Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 06:43 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7169 David Cook                            635 Marvin Wiebe
E5                   0.056 10.051 140.05     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.061 144.49
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.019            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E4    (W Bogle     ) 0.011 10.080  0.010      (W Linder Jr ) 0.019 10.087  0.017
E3    (J Kenny     ) 0.032 10.110  0.040      (T Sims      ) 0.000 10.095  0.025
E2    (B Downing   ) 0.021 10.096  0.026      (S Williams  ) 0.016 10.085  0.015
E1    (W Boxold    ) 0.041 10.084  0.014      (K Comstock  ) 0.020 10.073  0.003
 Qualified:            #30 10.084  0.014                       #10 10.073  0.003

3:32 p.m. Cook earns a bye to the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7922 Jim Spernak                            75 Val Torres Jr.
E5   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.087 132.30                     0.014 10.063 151.54
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-):  0.017            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Bahryjczuk) 0.006 10.140  0.070      (R Sides     ) 0.008 10.083  0.013
E3    (T Landis    ) 0.015 10.052 -0.018      (R Lee       ) 0.018 10.114  0.044
E2    (R Schnabel  ) 0.023 10.086  0.016      (G Mignacca  ) 0.012 10.048 -0.022
E1    (D Meziere   ) 0.029 10.079  0.009      (S Steele    ) 0.034 10.018 -0.052
 Qualified:            #19 10.079  0.009                      #106 10.018 -0.052

That ends Torres' chances for the championship.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7602 Kenny Yeoman                         6832 Don Anderson
E5                  -0.011 10.030 155.60     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.058 156.32
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.040            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Juel      ) 0.022 10.089  0.019      (E Plaizier  ) 0.045 10.087  0.017
E3    (G Cooke     ) 0.019 10.092  0.022      (C Blaisdell ) 0.019 10.088  0.018
E2    (M Sawyer    ) 0.013 10.079  0.009      (R Perez     ) 0.007 10.054 -0.016
E1    (G Ross      ) 0.044 10.013 -0.057      (C Rumis     ) 0.014 10.066 -0.004
 Qualified:           #107 10.013 -0.057                       #87 10.066 -0.004

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6085 John Whitmore                        7880 Jerry Denton
E5   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.208 119.69                    -0.016 10.092 149.15
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-):  0.138            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Kohl      ) 0.009 10.069 -0.001      (A Hoefer    ) 0.000 10.113  0.043
E3    (J Aragon    ) 0.024 10.070  0.000      (B Pierce    ) 0.009 10.044 -0.026
E2    (M Hunt      ) 0.019 10.051 -0.019      (R Haas      ) 0.046 10.070  0.000
E1    (B Ohmer     ) 0.001 10.047 -0.023      (D Bracey    ) 0.009 10.089  0.019
 Qualified:            #98 10.047 -0.023                       #39 10.089  0.019

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7613 Kevin Kleineweber                    7019 Pete Bothe
E5   ****WINNER****  0.015 10.070 147.42                     0.017 10.066 139.70
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-):  0.000            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E4    (P Kinney    ) 0.015 10.084  0.014      (D Coapstick ) 0.022 10.095  0.025
E3    (R Kato      ) 0.014 10.090  0.020      (J Repka     ) 0.019 10.078  0.008
E2    (T Bayer     ) 0.013 10.083  0.013      (J Finn      ) 0.009 10.047 -0.023
E1    (C Cannon    ) 0.021 10.058 -0.012      (S Andrade   ) 0.011 10.114  0.044
 Qualified:            #95 10.058 -0.012                       #61 10.114  0.044

Kleineweber continues to add points for the championship. He races Whitmore next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6979 Kevin Griffiths                         1 Raymond Sawyer
E5                   0.046 10.067 134.40     ****WINNER****  0.040 10.089 160.98
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.003            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.018 10.059 -0.011      (S Kondolay  ) 0.044 10.081  0.011
E3    (C Hoefer    ) 0.031 10.077  0.007      (J Helfrich  ) 0.019 10.175  0.105
E2    (D Carroll   ) 0.018 10.064 -0.006      (S Parsons   ) 0.023 10.067 -0.003
E1    (G Pandolfo  ) 0.029 10.105  0.035      (J Ross      ) 0.031 10.073  0.003
 Qualified:            #55 10.105  0.035                        #9 10.073  0.003

Sawyer faces Spernak next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3172 Leo Zynda III                          71 Gerald Turczyn Jr.
E5                  -0.001 10.047 153.74     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.063 149.85
        S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.023            S/G Index: 10.07 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Apted     ) 0.018 10.074  0.004      (L Wilburn   ) 0.019 10.073  0.003
E3    (T Fuller    ) 0.021 10.097  0.027      (M Tafoya Jr ) 0.034 10.106  0.036
E2    (J Dowd      ) 0.071 10.056 -0.014      (R Bolin     ) 0.018 10.067 -0.003
E1    (J Barnes    ) 0.093 10.073  0.003      (B Packard   ) 0.021 10.072  0.002
 Qualified:            #11 10.073  0.003                        #4 10.072  0.002

Turczyn races Anderson next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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