Sat, 20 Sep 2014, 21:47 PM Super Comp Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA, Tenth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 B305 Kenny Branscom                       1827 Tom Hunter                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.935 167.82                     0.048  8.919 175.37
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Rienschiel) 0.019  8.934  0.034      (B Rowe      ) 0.038  8.854 -0.046
E1    (D Higgins   ) 0.018  8.928  0.028      (C Balcom    ) 0.025  8.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #11  8.928  0.028                        #4  8.913  0.013

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Kenny Branscom's MOV: 0.0020 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3700 Philip Smida II                      3627 Bill Webb                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028  8.907 164.25                     0.011  8.897 175.43
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Fields    ) 0.024  8.940  0.040      (G Kamplain  ) 0.017  8.912  0.012
E1    (T Irwin     ) 0.019  8.897 -0.003      (J Elrod     ) 0.026  8.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #26  8.897 -0.003                        #5  8.914  0.014

Webb with the light, but a bit too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2920 Edmond Richardson                    316J Kevin Trusty                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.915 171.21                     0.019  8.892 168.96
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Gerber    ) 0.008  8.917  0.017      (C E Back    ) 0.048  8.916  0.016
E1    (R Fritsche  ) 0.024  8.971  0.071      (T Stalba    ) 0.039  8.941  0.041
 Qualified:            #22  8.971  0.071                       #15  8.941  0.041

Edmond Richardson's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Jack Sepanek                         399C Josh Gnandt                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.910 161.57                     0.012  8.965 166.35
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.065
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Moser     ) 0.040  8.897 -0.003      (R Richardson) 0.014  8.925  0.025
E1    (R Connolly  ) 0.007  8.918  0.018      (D Waters Jr ) 0.020  8.894 -0.006
 Qualified:             #6  8.918  0.018                       #27  8.894 -0.006

Jack Sepanek's MOV: 0.0190 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Troy Coughlin Jr                     3016 Rick Forish                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.903 176.56                     0.015  8.892 180.24
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Swan      ) 0.023  8.912  0.012      (S Mackie    ) 0.029  8.956  0.056
E1    (H Fetch     ) 0.013  8.926  0.026      (S Eckard    ) 0.030  8.949  0.049
 Qualified:            #10  8.926  0.026                       #17  8.949  0.049

Troy Coughlin Jr's package: 0.014. Troy Coughlin Jr's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 344F Garry Fleenor                        3349 Pat Martin                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040  8.884 171.53                     0.040  8.865 174.41
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Zynda     ) 0.023  8.938  0.038      (T Paap      ) 0.048  8.881 -0.019
E1    (J Fisk Jr   ) 0.048  8.934  0.034      (B Broeker   ) 0.121  8.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #14  8.934  0.034                        #7  8.920  0.020

Identical lights...Garry Fleenor's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 377J Jason Hartig                         344Y Jeff McRobie                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.916 161.71                     0.037  8.962 156.64
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.016             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E2                   -0.002  8.916  0.016      (D Klomps    ) 0.026  8.973  0.073
E1    (S Hoyt      ) 0.022  8.901  0.001      (J Fisher    ) 0.030  9.008  0.108
 Qualified:             #1  8.901  0.001                       #23  9.008  0.108

Jason Hartig's MOV: 0.0350 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 301X Tony Elrod                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  1.527 17.209  78.99     
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  8.309    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Riddle    ) 0.012  8.913  0.013   
E1    (J Grundy    ) 0.020  8.901  0.001   
 Qualified:             #2  8.901  0.001                     Bye

Elrod idled through.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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