Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 12:28 PM Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3700 Philip Smida II                      313R Richard Spradlin             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.934 142.54                     0.026  9.931 141.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Coughlin  ) 0.009  9.890 -0.010      (C Lindsey   ) 0.068  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #48  9.890 -0.010                       #17  9.917  0.017

11:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted altitude 3,330 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Philip Smida II's MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Tom Stalba                              2 Trevor Larson                
E2                   0.014  9.929 154.42     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.917 161.38
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Pellicane ) 0.030  9.846 -0.054      (R Goodrich  ) 0.049  9.951  0.051
 Qualified:            #62  9.846 -0.054                       #31  9.951  0.051

Almost identical lights and it was almost as close at the stripe. Trevor Larson's MOV: 0.0135 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4961 Craig Anderson                       3050 John Sikish                  
E2                   0.008  9.891 160.67     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.912 166.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hedges    ) 0.011  9.876 -0.024      (M Crick     ) 0.009  9.926  0.026
 Qualified:            #54  9.876 -0.024                       #23  9.926  0.026

Nice double-oh lights in both lanes and a 0.018 package for Sikish.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 389A Larry Bernshausen                    3531 Jacob Elrod                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  9.897 147.57                     0.014  9.894 155.56
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warren    ) 0.005  9.866 -0.034      (B Crick     ) 0.009  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:            #59  9.866 -0.034                       #28  9.937  0.037

Bernshausen had a nice light, Elrod was just six thousandth behind. Close race. Larry Bernshausen's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0030 seconds (approximately 8 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Robby Lopez                          4919 Joe Harper                   
E2                   0.020  9.924 149.61     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.901 157.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Adcock    ) 0.017  9.884 -0.016      (J Shipp     ) 0.037  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #50  9.884 -0.016                       #19  9.918  0.018

Almost identical lights, Harper much closer to the index for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 P209 Tim Powell                           163V Douglas Marshall             
E2                   0.028  9.890 150.46     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.919 155.42
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lynch     ) 0.008  9.907  0.007      (M Bradford  ) 0.005  9.898 -0.002
 Qualified:            #10  9.907  0.007                       #41  9.898 -0.002

Marshall slammed the wiondow shut with a 0.024 package aginst Powell's 0.028 light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3684 James Wilson                         6173 Ken Mostowich                
E2                   0.013  9.978 138.29     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.946 149.71
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.078             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Brannon   ) 0.040  9.901  0.001      (J Rudolf    ) 0.039  9.968  0.068
 Qualified:             #5  9.901  0.001                       #36  9.968  0.068

Mostowich was almost perfect on the tree and Wilson did not run the n umber. Ken Mostowich's MOV: 0.0444 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1940 Mia Tedesco                           745 Mike Willoughby              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.906 159.82                     0.030  9.910 158.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Haas      ) 0.018  9.866 -0.034      (J Wilson    ) 0.011  9.936  0.036
 Qualified:            #58  9.866 -0.034                       #27  9.936  0.036

Tedesco will make a quick turnaround, she'll be back out in her Top Alcohol Dragster in about half an hour.

Mia Tedesco's MOV: 0.0132 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5955 Dirk Sutton                          316F Bob Locke                    
E2                   0.007  9.921 146.42     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.908 150.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Marshall  ) 0.013  9.900  0.000      (R Bishop    ) 0.004  9.961  0.061
 Qualified:             #2  9.900  0.000                       #33  9.961  0.061

Identicl "James Bond" lights, Locke with a winning 0.015 package. Bob Locke's MOV: 0.0130 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 315X Steve Theodor                        521K Richard Kurth                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.912 156.53                     0.012  9.944 152.47
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Irwin     ) 0.017  9.879 -0.021      (M Benoit    ) 0.037  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #53  9.879 -0.021                       #22  9.925  0.025

Kurth had the better light. gave up the stripe. Steve Theodor's MOV: 0.0236 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5152 Al Gavlovsky                         4956 Brandon Harris               
E2                   0.026  9.923 135.99     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.908 156.50
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Moser     ) 0.011  9.901  0.001      (D Davis     ) 0.035  9.980  0.080
 Qualified:             #6  9.901  0.001                       #37  9.980  0.080

Brandon Harris' MOV: 0.0234 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3236 Mark Cole                            A152 Gary Laird                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.915 144.74                     0.030  9.904 155.70
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Morton    ) 0.034  9.966  0.066      (P Stamps    ) 0.037  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #35  9.966  0.066                        #4  9.901  0.001

Mark Cole's MOV: 0.0043 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  226 Dean Mathauser                       372M Sean Parker                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.906 153.40                     0.041  9.863 145.88
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Collier   ) 0.010  9.892 -0.008      (J Virgadamo ) 0.035  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #47  9.892 -0.008                       #16  9.914  0.014

Dean Mathauser's package: 0.017.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6357 Ed Hutchinson                        1327 Lee Klingensmith             
E2                  -0.003 10.056 139.76     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.907 157.45
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.156             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hoyt      ) 0.004  9.947  0.047      (G Warren    ) 0.035  9.848 -0.052
 Qualified:            #30  9.947  0.047                       #61  9.848 -0.052

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2239 Timothy Millwood                      406 Jesse Serna                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.884 134.75                    -0.005  9.909 157.58
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Bush      ) 0.029  9.913  0.013      (I Boicesco  ) 0.018  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:            #13  9.913  0.013                       #44  9.897 -0.003

