Sat, 19 Sep 2015, 18:40 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth
annual NHRA Carolina Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
17 Ray Sawyer 2165 Tommy Corbett Jr.
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.059 9.886 173.32 0.017 9.885 147.86
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Maupin ) 0.019 9.945 0.045 (M Tankersley) 0.026 9.903 0.003
Qualified: #17 9.945 0.045 #4 9.903 0.003
6:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent,
barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 3,380 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.Corbett gets
the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
131 Lenard Marshall 5928 Ken Griffiths
E2 0.034 9.807 151.44 ****WINNER**** 0.032 9.915 153.98
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.093 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.015
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Southards ) 0.010 9.891 -0.009 (C Porter ) 0.018 9.914 0.014
Qualified: #22 9.891 -0.009 #9 9.914 0.014
Marshall runs way too quick and breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
P209 Tim Powell 226 Dean Mathauser
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.004 9.871 153.42 -0.001 9.860 155.22
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.029 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.040
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Furr ) 0.031 9.894 -0.006 (Bye ) 0.000 9.912 0.012
Qualified: #20 9.894 -0.006 #7 9.912 0.012
Mathauser just misses the tree and goes red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2893 David Morris 130 Justin Lopes
E2 0.030 9.868 165.82 ****WINNER**** 0.008 9.899 163.02
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.032 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Lynch ) 0.005 9.921 0.021 (J Cobb ) 0.014 9.863 -0.037
Qualified: #13 9.921 0.021 #26 9.863 -0.037
Lopes gets the holeshot and hangs on for the double breakout win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Mike Sawyer A152 Gary Laird
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.021 9.897 158.00 0.020 9.870 160.77
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Furr ) 0.015 9.913 0.013 (C Watts ) 0.034 9.894 -0.006
Qualified: #8 9.913 0.013 #21 9.894 -0.006
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2329 Ricky Hall 2444 James Sessoms
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.002 9.897 142.81 -0.132 9.821 152.40
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.079
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Lindsey ) 0.044 9.907 0.007 (A Berberich ) 0.020 10.032 0.132
Qualified: #6 9.907 0.007 #19 10.032 0.132
Sessoms leaves way too soon and gives the win to Hall.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
225 Chuck Westcott 1940 Mia Tedesco
E2 0.035 9.880 159.95 ****WINNER**** 0.035 9.885 163.49
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Marshall ) 0.026 9.886 -0.014 (G Rogers ) 0.050 9.915 0.015
Qualified: #23 9.886 -0.014 #10 9.915 0.015
They come off the line together, Tedesco takes the double breakout win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
232 John Labbous Jr 177K Alan Kenny
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.039 9.916 158.52 0.060 9.913 152.90
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.016 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.013
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Weaver ) 0.013 9.928 0.028 (S Moss ) 0.016 9.901 0.001
Qualified: #14 9.928 0.028 #1 9.901 0.001
Labbous gets the holeshot and hangs on for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
204 Doug Ramsey 229D David Anspach
E2 0.054 9.885 146.97 ****WINNER**** 0.017 9.915 146.30
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.015
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Tolley ) 0.048 9.883 -0.017 (R Miller ) 0.005 9.919 0.019
Qualified: #24 9.883 -0.017 #11 9.919 0.019
Anspach gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1990 Iggie Boicesco 2318 John Taylor
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.063 9.855 162.33 0.023 9.851 159.25
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.045 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.049
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Manuel ) 0.024 9.932 0.032 (D Lafleur ) 0.025 9.903 0.003
Qualified: #16 9.932 0.032 #3 9.903 0.003
Taylor gets out of the gate first but takes too much stripe and gives the win to
Boicesco.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
28 Sherman Adcock 53 Kari Larson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.024 9.895 149.27 0.021 9.887 165.66
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Lawton ) 0.014 9.931 0.031 (J Perry ) 0.026 9.901 0.001
Qualified: #15 9.931 0.031 #2 9.901 0.001
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2095 Jeff Burns 233A Chuck Trotter
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.015 9.932 150.98 0.010 9.959 164.91
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.032 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.059
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Upshaw ) 0.007 9.975 0.075 (J Cepelka ) 0.009 9.907 0.007
Qualified: #18 9.975 0.075 #5 9.907 0.007
Trotter gets the holeshot but Burns takes the stripe for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
363X Ray Connolly 22 Cameron Manuel
E2 0.029 9.918 151.92 ****WINNER**** 0.015 9.916 163.53
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.018 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.016
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Moss ) 0.020 9.879 -0.021 (F Altilio ) 0.015 9.921 0.021
Qualified: #25 9.879 -0.021 #12 9.921 0.021
Manuel gets out of the gate first and takes the stripe for the win.
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