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Sat, 21 Feb 2009, 01:44 PM

Super Comp Round 2 Eliminations
By Darryl Jackman





CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7942 Thomas Bayer                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.887 166.13     
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.013     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Quigley   ) 0.018  8.901  0.001   
 Qualified:             #1  8.901  0.001                     Bye
11:19 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,113 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Thomas Bayer gets the opening single in round 2.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  754 Mark Darsow                          798A Bill Botelho                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.909 167.28                     0.009  8.941 154.69
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Swindoll  ) 0.007  8.912  0.012      (D Walters   ) 0.012  9.088  0.188
 Qualified:             #8  8.912  0.012                       #30  9.088  0.188
Mark Darsow's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7794 Matthew Harvil                        601 Earl Cunningham              
E2                   0.008  8.915 168.91     ****WINNER****  0.003  8.910 171.29
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Steinebach) 0.028  8.924  0.024      (B Theobald  ) 0.037  8.884 -0.016
 Qualified:            #17  8.924  0.024                       #39  8.884 -0.016
Earl Cunningham's MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 765L Loreen Rogers                        7061 Larry Marshall               
E2                  -0.005  8.890 171.10     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.945 159.49
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Stickler  ) 0.063  8.878 -0.022      (D Carter    ) 0.049  8.940  0.040
 Qualified:            #42  8.878 -0.022                       #20  8.940  0.040
Larry Marshall wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7660 Harold Meziere                       7875 Roy Cracraft                 
E2                  -0.050  8.877 167.61     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.835 186.02
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.065
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Waggoner  ) 0.025  8.886 -0.014      (B Woodruff  ) 0.021  8.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #36  8.886 -0.014                       #14  8.921  0.021
Roy Cracraft wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5205 Daren Erickson                       7835 Keith Downing                
E2                   0.032  8.862 167.16     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.880 162.72
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.038             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Barton    ) 0.032  8.917  0.017      (D Westra    ) 0.028  8.890 -0.010
 Qualified:            #11  8.917  0.017                       #33  8.890 -0.010
Keith Downing wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6173 Ken Mostowich                        420X Michael Hunt                 
E2                   0.006  8.875 178.38     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.899 165.78
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Figueroa  ) 0.023  8.925  0.025      (C Hiatt     ) 0.003  8.883 -0.017
 Qualified:            #18  8.925  0.025                       #40  8.883 -0.017
Michael Hunt wins on a double-breakout. Two great lights this time around but only one winner, Hunt.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6780 George Preszler                      7265 Larry Scarth                 
E2                   0.075  9.064 178.50     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.901 170.34
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.164             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J LaBorde   ) 0.253  9.181  0.281      (M Minor     ) 0.000  8.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #31  9.181  0.281                        #9  8.913  0.013
Preszler was way off pace and Scarth gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5135 Grant Pederson                       7351 Jerry Denton                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.906 176.84                     0.024  8.913 167.86
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Koski     ) 0.057  8.919  0.019      (C Lamica    ) 0.032  8.889 -0.011
 Qualified:            #12  8.919  0.019                       #34  8.889 -0.011
Grant Pederson's MOV: 0.0216 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7725 Mike Hiatt                           702G Mike Proctor                 
E2                   0.011  8.872 179.54     ****WINNER****  0.038  8.873 177.67
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.028             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Blackwell ) 0.015  8.923  0.023      (B Downing   ) 0.032  8.885 -0.015
 Qualified:            #16  8.923  0.023                       #38  8.885 -0.015
Mike Proctor wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5222 Max Tafoya Jr                        7806 David Alves                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.894 155.20                     0.028  8.828 178.12
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.072
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Vander Mee) 0.028  8.904  0.004      (J Freer     ) 0.057  8.985  0.085
 Qualified:             #3  8.904  0.004                       #25  8.985  0.085
Max Tafoya Jr wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7498 Steve Casner                          739 Jonathan Fiello              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  8.890 168.87                     0.011  8.875 170.45
