Sat, 6 Oct 2007, 05:46 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1416 Tom Seemann                          1327 Lee Klingensmith             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.917 169.42                    -0.027  9.913 151.19
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Senft     ) 0.030  9.941  0.041      (W Bogle     ) 0.002  9.909  0.009
E1    (M Payne     ) 0.015  9.902  0.002      (L Freer     ) 0.007  9.920  0.020
 Qualified:             #4  9.902  0.002                       #13  9.920  0.020

5:34 p.m. The sun is getting low in the sky but is off to the pit side so it shouldn't be a factor on the tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1891 Dave Morris                          1063 Jerry Peterson               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.905 151.90                     0.042  9.899 148.59
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Kenny     ) 0.013  9.902  0.002      (M Cooke     ) 0.021  9.902  0.002
E1    (K Maupin    ) 0.024  9.911  0.011      (C Porter    ) 0.039  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:             #6  9.911  0.011                       #15  9.928  0.028

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Jason Ayers                           131 Lenard Marshall              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.897 149.56                    -0.004  9.868 152.57
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Walls     ) 0.033  9.911  0.011      (S Winzer    ) 0.025  9.976  0.076
E1    (S Williams  ) 0.008  9.988  0.088      (T Corbett   ) 0.018  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #23  9.988  0.088                       #14  9.921  0.021

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1396 Dale Koncen                          1121 John Napolitano              
E3                   0.043  9.894 155.19     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.894 156.79
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (I Boicesco  ) 0.011  9.892 -0.008      (E Alessi Sr ) 0.000  9.985  0.085
E1    (R Lee       ) 0.028  9.901  0.001      (J Fordyce   ) 0.014  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:             #3  9.901  0.001                       #30  9.887 -0.013

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  291 William Crenshaw                     G218 Mike Ruff                    
E3                   0.058  9.912 139.52     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.934 149.02
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Goldman   ) 0.000  9.927  0.027      (W Weaver    ) 0.018  9.924  0.024
E1    (M Little    ) 0.038  9.940  0.040      (J Fuller    ) 0.015 10.021  0.121
 Qualified:            #17  9.940  0.040                       #26 10.021  0.121

Mike Ruff's MOV: 0.0162 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2732 Ryan Little                          1707 Pete Luciano                 
E3                   0.058  9.893 147.33     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.908 143.83
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Parente   ) -0.007  9.944  0.044      (J Kenny     ) 0.009  9.857 -0.043
E1    (D Anspach   ) 0.027  9.914  0.014      (R Holloway  ) 0.013  9.948  0.048
 Qualified:            #10  9.914  0.014                       #19  9.948  0.048

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  129 John Martin                             3 Jeff Szilagyi                
E3                   0.017  9.899 163.49     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.908 155.52
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Maiolo    ) 0.013  9.928  0.028      (Bye         ) 0.007 10.017  0.117
E1    (R Connolly  ) 0.008  9.890 -0.010      (R Balian    ) 0.021  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #29  9.890 -0.010                        #1  9.900  0.000

A very close race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1852 George Donhauser                       15 Tom Stalba                   
E3                   0.022  9.947 148.20     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.935 147.41
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Sawyer    ) 0.025  9.909  0.009      (S Mackie    ) 0.003  9.909  0.009
E1    (C Trotter   ) 0.022  9.913  0.013      (J Sessoms   ) 0.030  9.867 -0.033
 Qualified:             #7  9.913  0.013                       #34  9.867 -0.033

Tom Stalba's MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Ron Erks                               17 Ray Sawyer                   
E3                  -0.005 10.021 146.21     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.896 168.79
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.121             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Leber     ) 0.031  9.891 -0.009      (J Cepelka   ) 0.032  9.926  0.026
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.058  9.940  0.040      (R Farkas    ) 0.026  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:            #18  9.940  0.040                       #27  9.899 -0.001

Erks goes red, and that's news these days.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 153 Chris DePascale              
E3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.004  9.900 160.18
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (G White     ) 0.057  9.927  0.027
E1                                           (J Davidson  ) 0.024  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:                                                       #2  9.901  0.001

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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