Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 17:30 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7158 Joe Stannard                          789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington       
E3                   0.010  6.890 196.16     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.814 202.39
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-): -0.010              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Bucklin   ) 0.062  7.050  0.190      (S Gonzales  ) 0.020  6.841  0.081
E1    (A Firestone ) 0.044  6.898  0.018      (W Mizia     ) 0.020  6.820  0.020
 Qualified:            #19  6.904 197.97                       #15  6.826 202.03

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 1,848 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Stannard with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Snyder-ellington the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3015 Bill Yates                              7 Robert Strohm                
E3                  -0.001  6.624 198.38     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.718 176.05
          TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-): -0.066              TS  Dial: 7.74 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Ratzloff  ) 0.004  6.717  0.057      (B King      ) 0.008  7.701  0.001
E1    (R Balough   ) 0.017  6.742  0.062      (M Silvia    ) 0.024  7.725 -0.015
 Qualified:            #10  6.693 207.18                       #29  7.752 175.94

Yates is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Strohm the win. Yates championship quest comes to an end here with the lost.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                            66 Joe Mellof                   
E3                  -0.002  6.628 209.10     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.765 203.61
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hiatt     ) 0.001  6.625  0.045      (C Newman    ) 0.016  6.823  0.073
E1    (R Okerman   ) 0.033  6.610  0.000      (M Lucas     ) 0.046  6.779 -0.011
 Qualified:             #9  6.649 209.30                       #13  6.795 203.61

Mitsos is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Mellof the win. He will face Snyder-Ellington in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  780 Dave Cook                            404M Florentino Martin Rodriguez  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.743 203.98                     0.018  6.188 222.22
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-): -0.017              TS  Dial: 6.21 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Mendenhall) 0.017  6.889  6.889                     0.015  6.188 -0.002
E1    (T Kellner   ) 0.029  6.765  0.005      (D Hall      ) 0.013  6.217  0.027
 Qualified:            #12  6.770 203.92                        #1  6.232 230.02

Rodrigues with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Cook the win. cook keeps his championship hopes alive. He face Strohm in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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