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Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 14:02 PM

Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
 7809 Val Torres                           7585 Marko Perivolaris            
E4   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.061 156.55                     0.017 10.077 169.02
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.011            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Johnson   ) 0.021 10.057  0.007      (J Serna     ) 0.009 10.089  0.039
E2                   0.012 10.059  0.009      (M Miller    ) 0.020 10.052  0.002
E1    (L Parfait   ) 0.021 10.050  0.000      (R Willis    ) 0.012 10.033 -0.017
 Qualified:             #1 10.050  0.000                       #33 10.033 -0.017
Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 4,253 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Perivolaris with a tick advantage on the tree, but Torres gets the win. Val Torres' MOV: 0.0157 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7905 Joe Galati                           7712 Bernie Polvadore             
E4                   0.014 10.114 140.52     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.078 159.95
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.064            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Williams  ) 0.012 10.054  0.004      (B Preszler  ) 0.005 10.034 -0.016
E2    (E Olpin     ) 0.014  9.993 -0.057      (S Skaggs    ) 0.004 10.038 -0.012
E1    (R Cordeiro  ) 0.010 10.029 -0.021      (M Blodgett S) 0.041 10.097  0.047
 Qualified:            #35 10.029 -0.021                       #21 10.097  0.047
Galati with a few ticks on the tree, but Polvadore gets the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 767G Gerald Turczyn Jr.                     61 Dave Kelly                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.062 154.63                     0.010 10.099 156.46
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.012            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Boner     ) -0.002 10.074  0.024      (S Rollins   ) 0.001 10.122  0.072
E2    (C Cannon    ) 0.009 10.067  0.017      (J Labbous   ) 0.005 10.030 -0.020
E1    (L Strauss   ) 0.020 10.072  0.022      (M Dalrymple ) 0.001 10.029 -0.021
 Qualified:            #13 10.072  0.022                       #36 10.029 -0.021
Kelly with the starting line advantage, but Turczyn Jr. gets the win. Gerald Turczyn Jr.'s MOV: 0.0195 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He will face Torres in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5132 Dennis Keck                           543 Craig Maddox                 
E4                   0.009 10.126 129.83     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.091 153.82
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.076            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Anderson  ) 0.015 10.031 -0.019                     0.004 10.054  0.004
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.024 10.055  0.005      (B Wood      ) 0.014 10.054  0.004
E1    (T Barton    ) 0.029 10.049 -0.001      (A Savage    ) 0.019 10.052  0.002
 Qualified:            #25 10.049 -0.001                        #2 10.052  0.002
Keck with a great light, but Maddox gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7657 Loreen Rogers                        731K Tanner Hiatt                 
E4                   0.026 10.059 151.99     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.073 148.82
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.009            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Meziere   ) 0.019  9.996 -0.054      (M Philbrick ) 0.008 10.052  0.002
E2    (C Fishel    ) 0.049 10.028 -0.022      (G Brown     ) 0.007 10.058  0.008
E1    (M Wiblishous) 0.019 10.046 -0.004      (B Botelho   ) 0.050 10.072  0.022
 Qualified:            #28 10.046 -0.004                       #14 10.072  0.022
Hiatt with a great light and the win. Tanner Hiatt's MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 24 inches). He will face Rogers in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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