Sun, 10 Nov 2024, 16:18 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

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
        Bye                                6502 Will Yakimetz                
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.039  6.692 211.06
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (M Mossi     ) 0.039  6.637  0.007
E1                                           (B King      ) 0.007  6.601 -0.049
 Qualified:                                                       #6  6.576 214.28

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 3,154 feet.

Yakimetz with the bye here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  664 Ken Ratzloff                            7 Robert Strohm                
E3                  -0.005  6.991 197.13     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.858 173.27
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.031              TS  Dial: 7.84 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Balough   ) 0.053  6.948  0.008      (P Mitsos    ) 0.024  7.832  0.002
E1    (K Harper    ) 0.012  6.951  0.011      (Y Blaylock  ) 0.032  7.837  0.017
 Qualified:            #22  6.945 197.94                       #36  7.822 174.28

Ratzloff goe red to give Strohm the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                              53 Bradley Johnson              
E3                  -0.009  6.930 197.08     ****WINNER****  0.009  6.925 202.27
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Radford   ) 0.032  6.932  0.032      (C Newman    ) 0.005  6.951  0.051
E1    (A Steinkey  ) 0.032  7.082  0.172      (D Beckwith  ) 0.006  6.880 -0.020
 Qualified:            #21  6.943 196.79                       #16  6.902 202.03

Hall goes red to give Johnson the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   66 Joe Mellof                           4396 Sammy Gonzales               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.542 132.61                    -0.007  7.222 190.06
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.712              TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Utterback ) 0.036  6.838  0.008      (B Martin    ) 0.027  7.192  0.002
E1    (T Kellner   ) 0.015  6.838  0.008      (D Meziere   ) 0.017  7.201  0.021
 Qualified:            #14  6.829 201.64                       #29  7.214 190.65

Gonzales goes red to give Mellof the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Michael Hiatt                        7038 Pat Warr                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.988 196.22                     0.025  6.673 202.97
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Silvia    ) 0.013  6.967  0.007      (M Austin    ) 0.021  6.651  0.001
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.026  7.152  0.212      (R Okerman   ) 0.007  6.649 -0.001
 Qualified:            #23  6.958 196.90                        #9  6.653 204.45

Hiatt with a great light and the win. He will face Yakimetz in the next round.

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