Sun, 10 Nov 2024, 17:32 PM Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
   66 Joe Mellof                              7 Robert Strohm                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.862 195.68                     0.003  7.848 171.27
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 7.85 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Gonzales  ) 0.025  7.542  0.712      (K Ratzloff  ) 0.016  7.858  0.018
E2    (J Utterback ) 0.036  6.838  0.008      (P Mitsos    ) 0.024  7.832  0.002
E1    (T Kellner   ) 0.015  6.838  0.008      (Y Blaylock  ) 0.032  7.837  0.017
 Qualified:            #14  6.829 201.64                       #36  7.822 174.28

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 3,256 feet.

Strohm with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Mellof the win. He will have a bye in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   53 Bradley Johnson                            Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.913 201.58     
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-): -0.007    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Hall      ) 0.009  6.925  0.015   
E2    (C Newman    ) 0.005  6.951  0.051   
E1    (D Beckwith  ) 0.006  6.880 -0.020   
 Qualified:            #16  6.902 202.03                     Bye

Johnson with a great light on the bye run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Michael Hiatt                        6502 Will Yakimetz                
E4                  -0.009  6.995 196.44     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.728 188.99
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Warr      ) 0.008  6.988  0.028                     0.039  6.692  0.032
E2    (M Silvia    ) 0.013  6.967  0.007      (M Mossi     ) 0.039  6.637  0.007
E1    (G Lair      ) 0.026  7.152  0.212      (B King      ) 0.007  6.601 -0.049
 Qualified:            #23  6.958 196.90                        #6  6.576 214.28

Yakimetz wins the Division Seven Top Sportsman championship with Strohm losing earlier in this round.

Hiatt goe red to give Yakimetz the win. He will face Johnson in the semifinal.

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