Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 05:32 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Gerald Turczyn Jr                          Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.908 161.92     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008     
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Blodgett J) 0.026  9.946  0.046   
E2    (W Priddy    ) 0.027  9.903  0.003   
E1    (J Serna     ) 0.047  9.905  0.005   
 Qualified:             #2  9.905  0.005                     Bye

2:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,821 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Bye run for Turczyn takes the Bye Run and will want these numbers next round too.

Gerald Turczyn Jr's package: 0.017.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                        7765 Jim Hughes                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.915 148.61                     0.024  9.918 155.52
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Mangus    ) 0.024  9.892 -0.008      (G Smith     ) 0.019  9.883 -0.017
E2    (D Coapstick ) 0.026  9.887 -0.013      (R Fabbro    ) 0.025  9.913  0.013
E1    (K Sexton    ) 0.004  9.917  0.017      (S Williams  ) 0.019  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #13  9.917  0.017                        #8  9.912  0.012

Identical RT's and almost identical ET's!

Randy Balough's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

Randy Balough's package: 0.039. Jim Hughes' package: 0.042.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   65 John Whitmore                        4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E4                   0.033  9.922 162.18     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.917 157.98
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Blodgett  ) -0.009  9.878 -0.022      (C Blaisdell ) 0.014  9.932  0.032
E2    (D Mitchell  ) 0.000  9.946  0.046      (G Ventura   ) 0.028  9.944  0.044
E1    (D Cook      ) 0.022  9.915  0.015      (M Lang      ) 0.004  9.958  0.058
 Qualified:            #11  9.915  0.015                       #27  9.958  0.058

Jimmy Lewis' MOV: 0.0354 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6458 John Dalrymple                       7544 Brad Pierce                  
E4                   0.018  9.886 164.51     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.918 146.38
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Kellner   ) 0.012  9.901  0.001      (D Lough     ) 0.002  9.923  0.023
E2    (D Kelly     ) 0.028 11.044  1.144      (A Galati    ) 0.010  9.935  0.035
E1    (Bye         ) 0.024  9.908  0.008      (J Stover    ) 0.010  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:             #4  9.908  0.008                        #9  9.913  0.013

Brad Pierce wins on a -0.014 breakout by Dalrymple.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Roger Kato                            550 Ed Olpin                     
E4                   0.006  9.874 152.76     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.877 157.91
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Rogers    ) 0.006  9.887 -0.013      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.015  9.913  0.013
E2    (R Herem     ) 0.011  9.950  0.050      (M Blodgett  ) 0.013  9.924  0.024
E1    (J Sebastiani) 0.026  9.949  0.049      (J Larsen    ) 0.064  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #26  9.949  0.049                       #20  9.928  0.028

Ed Olpin wins on a double-breakout. -0.023 to -0.026!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7685 Charlie Waggoner                     7441 Glenn Roundtree              
E4                  -0.035  9.919 144.18     ****WINNER****  0.086  9.914 150.87
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.012  9.910  0.010      (T Pulliam   ) 0.067  9.929  0.029
E2    (C Newman    ) 0.034  9.909  0.009      (J Agalsoff  ) 0.052 10.959  1.059
E1    (R Okerman   ) 0.018  9.930  0.030      (T Hiatt     ) 0.022  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #22  9.930  0.030                        #7  9.909  0.009

Glenn Roundtree wins on a red light.

Roundtree will race Pierce in round five. In other matches: Turczyn vs. Olpin; and Balough vs. Lewis.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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