Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 07:40 PM Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7010 Travis Theobald                      7796 John Richardson              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.007  8.920 175.62                     0.015  8.882 174.32
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Barton    ) 0.012  8.884 -0.016      (M Hiatt     ) 0.019  8.910  0.010
E2    (M Quigley   ) 0.019  8.879 -0.021      (B Hiatt     ) 0.018  8.889 -0.011
E1    (B Dye Jr    ) 0.019  8.879 -0.021      (M Miller    ) 0.020  8.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #42  8.879 -0.021                        #2  8.903  0.003

4:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,457 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Travis Theobald takes a 0.007 light and then wins on a -0.018 breakout by Richardson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7842 Chris Forsyth                        7980 Joe Roubicek                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.007  8.884 169.78                     0.167  8.865 189.66
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.035
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Aguayo    ) 0.019  8.855 -0.045      (M Piraino   ) 0.041  8.927  0.027
E2    (J Koron     ) 0.015  8.946  0.046      (C Lucas     ) 0.058  8.906  0.006
E1    (G Garbiso   ) 0.004  8.940  0.040      (D Higgins   ) 0.046  8.850 -0.050
 Qualified:            #27  8.940  0.040                       #44  8.850 -0.050

Chris Forsyth wins on a double-breakout. Roubicek is way late.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  731 Rick Beckstrom                       7942 Thomas Bayer                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.904 181.59                     0.008  8.910 166.48
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.004             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Theobald  ) 0.018  8.885 -0.015      (G Torres    ) 0.026  8.944  0.044
E2    (C Ferre     ) 0.001  8.905  0.005      (N Saetes    ) 0.018  8.876 -0.024
E1    (M Woodard   ) 0.020  8.907  0.007      (B Plourd    ) 0.011  8.913  0.013
 Qualified:             #5  8.907  0.007                       #11  8.913  0.013

Beckstrom runs 0.004 to the index and a 0.001 light! Bayer was close.

Rick Beckstrom's MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Rick Beckstrom's package: 0.005. Thomas Bayer's package: 0.018.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7054 Robert Broguiere                     7855 Greg Boutte                  
E4                   0.016  8.940 169.66     ****WINNER****  0.023  8.908 175.55
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.040             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Wright    ) 0.022  8.850 -0.050      (M Ferderer  ) 0.003  8.918  0.018
E2    (R Cracraft  ) 0.047  8.856 -0.044      (K Mostowich ) 0.018  8.895 -0.005
E1    (E Krzywicki ) 0.045  8.886 -0.014      (P Johnson   ) 0.018  8.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #40  8.886 -0.014                       #12  8.914  0.014

Greg Boutte's MOV: 0.0258 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Jason Kenny                          177K Al Kenny                     
E4                   0.046  8.895 175.82     ****WINNER****  0.014  8.895 169.10
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Castillo  ) 0.042  8.946  0.046                     0.015  8.981  0.081
E2    (L Parfait   ) 0.024  8.954  0.054      (T Parker    ) 0.012  9.073  0.173
E1    (M Dalrymple ) 0.052  8.958  0.058      (E Olpin     ) 0.019  8.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #30  8.958  0.058                       #24  8.928  0.028

Father and son. Dad gets the hole shot win. Al Kenny wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  622 Tom Pappas                           4961 Craig Anderson               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.014  8.844 178.54                    -0.003  8.890 179.35
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.056             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Chesbrough) 0.006  8.926  0.026      (M Tafoya    ) 0.032  8.908  0.008
E2    (C Le Clair  ) 0.031  8.957  0.057      (T Yancer    ) 0.023  8.938  0.038
E1    (H Meziere   ) 0.013  8.893 -0.007      (J Outram    ) 0.022  8.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #37  8.893 -0.007                       #20  8.925  0.025

Tom Pappas wins on a -0.003 red light by Anderson.

4:33 p.m. In round five: A. Kenny vs. Forsyth; Pappas vs. Boutte; and Theobald vs. Beckstrom.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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