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Sun, 07 Oct 2018, 12:04 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green





ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4934 Steve Collier                        4480 Val Harmon                   
E2                   0.000  9.923 168.43     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.906 159.01
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Johnston  ) 0.038  9.931  0.031      (C Waggoner  ) 0.069  9.886 -0.014
 Qualified:            #11  9.931  0.031                       #27  9.886 -0.014
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.38 inches, adjusted altitude 3,143 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Collier with a perfect light, but Harmon gets the win in close one. Val Harmon's MOV: 0.0032 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4175 Travis Salter                        4376 Jim Capp                     
E2                   0.037  9.994 152.19     ****WINNER****  0.032  9.987 156.66
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.094             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.087
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Richardson) 0.015  9.935  0.035      (M VanWinkle ) 0.051  9.885 -0.015
 Qualified:            #13  9.935  0.035                       #29  9.885 -0.015
Capp with the starting line advantage and the win. Jim Capp's MOV: 0.0123 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5527 Jason McClure                         458 Chet Tucker                  
E2                   0.021 10.056 148.85     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.004 160.58
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.156             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.104
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bunce     ) 0.046  9.974  0.074      (C Mundt     ) 0.035  9.873 -0.027
 Qualified:            #16  9.974  0.074                       #32  9.873 -0.027
Tucker with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6241 Casey Plaizier                       4588 Buddy Wood                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.947 156.59                     0.022  9.969 159.93
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.069
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Melton    ) 0.024  9.936  0.036      (J Melton    ) 0.076  9.883 -0.017
 Qualified:            #14  9.936  0.036                       #30  9.883 -0.017
Wood with a tick advantage on the tree, but Plaizier gets the win. Casey Plaizier's MOV: 0.0215 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4311 Jeff Lopez                              7 Tim Nicholson                
E2                   0.019  9.948 159.36     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.912 101.77
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.048             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Rowan     ) 0.014  9.894 -0.006      (B Turner    ) 0.029  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #24  9.894 -0.006                        #8  9.914  0.014
Nicholson with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5694 Don Nichols                          4369 Holden Laris                 
E2                   0.003  9.898 158.54     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.951 157.89
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Savage    ) 0.050  9.893 -0.007      (D Denney    ) 0.008  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:            #26  9.893 -0.007                       #10  9.927  0.027
A couple great lights with Nichols getting the tick advantage, but Laris gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4582 Roger Warren                           49 Tommy Phillips               
E2                   0.127  9.901 163.91     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.003 153.65
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.103
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Franklin  ) 0.024  9.907  0.007      (L Maples    ) 0.019 10.045  0.145
 Qualified:             #4  9.907  0.007                       #20 10.045  0.145
Phillips with the starting line advantage and the win. Tommy Phillips' MOV: 0.0140 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 499A Carllus Adkins                         43 Lloyd Parfait                
E2                   0.013  9.967 148.67     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.942 155.13
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.067             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Collier   ) 0.023  9.876 -0.024      (E Mc Dow    ) 0.008  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:            #31  9.876 -0.024                       #15  9.937  0.037
Parfait with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Jesse Serna                          3927 Blake Richardson             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.939 145.27                     0.052  9.937 161.79
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Wright    ) 0.024 10.038  0.138      (M Rodgers   ) 0.055  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #19 10.038  0.138                        #3  9.904  0.004
Serna with the starting line advantage and the win. Jesse Serna's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Chris Eidson                         3146 Sarah Becker                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  9.945 148.10                     0.096  9.878 161.27
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.045             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Arnold    ) 0.045  9.898 -0.002      (J DeWald    ) 0.005  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #22  9.898 -0.002                        #6  9.912  0.012
Eidson with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4797 Bill Dennis                           735 Steve Williams               
E2                   0.005  9.992 160.56     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.975 170.00
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.092             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.075
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Henderson ) 0.098  9.893 -0.007      (C Parker    ) 0.014  9.923  0.023
 Qualified:            #25  9.893 -0.007                        #9  9.923  0.023
Dennis with a great light, but Williams gets the win. Steve Williams' MOV: 0.0107 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  574 Kevin Wright                           42 Vernon Rowland               
E2                  -0.016  9.925 160.52     ****WINNER**** -0.004  9.929 158.80
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Allen     ) 0.035  9.910  0.010      (J Ivy       ) 0.011 10.214  0.314
 Qualified:             #5  9.910  0.010                       #21 10.214  0.314
Wright goes red to give Rowland the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 498K Rustin Mayse                          475 Joseph Lokhaug               
E2                   0.032  9.877 144.78     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.895 158.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Peppler   ) 0.066 10.013  0.113      (M Boehner   ) 0.024  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #17 10.013  0.113                        #1  9.903  0.003
Lokhaug with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 438C Justin Allen                         4944 Peter Gehan                  
E2                   0.026  9.884 147.83     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.952 168.98
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Haralson  ) 0.030  9.914  0.014      (J Pollard   ) 0.225  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:             #7  9.914  0.014                       #23  9.897 -0.003
Allen with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Gehan the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  457 Gary Mitchell                        461C Charlie Stewart              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.926 134.16                     0.052  9.969 158.37
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.069
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Wright    ) 0.043  9.903  0.003      (S Turnbough ) 0.017 10.018  0.118
 Qualified:             #2  9.903  0.003                       #18 10.018  0.118
Mitchell with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4415 Jerry Pollard                          41 Jackson Collier              
E2                   0.320  9.876 146.75     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.111 149.65
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.211
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Schreiner ) 0.081  9.886 -0.014      (J Repka     ) 0.013  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #28  9.886 -0.014                       #12  9.933  0.033
The starting line crew thought Pollard was leaking, but wasn't and they waved him to stage. Collier with the starting line advantage and the win.

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