.

10:27 a.m.

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