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3817 Thomas Small                         6104 Brad Plourd                  
E2                   0.040  9.843 153.96     ****WINNER****  0.048  9.899 143.46
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.057             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Roedel    ) 0.004  9.921  0.021      (S Mackie    ) 0.015  9.882 -0.018
 Qualified:            #20  9.921  0.021                       #51  9.882 -0.018

Brad Plourd's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2027 Ronnie Maggart                       4588 Buddy Wood                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.898 147.55                     0.030  9.868 152.40
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lafleur   ) 0.038  9.903  0.003      (K Sanders   ) 0.022  9.980  0.080
 Qualified:             #7  9.903  0.003                       #38  9.980  0.080

Ronnie Maggart's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 363X Ray Connolly                         3219 Dave Dahlem                  
E2                   0.067  9.914 152.12     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.905 140.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Stewart   ) 0.030  9.881 -0.019      (T Gillespie ) 0.002  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:            #52  9.881 -0.019                       #21  9.922  0.022

Dave Dahlem's MOV: 0.0601 seconds (approximately 13 feet). Dave Dahlem's package: 0.021.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3791 Pamela Kuehner                          1 Luke Bogacki                 
E2                   0.127 10.008 130.12     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.091 134.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.108             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.191
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Deffenbaug) 0.070  9.834 -0.066      (R Kropfeld  ) 0.017  9.958  0.058
 Qualified:            #63  9.834 -0.066                       #32  9.958  0.058

Luke Bogacki's MOV: 0.0251 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 K308 Kurt Lindsey                         3449 Edward Apple                 
E2                   0.032  9.956 138.03     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.962 149.68
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.056             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Collier   ) 0.004  9.914  0.014      (L Schreiner ) 0.007  9.896 -0.004
 Qualified:            #14  9.914  0.014                       #45  9.896 -0.004

Edward Apple's MOV: 0.0167 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  329 Danny Tool                           1924 Francis Ross                 
E2                   0.021  9.856 154.00     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.924 165.29
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.044             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Koener    ) 0.018  9.962  0.062      (C MacMillan ) 0.008  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #34  9.962  0.062                        #3  9.900  0.000

Francis Ross' MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3229 Ken Bowers                           3172 Leo Zynda                    
E2                   0.010  9.970 156.61     ****WINNER****  0.038  9.934 161.04
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.070             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Benner    ) 0.023  9.910  0.010      (S Wayne     ) 0.016  9.898 -0.002
 Qualified:            #11  9.910  0.010                       #42  9.898 -0.002

Bowers had an advantage at the green, did not run the number. Leo Zynda's MOV: 0.0082 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  345 Steve Eckard                         390V Nathan Vrooman               
E2                  -0.002  9.942 163.69     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.886 170.60
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Davis     ) 0.013  9.888 -0.012      (J Helmin    ) 0.023  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #49  9.888 -0.012                       #18  9.918  0.018

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Ray Miller                           7337 Hollis Colleasure            
E2                   0.053  9.886 159.27     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.893 154.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Jackson   ) 0.012  9.933  0.033      (W Hack      ) 0.030  9.868 -0.032
 Qualified:            #25  9.933  0.033                       #56  9.868 -0.032

Hollis Colleasure's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0250 seconds (approximately 6 feet) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 525G Darryl Sutton                        370X Bill Riddle                  
E2                   0.032  9.878 162.59     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.903 161.54
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kroft     ) 0.013  9.934  0.034      (M Sawyer    ) 0.000  9.868 -0.032
 Qualified:            #26  9.934  0.034                       #57  9.868 -0.032

Bill Riddle's package: 0.015.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 330R Roy Isenhower                        2920 Edmond Richardson            
E2                   0.024  9.898 159.66     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.911 156.28
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Gibbs     ) 0.007  9.927  0.027      (S Williams  ) 0.015  9.875 -0.025
 Qualified:            #24  9.927  0.027                       #55  9.875 -0.025

Richardson gave Isenhower nothing to work with. Edmond Richardson's package: 0.024.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Charles Yannetti                     312M Kevin Adams                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.947 151.09                     0.023  9.881 152.12
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Day       ) 0.018 10.073  0.173      (R Laris     ) 0.008  9.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #40 10.073  0.173                        #9  9.906  0.006

Close at the green, Adams took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4369 Holden Laris                         4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.920 171.23                     0.026  9.876 163.81
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (I Wray      ) 0.041  9.893 -0.007      (R Stamps    ) 0.034  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #46  9.893 -0.007                       #15  9.914  0.014

Holden Laris' MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3575 Paul Brown                           327T Teddy Barlow                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039 10.052 133.71                     0.014 10.365 143.75
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.152             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.465
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Keenan    ) 0.056  9.904  0.004      (T Phillips  ) 0.020 10.058  0.158
 Qualified:             #8  9.904  0.004                       #39 10.058  0.158

Barlow slowed past half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3135 Janice Swan                            66 Randy Sides                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.917 156.28                     0.006  9.916 171.77
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Prose     ) 0.030  9.913  0.013      (P Biondo    ) 0.001  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:            #12  9.913  0.013                       #43  9.897 -0.003

Very close race at both ends of the track. Janice Swan's package: 0.022. Randy Sides' package: 0.022. Janice Swan's MOV: 0.0005 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3391 Randy Shipp                          3514 Justen Moser                 
E2                   0.028 10.831 113.95     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.054 140.62
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.931             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.154
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Keck      ) 0.027  9.944  0.044      (D Nuest     ) 0.008  9.865 -0.035
 Qualified:            #29  9.944  0.044                       #60  9.865 -0.035

Shipp slowed, Moser backed way off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3702 Skip Saddler                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.062  9.886 141.59     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Eaker     ) 0.069  9.900  0.000   
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                     Bye

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