Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 08:28 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 4961 Craig Anderson                       7765 Jim Hughes                   
E5                  -0.007 14.144  86.78     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.875 151.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  4.244             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Parsons   ) 0.042  9.906  0.006      (D Stobbe    ) 0.010  9.879 -0.021
E3    (B Herr      ) 0.000  9.855 -0.045      (C Newman    ) 0.006  9.937  0.037
E2    (J Lintz     ) 0.011  9.884 -0.016      (J Stover    ) 0.022  9.932  0.032
E1    (P Wiechmann ) 0.003  9.888 -0.012      (K Sexton    ) 0.035  9.954  0.054
 Qualified:            #39  9.888 -0.012                       #36  9.954  0.054

5:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,217 feet.

Anderson goes red by -0.007 to give the free pass to the next round to Hughes.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Val Torres Jr.                          2 Mike Ferderer                
E5                   0.021  9.911 159.25     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.911 154.81
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Naber     ) 0.009  9.896 -0.004      (R Perez Jr  ) 0.002  9.890 -0.010
E3    (J Calton    ) 0.013  9.942  0.042      (R Sawyer    ) 0.018  9.917  0.017
E2    (V Campa     ) 0.022  9.900  0.000      (J Ross      ) 0.003  9.896 -0.004
E1    (B Pierce    ) 0.001  9.904  0.004      (R Cates     ) 0.043  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:             #8  9.904  0.004                       #22  9.921  0.021

Close RT's and identical elapsed times. Mike Ferderer's MOV: 0.0043 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

Val Torres Jr.'s package: 0.032. Mike Ferderer's package: 0.028.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                         15 Jason Kenny                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.920 169.38                     0.060  9.890 159.91
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E4    (H Colleasure) 0.008  9.926  0.026                     1.449  9.894 -0.006
E3    (R Okerman   ) 0.018  9.904  0.004      (R Balough   ) 0.013  9.880 -0.020
E2    (J Roubicek  ) 0.012  9.938  0.038      (D Sanchez   ) 0.077  9.947  0.047
E1    (R Kersey    ) 0.024  9.936  0.036      (R Kato      ) 0.008  9.923  0.023
 Qualified:            #31  9.936  0.036                       #23  9.923  0.023

Steve Williams wins on a -0.010 breakout by Kenny.

He will race Hughes and Ferderer will get the bye in round six.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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