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Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 04:58 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan





ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 114N Tom Nicholson                        1032 Hank Smith                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.934 157.08                     0.006  9.959 155.04
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E2    (I Boicesco  ) 0.332  9.912  0.012      (J Orlando   ) 0.030  9.867 -0.033
E1    (P Laino     ) 0.036  9.903  0.003      (S Mackie    ) 0.021  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:             #5  9.903  0.003                       #14  9.922  0.022
4:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 2,783 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Smith had a very good light, gave up the stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1821 Duane Dagostino                      1915 Ray Sawyer                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.954 151.00                     0.032  9.971 166.64
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.054             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Goldman   ) 0.025  9.944  0.044      (M Cerro     ) 0.017  9.964  0.064
E1    (J Fedeli    )       No Time            (T Stalba    ) 0.036  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #38  0.001 -9.899                       #10  9.912  0.012
Duane Dagostino's MOV: 0.0342 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1451 Scott Weney                           131 Lenard Marshall              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.971 150.73                     0.029  9.978 149.38
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.071             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.078
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Dehner    ) 0.013  9.995  0.095      (P Luciano   ) 0.026  9.905  0.005
E1    (S Cohen     ) 0.011  9.931  0.031      (B Fisher    ) 0.014  9.966  0.066
 Qualified:            #16  9.931  0.031                       #26  9.966  0.066
Scott Weney's MOV: 0.0177 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 109G Mac Starks Jr                        1962 Ed Alessi Sr                 
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.545  9.893 148.74
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Hoosigian ) 0.013  9.900  0.000      (P Iannone   ) 0.046  9.953  0.053
E1    (B Seemann   ) 0.019  9.887 -0.013      (J Donnelly  ) 0.061  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #32  9.887 -0.013                        #4  9.901  0.001
Starkls broke before staging the car, leaving a small pool of liquid on the launch pad. It took mops and thinner to clean it up, so it wasn't water or fuel.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 174M John Maggiulli Jr                    159H Gary Eitel                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  9.910 159.34                    -0.002  9.996 165.66
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.096
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Kenny     ) 0.041  9.923  0.023      (J Kenny     ) 0.013  9.912  0.012
E1    (W Ferrese   ) 0.010  9.934  0.034      (J Benoit    ) 0.017  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #18  9.934  0.034                        #9  9.912  0.012
John Maggiulli Jr's package: 0.011.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1050 Billy Leber                          1165 Ron Orbin                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.934 157.15                     0.049  9.829 134.54
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.071
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Fordyce Sr) 0.014  9.947  0.047      (J Fordyce   ) 0.044  9.869 -0.031
E1    (J Asta      ) 0.023  9.900  0.000      (G Hindy     ) 0.000  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:             #3  9.900  0.000                       #31  9.890 -0.010


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  153 Chris DePascale                        15 Mike Sawyer                  
E3                   0.011  9.958 135.54     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.950 161.92
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.058             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Szilagyi  ) 0.015  9.919  0.019      (C Yannetti  ) 0.019  9.920  0.020
E1    (D Allen     ) 0.016  9.950  0.050      (L Slodysko  ) 0.026  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #25  9.950  0.050                       #15  9.928  0.028
Mike Sawyer's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1574 Frank Maiolo                         1986 Bob Madden                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  9.910 164.09                    -0.022 10.034 152.90
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.134
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rockcastle) 0.033  9.858 -0.042      (D Morris    ) 0.015  9.908  0.008
E1    (M Schurman  ) 0.030  9.900  0.000      (C Musacchio ) 0.028  9.894 -0.006
 Qualified:             #2  9.900  0.000                       #30  9.894 -0.006


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1351 Craig Porter                         1388 John Stover                  
E3                   0.027 11.758  85.31     ****WINNER****  0.039 10.067 129.89
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.858             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.167
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Conti     ) 0.022  9.909  0.009      (K Puckett   ) 0.018  9.919  0.019
E1    (E Nichols   ) 0.031  9.911  0.011      (Bye         ) -0.024  9.932  0.032
 Qualified:             #8  9.911  0.011                       #17  9.932  0.032
Porter slowed, could not see why.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  129 John Martin                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.999 162.98     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.099     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Volpe     ) 0.016  9.914  0.014   
E1    (S Harp      ) 0.018  9.941  0.041   
 Qualified:            #20  9.941  0.041                     Bye
Martin closes the round on a bye run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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