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Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 05:17 PM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  193 Patrick Dehner                       1929 Jeff Brooks                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.955 147.50                     0.025  9.972 160.59
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.055             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.072
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Sawyer    ) 0.020  9.932  0.032                     0.021  9.920  0.020
E3    (R Sawyer    ) 0.006  9.909  0.009      (D Rudolph   ) 0.021  9.845 -0.055
E2    (Bye         ) 0.014  9.911  0.011      (R Lepage    ) 0.036  9.981  0.081
E1    (P Schonberge) 0.030  9.901  0.001      (G Smith     ) 0.029  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #1  9.901  0.001                       #11  9.919  0.019

Vintage Corvette versus even an even more vintage Henry J

The midyear Chevy wins by a comfortable margin.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1179 Mark Parente                         1728 Jeff Szilagyi                
E5                   0.026  9.906 146.30     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.930 151.85
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Erks      ) 0.041  9.892 -0.008      (J Donnelly  ) 0.069  9.896 -0.004
E3    (D Marshall  ) 0.034  9.897 -0.003      (T Seemann   ) 0.014  9.915  0.015
E2    (T Nicholson ) 0.032  9.921  0.021      (T Goldman   ) 0.024  9.921  0.021
E1    (J Smulligan ) 0.018  9.949  0.049      (J Cira      ) 0.015  9.950  0.050
 Qualified:            #21  9.949  0.049                       #23  9.950  0.050

585 cubic inches in the Chevelle.

It's hard to beat a .002 reaction, even when you run a 9.90


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Tom Stalba Jr                              Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.941 143.23     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.041     
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Puckett Sr) 0.004  9.920  0.020   
E3    (R Dolansky  ) 0.015  9.934  0.034   
E2    (D Morris    ) 0.028  9.904  0.004   
E1    (C Porter    ) 0.025  9.933  0.033   
 Qualified:            #16  9.933  0.033                     Bye

Stalba runs Szilagyi in the final, an all Corvette final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink