Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 05:30 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
 7515 John Larsen                          7862 Dave Coapstick               
E5                   0.049  9.943 165.19     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.931 153.35
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Broussard ) 0.035  9.906  0.006      (D Anderson  ) 0.007  9.937  0.037
E3    (S Gecker    ) 0.003  9.857 -0.043      (D Downing   ) 0.013  9.907  0.007
E2    (T Hiatt     ) 0.003  9.874 -0.026      (R Cates     ) 0.018  9.894 -0.006
E1    (G Smith     ) 0.016  9.875 -0.025      (W Boxold    ) 0.013  9.862 -0.038
 Qualified:            #41  9.875 -0.025                       #44  9.862 -0.038

2:25 p.m. Dave Coapstick's MOV: 0.0502 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  734 Gary Cooke                           7267 Larry Scarth                 
E5                   0.005  9.858 158.33     ****WINNER****  0.049  9.901 145.00
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.042             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Tafoya Jr ) 0.012  9.936  0.036      (B Pierce    ) 0.002  9.915  0.015
E3    (M Iacono    ) 0.021  9.843 -0.057      (D Miyashiro ) 0.000  9.874 -0.026
E2    (J Cross     ) 0.007  9.879 -0.021      (B Dillard   ) 0.014  9.940  0.040
E1    (J Momjian   ) 0.001  9.878 -0.022      (P Wiechmann ) 0.010  9.864 -0.036
 Qualified:            #40  9.878 -0.022                       #43  9.864 -0.036

The winner here gets Coapstick in one semi...and that would be Scarth.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780V Val Torres Jr                        5242 Mitch Mustard                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.851 153.56                    -0.006  9.864 162.18
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.049             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Herr      ) 0.029  9.917  0.017      (R Naber     ) 0.016  9.905  0.005
E3    (D Crumlich  ) 0.018  9.938  0.038      (T Grueser   ) 0.004  9.870 -0.030
E2    (S Skaggs    ) 0.058  9.879 -0.021      (R Priddy    ) 0.018  9.929  0.029
E1    (M Blodgett  ) 0.010  9.893 -0.007      (B Packard   ) 0.036  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #31  9.893 -0.007                        #6  9.909  0.009

Torres wins a single into the final on Mustard's redlight.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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