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Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 22:12 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                         2912 Lucien Wilkins               
E2                   0.042  6.279 226.05     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.537 202.91
          TS  Dial: 6.26 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Morrison  ) 0.020  6.307  0.017      (S Lyons     ) 0.044  6.598  0.048
 Qualified:             #5  6.278 227.23                       #13  6.568 213.20

9:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,671 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.
Wilkins with the advantage off of the line and the win.

Lucien Wilkins' MOV: 0.0096 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  299 Jeff Windholz                          44 Christopher Arnold           
E2                   0.597  6.954 195.87     ****WINNER****  0.059  6.886 172.98
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-): -0.026              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.206
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Benoit    ) 0.002  7.033  0.043      (G Butcher   ) 0.041  6.724  0.024
 Qualified:            #26  7.002 195.85                       #18  6.709 204.20

Arnold gets the holeshot;Windholz breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Douglas Bussa                          48 Mark Buehring                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.924 196.22                     0.009  6.773 202.91
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.073
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Dowson    ) 0.014  6.950  0.040      (K Wright    ) 0.013  6.723 -0.007
 Qualified:            #25  6.920 197.77                       #17  6.709 205.44

Buehring gets the advantage off of the line but Bussa is able to hold him off and take the win.

Bussa will take on Wilkins in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5167 Curtis Fredrich                      4059 Jim Thorp                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.835 160.63                     0.130 15.525  85.82
          TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-):  0.305              TS  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  9.215
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Grafas    ) 0.013  6.564  0.014      (F Perkins   ) 0.020  6.394  0.054
 Qualified:            #12  6.549 210.70                        #4  6.271 225.94

Fredrich gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win. Thorp was off of the throttle early.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Scott Underwood                      2904 Doug Gbur                    
E2                   0.008  7.274 189.95     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.929 192.58
          TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Thomson   ) 0.025  7.267  0.017      (D Crafts    ) 0.046  6.956  0.046
 Qualified:            #32  7.247 191.19                       #24  6.910 200.05

A coin flip off of the line, Gbur is able to reel in Underwood and take the stripe for the win.
Doug Gbur's MOV: 0.0054 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

Gbur will take on Fredrich in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  193 Ronnie Proctor                          8 Darian Boesch                
E2                   0.018  6.469 209.92     ****WINNER****  0.048  6.360 216.69
          TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.031              TS  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.130
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Albritton ) 0.027  6.609  0.099      (A Bosak     ) 0.030  6.334  0.054
 Qualified:            #11  6.516 211.59                        #3  6.242 229.82

Proctor gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Boesch.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   22 James Hinkle                           43 Bob Gulitti                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.219 186.59                     0.021  6.283 208.81
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Chitty    ) 0.020  7.225  0.005      (T Caheely   ) 0.004  6.342  0.012
 Qualified:            #30  7.201 191.57                        #6  6.347 220.30

Hinkle with the advantage off of the line;Gulitti breaks out.

Hinkle will take on Arnold in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Richard Smith                        273F Michael Fillmore             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026 10.372  87.78                    -0.003  7.270 190.51
          TS  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  3.952              TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Riegel    ) 0.002  6.464  0.024      (D Crumlich  ) 0.003  7.271  0.011
 Qualified:             #7  6.470 214.42                       #31  7.246 191.97

Fillmore is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Smith.

Smith will take on Boesch in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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