Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 06:22 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 4 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                        1821 Duane Dagostino              
E4                   0.016  9.947 159.55     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.917 152.47
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E3    (H Smith     ) 0.027  9.934  0.034      (R Sawyer    ) 0.015  9.954  0.054
E2    (I Boicesco  ) 0.332  9.912  0.012      (T Goldman   ) 0.025  9.944  0.044
E1    (P Laino     ) 0.036  9.903  0.003      (J Fedeli    )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #5  9.903  0.003                       #38  0.001 -9.899

6:13 p.m. Race officials hope to finish all the finals before 8 p.m. If not, it's "come back tomorrow."Duane Dagostino's MOV: 0.0391 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Duane Dagostino's package: 0.024.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1050 Billy Leber                          1388 John Stover                  
E4                   0.034  9.915 156.92     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.904 160.06
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Orbin     ) 0.015  9.934  0.034      (C Porter    ) 0.039 10.067  0.167
E2    (R Fordyce Sr) 0.014  9.947  0.047      (K Puckett   ) 0.018  9.919  0.019
E1    (J Asta      ) 0.023  9.900  0.000      (Bye         ) -0.024  9.932  0.032
 Qualified:             #3  9.900  0.000                       #17  9.932  0.032

John Stover's MOV: 0.0347 seconds (approximately 8 feet). John Stover's package: 0.015.
Stover faces D'Agostino in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  129 John Martin                            15 Mike Sawyer                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.823 162.68                    -0.021  9.873 164.57
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.077             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.031  9.999  0.099      (C DePascale ) 0.013  9.950  0.050
E2    (F Volpe     ) 0.016  9.914  0.014      (C Yannetti  ) 0.019  9.920  0.020
E1    (S Harp      ) 0.018  9.941  0.041      (L Slodysko  ) 0.026  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #20  9.941  0.041                       #15  9.928  0.028

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 174M John Maggiulli Jr                    1962 Ed Alessi Sr                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.899 151.00                     0.049  9.885 146.78
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Eitel     ) 0.001  9.910  0.010      (M Starks    ) 0.545  9.893 -0.007
E2    (A Kenny     ) 0.041  9.923  0.023      (P Iannone   ) 0.046  9.953  0.053
E1    (W Ferrese   ) 0.010  9.934  0.034      (J Donnelly  ) 0.061  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #18  9.934  0.034                        #4  9.901  0.001

Maggiuli races Martin in the wuarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1574 Frank Maiolo                         1451 Scott Weney                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.918 159.61                     0.011  9.958 149.95
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Madden    ) 0.046  9.910  0.010      (L Marshall  ) 0.019  9.971  0.071
E2    (D Rockcastle) 0.033  9.858 -0.042      (P Dehner    ) 0.013  9.995  0.095
E1    (M Schurman  ) 0.030  9.900  0.000      (S Cohen     ) 0.011  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:             #2  9.900  0.000                       #16  9.931  0.031

Maiolo gets a bye to the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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