Sun, 5 Oct 2008, 09:28 PM Super Street Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Street at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7046 Matt Blodgett                        7442 Mike Lang                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.915 129.00                     0.038 10.900 127.21
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.015           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jackson   ) 0.022 10.875 -0.025      (M Scarpelli ) 0.059 10.893 -0.007
E1    (T Rash      ) 0.021 10.911  0.011      (D Gotts     ) 0.006 11.071  0.171
 Qualified:             #4 10.911  0.011                       #21 11.071  0.171

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.69 inches, adjusted altitude 2,769 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Lang runs right on the 10.900 index, but just gets beat at the finish by Blodgett's hole shot.Matt Blodgett's MOV: 0.0039 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

Matt Blodgett's package: 0.035.
Mike Lang's package: 0.038.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6062 Brett Waldron                        X765 Harlan Tucker                
E3                   0.033 11.372 136.48     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.919 125.73
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.472           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Williams  ) 0.022 10.892 -0.008      (G Hardee    ) 0.019 10.873 -0.027
E1    (R Kelly     ) 0.004 10.908  0.008      (R Hartzell  ) 0.007 10.923  0.023
 Qualified:             #2 10.908  0.008                        #8 10.923  0.023

Waldron slows after mid-track and gives the easy win to Tucker.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  774 Ryan Giacone                         7156 David Kiesel                 
E3                   0.036 10.956 124.45     ****WINNER****  0.000 10.930 124.10
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.056           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Thompson  ) 0.036 10.946  0.046      (N Alejandre ) 0.040 10.877 -0.023
E1    (R Mangus    ) 0.009 10.958  0.058      (Bye         ) 0.077 10.935  0.035
 Qualified:            #16 10.958  0.058                       #11 10.935  0.035

Perfect light for Kiesel gets him almost a car length advantage in the lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7066 Chris Bracey                         7179 Scott Karsten                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.911 128.13                     0.015 10.956 121.86
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.011           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Downing   ) 0.039 10.900  0.000      (L Garcia    ) 0.040 10.925  0.025
E1    (M Conway    ) 0.013 10.940  0.040      (S Allen     ) 0.195 10.986  0.086
 Qualified:            #12 10.940  0.040                       #17 10.986  0.086

Nice package for Bracey for the 1/2 car win.Chris Bracey's package: 0.024.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7177 Charles Campanella                   7014 Bob Johnson                  
E3                   0.011 10.857 116.59     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.884 133.13
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.043           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Clark     ) 0.019 10.918  0.018      (B Gebhart   ) 0.005 10.901  0.001
E1    (K Manogue   ) 0.017 11.067  0.167      (J Lokhaug   ) 0.013 10.952  0.052
 Qualified:            #20 11.067  0.167                       #14 10.952  0.052

Double breakout win for Johnson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   67 Ray Carlson                            71 Dwight Downing               
E3                   0.077 10.911 136.44     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.904 128.84
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.011           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.052 10.946  0.046      (R Chagnon   ) 0.030 10.931  0.031
E1    (V Dalluge   ) 0.000 10.906  0.006      (K Ferguson  ) 0.027 11.015  0.115
 Qualified:             #1 10.906  0.006                       #18 11.015  0.115

Downing is first off the line and first at the lights.

6:18 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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