Sat, 05 May 2012, 19:24 PM Super Rod Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Rod at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day Two:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4641 Floyd Russo                          4064 Micah Hooks                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053  9.945 145.20                     0.080  9.933 146.74
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.045             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J POLLARD   ) 0.131  9.815 -0.085      (J COLLIER   ) 0.062  9.890 -0.010

6:16 p.m. Floyd Russo's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 3 feet) and his team got a lot of air time back at the starting line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4422 Wes Neely                            478R Charlie Robinson             
E2                   0.038  9.940 130.15     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.924 145.20
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.040             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S BRINKLEY\ ) 0.022  9.925  0.025                     0.011  9.932  0.032

Charlie Robinson's MOV: 0.0238 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5111 Jeff Southerland                     4434 Billy Ray Atkinson           
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.930 127.91                     0.087  9.909 158.36
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T GRAY      ) 0.039  9.936  0.036      (S WALKER    ) 0.035  9.935  0.035

Jeff Southerland's MOV: 0.0526 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 416W Jarod Wilson                         4536 Larry Smith                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  9.901 141.44                     0.019 10.062 153.58
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.162
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B THIBODAUX ) 0.038  9.897 -0.003      (T MAEDGEN   ) 0.041  9.904  0.004

Smith had the better light, could not run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 498V Vernon Rowland                       4577 Chris Eidson                 
E2                   0.011  9.874 142.94     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.915 154.37
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J HARPER    ) 0.027  9.953  0.053      (P PENNINGTON) 0.008  9.917  0.017

Identical reaction times, but Rowland took too much stripe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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