Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 07:30 PM Super Gas Round 6 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 6 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
    4 Ray Connolly                         1915 Ray Sawyer                   
E6                   0.026  9.983 148.01     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.960 160.44
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.083             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E5                   0.081  9.916  0.016      (C Root      ) 0.033  9.971  0.071
E4    (D McRobie   ) 0.023  9.933  0.033      (T Logan     ) 0.026 10.087  0.187
E3    (D Dailey    ) 0.030 10.068  0.168      (B Jackson   ) 0.023  9.917  0.017
E2    (C Mac Millan) 0.032  9.903  0.003      (S Hoyt      ) -0.008  9.895 -0.005
E1    (M Conkle    ) 0.028  9.930  0.030      (S Eckard    ) 0.020  9.886 -0.014
 Qualified:            #16  9.930  0.030                       #35  9.886 -0.014

7:26 p.m. This is the last semifinal of the event, then a handful of finals and it will be in the books.

These two have long lists of accomplishments and one will be in the final round here.

It will be Sawyer, his better light the key to the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                3824 Gary Linkhorn                
E6                                            ****WINNER****  0.012 10.076 124.66
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.176
 Prior rounds:
E5                                           (M Benoit    ) 0.068  9.898 -0.002
E4                                           (J Napolitano) 0.014  9.902  0.002
E3                                           (S Theodor   ) 0.038  9.918  0.018
E2                                           (D Kroft     ) 0.003  9.924  0.024
E1                                           (T Eckard    ) 0.021  9.994  0.094
 Qualified:                                                      #27  9.994  0.094

It will be Linkhorn and Sawyer in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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