Sat, 14 Nov 2015, 20:46 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7019 Pete Bothe                           2508 Jim Perry                    
E4                   0.020  9.887 147.86     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.910 160.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Wiechmann ) 0.022  9.914  0.014      (T Grant     ) 0.005  9.911  0.011
E2    (D Coapstick ) 0.042  9.921  0.021      (D Gotts     ) 0.007  9.903  0.003
E1    (J Serna     ) 0.012  9.919  0.019      (G Wallace   ) 0.018  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:            #14  9.919  0.019                       #10  9.915  0.015

5:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,391 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Jim Perry's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7585 Marko Perivolaris                    7888 Barry Willoughby             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.886 170.64                     0.029  9.883 152.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Torres    ) 0.004  9.889 -0.011                     0.032  9.890 -0.010
E2    (D Ruble Jr  ) 0.011  9.929  0.029      (D Anderson  ) 0.029  9.912  0.012
E1    (R Balough   ) 0.005  9.876 -0.024      (R Kersey    ) 0.017  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:            #34  9.876 -0.024                        #2  9.901  0.001

Marko Perivolaris' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0110 seconds (approximately 2 feet) in a double breakout. He races Perry later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7379 Randy Bowers                            2 Trevor Larson                
E4                   0.014  9.894 159.63     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.894 161.81
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Kowalski  ) 0.021  9.905  0.005      (J Galante 'J) 0.006  9.895 -0.005
E2    (V Torres    ) 0.009  9.904  0.004      (E DeStaute  ) 0.020  9.927  0.027
E1    (R Cordeiro  ) 0.019  9.915  0.015      (J Parrino   ) 0.003  9.885 -0.015
 Qualified:             #9  9.915  0.015                       #31  9.885 -0.015

Trevor Larson's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0060 seconds (approximately 17 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Mike Wiblishouser                    4961 Craig Anderson               
E4                   0.026  9.884 166.54     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.900 165.70
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Hiatt     ) 0.016  9.969  0.069      (M Blodgett S) 0.007  9.904  0.004
E2    (K Mostowich ) 0.023  9.898 -0.002      (C Fishel    ) 0.004  9.886 -0.014
E1    (R Naber     ) 0.000  9.915  0.015      (J Rebrovich ) 0.017  9.930  0.030
 Qualified:             #8  9.915  0.015                       #21  9.930  0.030

Craig Anderson's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0020 seconds (approximately 6 inches), opponent broke out. He will have the bye run tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                             5761 Chris Hess                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.947 167.20                    -0.001 10.648 113.59
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.748
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Blodgett J) 0.015  9.915  0.015      (A Kinard    ) 0.005  9.849 -0.051
E2    (B Earleywine) 0.065 11.695  1.795      (T Barton    ) 0.012  9.910  0.010
E1    (D Blehm     ) 0.017  9.890 -0.010      (A Galati    ) 0.017  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #29  9.890 -0.010                       #15  9.921  0.021

Ed Olpin's MOV: opponent's -0.001 red light. He will face Larson in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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