Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 03:20 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4588 Buddy Wood                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.893 158.28     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Virgadamo ) 0.007  9.895 -0.005   
E1    (F Tamborella) 0.082  9.902  0.002   
 Qualified:             #1  9.902  0.002                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 458A Jim Palmer                              5 Tommy Phillips               
E3                  -0.008  9.895 143.63     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.901 161.50
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Franklin  ) 0.004  9.950  0.050      (R Laris     ) 0.006  9.895 -0.005
E1    (R Loomis    ) 0.012 10.000  0.100      (J Hickey    ) 0.015  9.932  0.032
 Qualified:            #17 10.000  0.100                        #9  9.932  0.032

Tommy Phillips' package: 0.017.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 458C Jim Repka                            4463 Tim Wilson                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.915 150.92                     0.040  9.892 144.19
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Serna     ) 0.017  9.920  0.020      (T Dennis    ) 0.012  9.931  0.031
E1    (J Debusk    ) 0.004  9.932  0.032      (A Wood      ) 0.012  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:             #8  9.932  0.032                       #15  9.945  0.045

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 417B Leonard Trahan Jr                    7765 Jim Hughes                   
E3                   0.033  9.876 137.16     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.900 154.86
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Nelson    ) 0.027  9.850 -0.050      (R Warren    ) 0.013  9.916  0.016
E1    (R Alanis    ) 0.067  9.899 -0.001      (B Chase     ) 0.036  9.940  0.040
 Qualified:            #22  9.899 -0.001                       #14  9.940  0.040

Hughes runs dead on...Jim Hughes' package: 0.026.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Mike Ferderer                        4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E3                   0.013  9.887 169.70     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.907 168.94
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Arnold    ) 0.006 10.012  0.112      (D Schnautz  ) 0.026  9.920  0.020
E1    (R Baudoin   ) 0.005  9.910  0.010      (D Purvis    ) 0.018  9.932  0.032
 Qualified:             #3  9.910  0.010                       #10  9.932  0.032

Jimmy Lewis' package: 0.008. Lewis will face Hughes in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4604 Ray Todd                             446D David Jones                  
E3                   0.003  9.890 160.44     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.924 160.42
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Salter    ) 0.041  9.892 -0.008      (L Blankenshi) 0.008  9.941  0.041
E1    (Bye         ) 0.008  9.934  0.034      (T Phillips  ) 0.014 10.090  0.190
 Qualified:            #12  9.934  0.034                       #20 10.090  0.190

Jones will face Wood in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 409E Lamar Swindoll                       4311 Jeff Lopez                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.909 135.37                     0.010  9.894 151.99
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Prudhomme ) 0.001  9.919  0.019      (R Mayse     ) 0.023  9.892 -0.008
E1    (V Arnold    ) 0.091 10.151  0.251      (A Boggs     ) 0.011  9.886 -0.014
 Qualified:            #21 10.151  0.251                       #28  9.886 -0.014

Lamar Swindoll's package: 0.012. Swindoll will face Phillips in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4766 Shannon Brinkley                     4919 Joe Harper                   
E3                   0.019  9.928 154.09     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.907 159.44
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Swindoll J) 0.045  9.917  0.017      (J Bunce     ) 0.017  9.879 -0.021
E1    (A Savage    ) 0.003  9.915  0.015      (R Hunter    ) 0.002  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:             #4  9.915  0.015                       #26  9.890 -0.010

Joe Harper's package: 0.020. Harper will face Repka in the next round....

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