Sun, 03 Nov 2024, 16:05 PM Summit Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 425X Camron Nelson                        A587 Andrew Quinn                 
E1                   0.006 12.521 107.42     ****WINNER****  0.030 14.880  78.41
       SPMAN  Dial: 12.56 (+/-): -0.039          SPMAN  Dial: 14.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:             #2 7                                    #6 3            

12:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.78 inches, adjusted altitude 3,004 feet.

Nelson 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
 H123 David Harvey                         C233 Josh Carroll                 
E1                  -0.001 12.255 108.12     ****WINNER****  0.049 12.076 106.68
       SPMAN  Dial: 12.41 (+/-): -0.155          SPMAN  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.074
 Qualified:             #4 5                                    #8 1            

Harvey just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Carroll.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 N390 Nick Hastings                         739 C W Hoefer                   
E1                   0.002 12.386 100.58     ****WINNER****  0.003 11.800 109.24
       SPMAN  Dial: 12.40 (+/-): -0.014          SPMAN  Dial: 11.81 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:             #3 6                                    #7 2            

A coin flip off of the line, Hoefer takes the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2455 Bart Pangilinan                      C618 Charlie Bukevics             
E1                  -0.010 12.992 105.52     ****WINNER****  0.022 12.609 104.78
       SPMAN  Dial: 13.02 (+/-): -0.028          SPMAN  Dial: 12.52 (+/-):  0.089
 Qualified:             #1 8                                    #5 4            

Pangilinan leaves a lttle too soon and oges red giving the win to Bukevics.

In the next round it will be Bukevics vs. Hoefer and Quinn vs. Carroll.

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