Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 12:54 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 543 Craig Maddox                 
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.004 10.054 162.67
                                                   S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (B Wood      ) 0.014 10.054  0.004
E1                                           (A Savage    ) 0.019 10.052  0.002
 Qualified:                                                       #2 10.052  0.002

Maddox with the bye. He has a great light and package. Craig Maddox's package: 0.008.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6683 Diana Anderson                       5132 Dennis Keck                  
E3                   0.013  9.996 152.06     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.031 137.19
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.054            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Keddington) 0.022 10.050  0.000      (J Kenny     ) 0.024 10.055  0.005
E1    (R Kato      ) 0.055 10.032 -0.018      (T Barton    ) 0.029 10.049 -0.001
 Qualified:            #34 10.032 -0.018                       #25 10.049 -0.001

anderson with a couple ticks on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Keck the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6782 Brian Preszler                       7712 Bernie Polvadore             
E3                  -0.012 10.054 162.14     ****WINNER****  0.005 10.034 166.19
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Colleasure) 0.042  9.926 -0.124      (S Skaggs    ) 0.004 10.038 -0.012
E1    (C Ross      ) 0.012 10.071  0.021      (M Blodgett S) 0.041 10.097  0.047
 Qualified:            #12 10.071  0.021                       #21 10.097  0.047

Preszler goes red to give Polvadore the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5145 Mark Philbrick                       731K Tanner Hiatt                 
E3                   0.004 10.066 157.54     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.052 145.23
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.016            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Comstock  ) 0.015 10.074  0.024      (G Brown     ) 0.007 10.058  0.008
E1    (J Dalrymple ) 0.017 10.106  0.056      (B Botelho   ) 0.050 10.072  0.022
 Qualified:            #23 10.106  0.056                       #14 10.072  0.022

Philbrick with a great light, but Hiatt gets the win as he had a great light also. Tanner Hiatt's MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7809 Val Torres                             55 Bradley Johnson              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.057 164.89                    -0.016 10.140 140.59
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.007            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.090
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.012 10.059  0.009      (D Holmes    ) 0.005 10.051  0.001
E1    (L Parfait   ) 0.021 10.050  0.000      (M Shannon   ) 0.006 10.046 -0.004
 Qualified:             #1 10.050  0.000                       #29 10.046 -0.004

Johnson goes red to give Torres the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7657 Loreen Rogers                        7833 Dave Meziere                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.996 155.22                    -0.003 10.032 171.34
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.054            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Fishel    ) 0.049 10.028 -0.022      (P Prange    ) 0.028 10.061  0.011
E1    (M Wiblishous) 0.019 10.046 -0.004      (R Herem     ) -0.009 10.017 -0.033
 Qualified:            #28 10.046 -0.004                       #37 10.017 -0.033

Meziere is a few ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Rogers the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7930 Scott Rollins                          61 Dave Kelly                   
E3                   0.008 10.163 164.17     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.122 146.37
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.113            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.072
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Phillips  ) 0.007 10.065  0.015      (J Labbous   ) 0.005 10.030 -0.020
E1    (C Plaizier  ) 0.017 10.064  0.014      (M Dalrymple ) 0.001 10.029 -0.021
 Qualified:             #9 10.064  0.014                       #36 10.029 -0.021

Kelly with a near perfect light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                       7905 Joe Galati                   
E3                   0.014 10.063 163.41     ****WINNER****  0.012 10.054 141.67
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.013            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Grant     ) 0.005 10.097  0.047      (E Olpin     ) 0.014  9.993 -0.057
E1    (M Blodgett  ) 0.001 10.060  0.010      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.010 10.029 -0.021
 Qualified:             #8 10.060  0.010                       #35 10.029 -0.021

Galati with a few ticks on the tree and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7585 Marko Perivolaris                     406 Jesse Serna                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.089 165.42                     0.009 10.110 142.97
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.039            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Miller    ) 0.020 10.052  0.002      (E Kowalski  ) 0.011 10.070  0.020
E1    (R Willis    ) 0.012 10.033 -0.017      (E Prenevost ) 0.044 10.057  0.007
 Qualified:            #33 10.033 -0.017                        #6 10.057  0.007

They have identical reaction times and Perivolaris gets the win. Marko Perivolaris' MOV: 0.0212 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 767G Gerald Turczyn Jr.                   770A Michael Boner                
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.002 10.074 154.74                    -0.009 10.051 159.87
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.024            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Cannon    ) 0.009 10.067  0.017      (G Ventura   ) -0.004 10.035 -0.015
E1    (L Strauss   ) 0.020 10.072  0.022      (R Bowers    ) 0.066 10.099  0.049
 Qualified:            #13 10.072  0.022                       #22 10.099  0.049

Boner goes red to give Turczyn the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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