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Sat, 15 Nov 2008, 12:16 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By David Gerard





POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5222 Max Tafoya Jr                        501B Bob Fuller                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.903 160.38                     0.002  9.916 161.00
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.018  9.930  0.030      (J Cheney    ) 0.007  9.891 -0.009
E1    (J Lamb      ) 0.014  9.902  0.002      (R Fabbro    ) 0.015  9.929  0.029
 Qualified:             #1  9.902  0.002                       #13  9.929  0.029
9:05 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,320 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Max Tafoya Jr's MOV: 0.0011 seconds (approximately 3 inches). Max Tafoya Jr's package: 0.017.
Bob Fuller's package: 0.018.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7337 Hollis Colleasure                    6683 Diana Anderson               
E3                   0.020  9.888 139.54     ****WINNER****  0.084  9.899 159.51
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Olpin     ) 0.017  9.878 -0.022      (J Serna     ) 0.099  9.912  0.012
E1    (R Herem     ) 0.071  9.882 -0.018      (J Whitmore  ) 0.014  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:            #38  9.882 -0.018                       #27  9.895 -0.005
Double breakout win for Anderson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1112 Michael Iacono                        734 Gary Cooke                   
E3                  -0.005 13.461  87.87     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.843 162.24
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  3.561             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.057
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Kato      ) 0.013  9.924  0.024      (J Cross     ) 0.007  9.879 -0.021
E1    (R Chagnon   ) 0.012  9.914  0.014      (J Momjian   ) 0.001  9.878 -0.022
 Qualified:             #7  9.914  0.014                       #40  9.878 -0.022
Iacono is red by -0.005 and Cooke gets a free one.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  731 Rick Beckstrom                       7544 Brad Pierce                  
E3                   0.066  9.882 168.16     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.895 140.94
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Anderson  ) 0.026  9.890 -0.010      (T Seipel    ) 0.011  9.959  0.059
E1    (G Scott     ) 0.016  9.945  0.045      (S Williams  ) 0.010  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #15  9.945  0.045                        #4  9.907  0.007
Double breakout win for Pierce.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  505 Sheldon Gecker                       7515 John Larsen                  
E3                  -0.130 15.896  56.20     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.857 166.68
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  5.996             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.043
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Agalsoff  ) 0.019  9.902  0.002      (T Hiatt     ) 0.003  9.874 -0.026
E1    (F Kondrotas ) 0.083  9.893 -0.007      (G Smith     ) 0.016  9.875 -0.025
 Qualified:            #30  9.893 -0.007                       #41  9.875 -0.025
Gecker misses the green completely. Nice light for Larsen.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7142 Dwight Downing                       7862 Dave Coapstick               
E3                   0.026  9.889 140.14     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.907 154.88
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Wiebe     ) 0.017  9.913  0.013      (R Cates     ) 0.018  9.894 -0.006
E1    (D Anderson  ) -0.004  9.923  0.023      (W Boxold    ) 0.013  9.862 -0.038
 Qualified:            #11  9.923  0.023                       #44  9.862 -0.038
Nice 0.020 package and a breakout win for Coapstick.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7548 Dean Miyashiro                       7267 Larry Scarth                 
E3                   0.010  9.862 160.92     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.874 150.46
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.038             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Newman    ) 0.028  9.917  0.017      (B Dillard   ) 0.014  9.940  0.040
E1    (D Zewe      ) 0.038  9.922  0.022      (P Wiechmann ) 0.010  9.864 -0.036
 Qualified:            #10  9.922  0.022                       #43  9.864 -0.036
Double breakout win for Scarth. Perfect light to boot!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7993 Tom Grueser                          5242 Mitch Mustard                
E3                   0.024  9.851 136.62     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.870 153.86
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.049             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Mostowich ) 0.002  9.903  0.003      (R Priddy    ) 0.018  9.929  0.029
E1    (J Denton    ) 0.027  9.881 -0.019      (B Packard   ) 0.036  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #39  9.881 -0.019                        #6  9.909  0.009
Double breakout win for Mustard. He cards a 0.004 RT.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7332 Larry Bradshaw                       7411 Bob Herr                     
E3                   0.019  9.863 154.83     ****WINNER****  0.047  9.866 160.81
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Ferderer  ) 0.022  9.891 -0.009      (B Willoughby) 0.035  9.861 -0.039
E1    (J Gebhardt  ) 0.001  9.899 -0.001      (V Torres    ) 0.033  9.883 -0.017
 Qualified:            #25  9.899 -0.001                       #36  9.883 -0.017
Double breakout win for Herr.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Robert Naber                         7598 Chris Newman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.910 148.62                     0.020  9.881 168.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Galati    ) 0.109  9.864 -0.036      (R Balough   ) 0.017  9.879 -0.021
E1    (R Lee       ) 0.010  9.821 -0.079      (L Johnson   ) 0.089  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #45  9.821 -0.079                       #34  9.888 -0.012
Thirteen package and a breakout win for Naber.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 788D Douglas Crumlich                     780V Val Torres Jr                
E3                   0.020  9.940 137.23     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.938 150.85
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.040             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Ghyselinck) 0.009  9.923  0.023      (S Skaggs    ) 0.058  9.879 -0.021
E1    (T Keddington) 0.029  9.871 -0.029      (M Blodgett  ) 0.010  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #42  9.871 -0.029                       #31  9.893 -0.007
Val Torres Jr's MOV: 0.0045 seconds (approximately 11 inches).Douglas Crumlich's package: 0.060.
Val Torres Jr's package: 0.056.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                711T Anthony Broussard            
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.034  9.903 150.36
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (D Bracey    ) 0.033  9.962  0.062
E1                                           (K Comstock  ) 0.022  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:                                                      #24  9.899 -0.001
Bye run for Broussard to wrap up the round.

9:13 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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