Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 05:16 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1728 Jeff Szilagyi                        3275 Doug McRobie                 
E3                   0.017  9.880 158.52     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.887 144.88
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rockcastle) 0.011  9.907  0.007      (J Henderson ) 0.026  9.907  0.007
E1    (L Wolford   ) 0.009  9.910  0.010      (R Eaker     ) 0.078  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:             #3  9.910  0.010                       #12  9.922  0.022

5:06 p.m.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3548 Mark Sanders                           14 John Napolitano              
E3                   0.008  9.866 162.35     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.899 151.14
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Dehner    ) 0.013  9.924  0.024      (J Stover    ) 0.010  9.909  0.009
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.002  9.896 -0.004      (R Clark     ) 0.007  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #32  9.896 -0.004                        #6  9.916  0.016

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Carl Root                              34 Ron Erks                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.914 146.89                     0.042  9.933 162.06
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N on File   ) 0.009  9.917  0.017      (D Northrop  ) 0.008  9.909  0.009
E1    (J Balcom    ) 0.030  9.937  0.037      (A Berberich ) 0.006 10.077  0.177
 Qualified:            #19  9.937  0.037                       #28 10.077  0.177

Carl Root's package: 0.031. Carl Root's MOV: 0.0444 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3536 Bill Ford                            3752 Kenneth Lafollette           
E3                   0.074 10.186 150.23     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.914 144.41
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.286             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Bailey    ) 0.002  9.936  0.036      (J Nance     ) 0.062  9.826 -0.074
E1    (T Mazza     ) 0.066 10.341  0.441      (G Hartig    ) 0.046  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:            #30 10.341  0.441                       #21  9.945  0.045

Kenneth Lafollette's package: 0.036.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3213 Bill Jackson                         1915 Ray Sawyer                   
E3                   0.007  9.889 152.35     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.917 168.51
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Dimond    ) 0.019  9.923  0.023      (S Hoyt      ) -0.008  9.895 -0.005
E1    (S Mackie    ) 0.019  9.918  0.018      (S Eckard    ) 0.020  9.886 -0.014
 Qualified:             #9  9.918  0.018                       #35  9.886 -0.014

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3262 Marlin Snyder                        3952 Marvin Benoit Jr             
E3                   0.027  9.911 157.58     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.900 143.28
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Apple     ) 0.020  9.915  0.015      (C Yates     ) 0.012  9.924  0.024
E1    (Bye         ) 0.029  9.891 -0.009      (B Fast      ) 0.040  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #34  9.891 -0.009                        #8  9.918  0.018

Marvin Benoit Jr's MOV: 0.0318 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Marvin Benoit Jr's package: 0.007, all on the starting line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Ray Connolly                         3013 David Dailey Sr.             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030 10.068 139.43                     0.248  9.898 141.42
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.168             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Mac Millan) 0.032  9.903  0.003      (D Gumbert   ) 0.071  9.911  0.011
E1    (M Conkle    ) 0.028  9.930  0.030      (E Alessi    ) 0.026  9.951  0.051
 Qualified:            #16  9.930  0.030                       #24  9.951  0.051

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3824 Gary Linkhorn                        315X Steve Theodor                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.918 153.74                    -0.011  9.878 158.84
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kroft     ) 0.003  9.924  0.024                     0.017  9.910  0.010
E1    (T Eckard    ) 0.021  9.994  0.094      (L Pinto     ) 0.011  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #27  9.994  0.094                        #1  9.900  0.000

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1064 Todd Logan                           1050 Billy Leber                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.909 151.22                     0.016  9.922 160.40
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Zynda     ) 0.007  9.940  0.040      (K Bowers    ) 0.013  9.928  0.028
E1    (E Arnold    ) 0.042  9.915  0.015      (P Fidler    ) 0.034  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:             #5  9.915  0.015                       #31  9.899 -0.001

Todd Logan's package: 0.019.
Billy Leber's package: 0.038.
Todd Logan's MOV: 0.0191 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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