Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 05:48 PM Super Comp Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 496D Richard Pierson                      464Q Austin Williams              
E7   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.907 161.98                     0.012  8.886 154.09
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E6    (G Stinnett  ) 0.020  8.903  0.003      (L Didier    ) 0.008  8.912  0.012
E5    (L McClure   ) 0.012  8.893 -0.007      (T Sullivan  ) 0.025  8.876 -0.024
E4    (D Wegner    ) 0.012  8.905  0.005      (R Hunter    ) 0.011  8.937  0.037
E3    (D Overton   ) 0.033  8.882 -0.018      (J Hooper    ) 0.014  8.923  0.023
E2    (J Scott     ) 0.007  8.912  0.012      (T Prudhomme ) 0.004  8.903  0.003
E1    (E Sandlin   ) 0.008  8.890 -0.010      (D Hamlin Jr ) 0.014  8.880 -0.020
 Qualified:            #33  8.890 -0.010                       #37  8.880 -0.020

Pierson and Williams are in their first final round appearance.

They leave the line together, then Williams takes a little too much stripe. Pierson gets his first ever national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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