Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 14:58 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jacob Elrod                          3020 Dwight Nuest                 
E5                   0.014  9.885 154.81     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.892 150.83
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Hoyt      ) 0.021  9.923  0.023      (B Locke     ) 0.024  9.916  0.016
E3    (M Keenan    ) 0.020  9.881 -0.019      (R Warren    ) 0.034  9.912  0.012
E2    (B Fuller    ) 0.020  9.878 -0.022      (K Sanders   ) 0.046  9.931  0.031
E1    (H Robison   ) 0.008  9.877 -0.023      (R Siffring  ) 0.026  9.838 -0.062
 Qualified:            #21  9.877 -0.023                       #26  9.838 -0.062

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,154 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Elrod with the slight starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Nuest the win. He is advancing to his first final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3391 Randy Shipp                          2920 Edmond Richardson            
E5   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.901 144.72                     0.015  9.914 162.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (D Denney    ) 0.008  9.901  0.001
E3    (L Roedel    )       No Time            (D Isenhower ) 0.018  9.884 -0.016
E2    (T Phillips  ) 0.006  9.919  0.019      (T Fuller    ) 0.004  9.962  0.062
E1    (M Hackett   ) 0.020  9.871 -0.029      (A Bush      ) 0.017  9.831 -0.069
 Qualified:            #22  9.871 -0.029                       #27  9.831 -0.069

Richardson with the starting line advantage, but Shipp gets the win. Randy Shipp's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 10 inches). He is advancing to his first final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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