Sat, 12 Oct 2024, 19:23 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Bill King                            4071 David Bills                  
E3                   0.035  7.011 196.61     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.081 192.30
          TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.041              TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Fredrich  ) 0.003  6.952  0.002      (J Higgins   ) 0.003  7.033  0.023
E1    (J Granier   ) 0.001  6.972  0.032      (F Martin    ) 0.004  7.025 -0.005
 Qualified:            #21  6.945 198.22                       #25  7.041 195.22

Bills gets the advantage off of the line and holds off King for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Mark Buehring                        5137 David Scutt                  
E3                  -0.500 14.904 109.68     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.986 196.68
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  8.184              TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Neff      ) 0.015  6.887  0.167      (B King      ) 0.033  6.982  0.032
E1    (M Morehead  ) 0.009  6.771  0.041      (C Bullock   ) 0.034  6.974 -0.016
 Qualified:            #18  6.725 205.65                       #22  6.965 199.23

Buerhing leaves before the tree and goes red giving the win to Scutt.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5049 Michael Chitty                         51 Allen Firestone              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  6.583 210.23                     0.015  6.440 209.59
          TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Scutt     ) 0.046  6.590  0.010      (M Buehring  ) 0.063  6.428  0.118
E1    (C Fredrich  ) -0.001  6.582 -0.008      (P Mitsos    ) 0.028  6.433 -0.007
 Qualified:            #12  6.590 209.63                        #8  6.447 215.02

Firestone gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  454 Macy Higgins                          406 Glenn Wright                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.616 208.94                     0.040  6.345 215.92
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.006                  Dial: 6.37 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Hampton   ) 0.004  6.589  0.019      (B Blomberg  ) 0.034  6.308 -0.002
E1    (M Weaver    ) 0.033  6.611  0.021      (K Wilson    ) 0.040  6.454  0.104
 Qualified:            #11  6.575 211.15                        #7  6.344 223.84

Higgins gets the holeshot;Wright breaks out.

In the next round it will e Bills vs. Higgins and Scutt vs. Chitty.

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