Sun, 15 Nov 2015, 19:11 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
 7585 Marko Perivolaris                    2508 Jim Perry                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.906 168.11                     0.010  9.898 171.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Willoughby) 0.015  9.886 -0.014      (P Bothe     ) 0.017  9.910  0.010
E3    (V Torres    ) 0.004  9.889 -0.011      (T Grant     ) 0.005  9.911  0.011
E2    (D Ruble Jr  ) 0.011  9.929  0.029      (D Gotts     ) 0.007  9.903  0.003
E1    (R Balough   ) 0.005  9.876 -0.024      (G Wallace   ) 0.018  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:            #34  9.876 -0.024                       #10  9.915  0.015

3:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.72 inches, adjusted altitude 2,350 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Marko Perivolaris nails the tree with a perfect light and then runs six to the index. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0020 seconds (approximately 6 inches), opponent broke out by just -0.002.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                                2 Trevor Larson                
E5                  -0.018  9.964 166.70     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.886 151.05
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.064             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Hess      ) 0.013  9.947  0.047      (R Bowers    ) 0.008  9.894 -0.006
E3    (M Blodgett J) 0.015  9.915  0.015      (J Galante 'J) 0.006  9.895 -0.005
E2    (B Earleywine) 0.065 11.695  1.795      (E DeStaute  ) 0.020  9.927  0.027
E1    (D Blehm     ) 0.017  9.890 -0.010      (J Parrino   ) 0.003  9.885 -0.015
 Qualified:            #29  9.890 -0.010                       #31  9.885 -0.015

Winner gets the bye run to the finals.

Trevor Larson gets the easy win. MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                4961 Craig Anderson               
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.001  9.896 163.61
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (M Wiblishous) 0.008  9.900  0.000
E3                                           (M Blodgett S) 0.007  9.904  0.004
E2                                           (C Fishel    ) 0.004  9.886 -0.014
E1                                           (J Rebrovich ) 0.017  9.930  0.030
 Qualified:                                                      #21  9.930  0.030

Bye run. He races Perivolaris next round.

4:03 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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