Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 04:48 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7323 Glen Smith                           7544 Brad Pierce                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.050 140.43                     0.044 10.051 143.66
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.000            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Theobald  ) 0.017 10.036 -0.014      (D Cook      ) 0.000 10.053  0.003
E2    (R Okerman   ) 0.006 10.065  0.015      (V Campa     ) 0.018 10.058  0.008
E1    (R Cracraft  ) 0.019 10.064  0.014      (G Turczyn Jr) 0.007 10.072  0.022
 Qualified:            #13 10.064  0.014                       #18 10.072  0.022

1:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,683 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Wow! Glen Smith's MOV: 0.0176 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7192 Ryan Herem                           399L Mark Cook                    
E4                   0.008 10.111 151.53     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.084 149.56
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.061            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Naffziger ) 0.000 10.038 -0.012      (S Taylor    ) 0.012 10.036 -0.014
E2    (V Torres Jr ) 0.012 10.061  0.011      (R Bowers    ) 0.022 10.043 -0.007
E1    (L Burnham   ) 0.047 10.153  0.103      (J Dalrymple ) 0.027 10.034 -0.016
 Qualified:            #31 10.153  0.103                       #37 10.034 -0.016

Mark Cook's MOV: 0.0154 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Mike Ferderer                        6997 Michael Dalrymple            
E4   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.056 164.01                     0.019 10.059 139.89
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E3    (H Colleasure) 0.021 10.039 -0.011      (R Mangus    ) 0.015 10.064  0.014
E2    (R Beckstrom ) 0.009 10.074  0.024      (K Boehner   ) 0.588 10.456  0.406
E1    (R Buckley   ) 0.013 10.100  0.050      (K Will      ) 0.028 10.177  0.127
 Qualified:            #27 10.100  0.050                       #32 10.177  0.127

Mike Ferderer's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 16 inches). Mike Ferderer's package: 0.022. Michael Dalrymple's package: 0.028. Ferderer will face Smith in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7880 Jerry Denton                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.063 10.073 159.68     
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.023    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Olpin     ) 0.008 10.072  0.022   
E2    (T Seipel    ) 0.022 10.047 -0.003   
E1    (W Newman    ) 0.008 10.519  0.469   
 Qualified:            #34 10.519  0.469                     Bye

Denton will face Cook in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7019 Pete Bothe                           787E Dennis Paz                   
E4                  -0.011 10.025 145.06     ****WINNER****  0.000 10.053 133.22
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.025            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Kato      ) -0.012  9.978 -0.072      (P Giacalone ) 0.033 10.072  0.022
E2    (C Newman    ) 0.013 10.122  0.072      (D Holmes    ) 0.031 10.057  0.007
E1    (S Parsons   ) 0.005 10.220  0.170      (L Rogers    ) 0.028 10.057  0.007
 Qualified:            #33 10.220  0.170                        #6 10.057  0.007

Dennis Paz wins on a red light. Dennis Paz's package: 0.003.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  602 Steve Apted                            72 Terry Keddington             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.012 10.095 161.71                     0.071 10.049 157.30
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.045            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Whitmore  ) 0.015 10.045 -0.005      (L Marshall  ) 0.003 10.050  0.000
E2    (G Mignacca  ) 0.002 10.038 -0.012      (T Larson    ) 0.005 10.055  0.005
E1    (E DeStaute  ) 0.023 10.057  0.007      (C Waggoner J) 0.029 10.053  0.003
 Qualified:             #8 10.057  0.007                        #3 10.053  0.003

Steve Apted wins on a breakout. He'll face Paz in round five.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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