Sat, 09 Nov 2013, 12:43 PM Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7151 Jeff Connelly                        706C Chad Langdon                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.886 170.06                     0.023  8.884 172.92
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Ferre     ) 0.019  8.901  0.001      (C Stewart   ) 0.015  8.957  0.057
E2    (S Casner    ) 0.040  8.906  0.006      (A Kenny     ) 0.018  8.908  0.008
E1    (L Welfringer) 0.013  8.870 -0.030      (J Willoughby) 0.031  8.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #38  8.870 -0.030                       #14  8.918  0.018

9:27 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.96 inches, adjusted altitude 2,212 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Jeff Connelly's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Brad Plourd                          7013 Bobby Dye Jr.                
E4                   0.018  8.907 161.69     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.904 170.34
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Lane      ) 0.011  8.809 -0.091      (R Lamb      ) 0.008  8.959  0.059
E2    (M Quigley   ) 0.007  8.971  0.071      (R Naber     ) 0.055  8.914  0.014
E1    (B Mirizio   ) 0.012  8.937  0.037      (C Rash      ) 0.004  8.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #26  8.937  0.037                        #2  8.901  0.001

Plourd's season ends by 3 feet. Dye earns a bye to the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 721X Andrew Madrid                        5492 Gary Wamboldt                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.003  8.885 177.95                     0.013  8.885 167.26
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.015             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Woodard   ) 0.007  8.911  0.011      (Z Meziere   ) 0.008  8.930  0.030
E2    (G Aguayo    ) 0.002  9.056  0.156      (R Roper     ) 0.004  8.904  0.004
E1    (E Olpin     ) 0.009  8.939  0.039      (G Kern      ) 0.013  8.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #27  8.939  0.039                       #13  8.916  0.016

Andrew Madrid's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0100 seconds (approximately 2 feet) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7842 Chris Forsyth                        7615 Vicente Campa                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.523 119.91                     0.007 10.066 133.37
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.623             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  1.166
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Kenny     ) 0.027  8.888 -0.012      (D Barton    ) 0.052  8.888 -0.012
E2    (T Bayer     ) 0.027  8.923  0.023      (G Boutte    ) 0.001  8.916  0.016
E1    (B Percival  ) 0.014  8.907  0.007      (M Hiatt     ) 0.010  8.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #10  8.907  0.007                        #5  8.904  0.004

Campa's car was late coming off the throttle stop and that was the end of this race. Forsyth faces Madrid in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7805 Gabriel Torres                       6173 Ken Mostowich                
E4   ****WINNER**** -0.005  8.944 158.52                    -0.013  8.887 183.54
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.044             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T McBride   ) 0.032  8.920  0.020      (V Torres    ) 0.005  8.928  0.028
E2    (C Waggoner  ) 0.034  8.973  0.073      (L Parfait   ) 0.017  8.973  0.073
E1    (N on File   ) 0.024  8.910  0.010      (J Lewis     ) 0.012  8.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #11  8.910  0.010                       #16  8.918  0.018

Mostowich went red and it's an all-dragster race now. Torres races Connelly in the quarters.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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