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Johnson   ) 0.010  8.910  0.010      (C Lucas     ) 0.011  9.060  0.160
 Qualified:             #6  8.910  0.010                       #28  9.060  0.160
Steve Casner wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Aaron Kinard                         7667 Roy Stickler                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.910 167.20                     0.055  8.882 175.18
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Dolezal   ) 0.031  8.951  0.051      (J Livesey   ) 0.209  8.841 -0.059
 Qualified:            #23  8.951  0.051                       #45  8.841 -0.059
Aaron Kinard wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7023 Chuck Babcock                         564 Timothy Parker               
E2                   1.045  8.924 159.74     ****WINNER****  0.040  8.973 164.05
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.073
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Colton    ) 0.073  8.920  0.020      (C Blaisdell ) 0.029  8.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #13  8.920  0.020                       #35  8.888 -0.012
Really not certain what happened to Babcock. Win to Parker.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 George Garbiso                        569 Greg Krause                  
E2                   0.026  8.921 160.73     ****WINNER****  0.024  8.916 168.39
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.021             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Marcum    ) 0.006  9.032  0.132      (H Pierce    ) 0.019  8.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #27  9.032  0.132                        #5  8.909  0.009
Greg Krause's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7280 Glenn Kern                           7774 Rodger Comstock              
E2                   0.056  8.888 174.71     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.927 175.78
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Yancer    ) 0.007  8.943  0.043      (B Dennis    ) 0.002  8.877 -0.023
 Qualified:            #21  8.943  0.043                       #43  8.877 -0.023
Rodger Comstock wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7805 Gabriel Torres                       7852 Matt Woodard                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.925 158.89                     0.010  8.889 170.64
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gecker    ) 0.029  8.914  0.014      (F Jaramillo ) 0.038  8.899 -0.001
 Qualified:            #10  8.914  0.014                       #32  8.899 -0.001
Gabriel Torres wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780F Danny Aguayo                           74 Rich Camou                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.906 168.51                     0.021  8.901 162.65
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Stewart   ) 0.051  8.981  0.081      (P Jaramillo ) 0.015  8.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #24  8.981  0.081                        #2  8.904  0.004
Danny Aguayo's MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 10 inches). Now THAT was close!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5000 Dustin Long                          7993 Alan Englen                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  8.934 170.54                     0.061  8.902 170.08
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.034             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Olpin     ) 0.024  8.906  0.006      (Bye         ) 0.230  8.998  0.098
 Qualified:             #4  8.906  0.006                       #26  8.998  0.098
Dustin Long's MOV: 0.0143 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  780 Guy Aguayo                           7010 Travis Theobald              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.909 168.18                     0.024  8.890 173.96
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Madrid    ) 0.025  8.886 -0.014      (B Dolezal   ) 0.029  8.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #37  8.886 -0.014                       #15  8.921  0.021
Guy Aguayo wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7809 Val Torres                            859 Mikael Nilsson               
E2                   0.026  8.882 168.64     ****WINNER****  0.023  8.883 165.64
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Lindsay   ) 0.003  8.929  0.029      (D Meziere   ) 0.000  8.883 -0.017
 Qualified:            #19  8.929  0.029                       #41  8.883 -0.017
Mikael Nilsson wins on a double-breakout by .001!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 706C Chad Langdon                           57 Steve Whitfield              
E2                   0.042  9.169 166.81     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.078 158.04
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.269             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.178
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Narum     ) 0.033  8.854 -0.046      (C Forsyth   ) 0.029  8.943  0.043
 Qualified:            #44  8.854 -0.046                       #22  8.943  0.043
Neither run close to the number but Whitfield was closer.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7613 Kevin Kleineweber                    7864 Michael Woodard              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049  8.952 163.45                     0.056  9.016 139.52
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.052             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.116
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Davis     ) 0.029  8.910  0.010      (J Howe      ) 0.033  9.064  0.164
 Qualified:             #7  8.910  0.010                       #29  9.064  0.164
Kevin Kleineweber's MOV: 0.0711 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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