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Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 12:33 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                        751X Kenny Snow                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.049 173.43                     0.033  9.998 130.33
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.001            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Holmes    ) 0.048 10.061  0.011      (D Kelly     ) 0.019 10.047 -0.003
 Qualified:            #10 10.061  0.011                       #28 10.047 -0.003
9:15 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 27.98 inches, adjusted altitude 3,334 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Ferderer gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7159 Dan Bain                             701Y Steve Parsons                
E2                   0.011 10.073 160.38     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.058 164.01
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.023            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Ventura   ) 0.025 10.046 -0.004      (L Zynda III ) 0.011 10.062  0.012
 Qualified:            #29 10.046 -0.004                       #11 10.062  0.012
Parsons is a little behind off the line but he gets the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7930 Scott Rollins                        6350 Ron MacKenzie                
E2                   0.047 10.050 168.01     ****WINNER****  0.010 10.059 153.58
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.000            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Archambaul) 0.016 10.057  0.007      (T Hiatt     ) 0.011 10.079  0.029
 Qualified:             #5 10.057  0.007                       #23 10.079  0.029
MacKenzie gets out of the gate first and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  689 George Scott                         6247 Eddy Plaizier                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.053 162.31                     0.005 10.089 129.94
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.003            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) 0.030 10.075  0.025      (R Cates     ) 0.046  9.970 -0.080
 Qualified:            #19 10.075  0.025                       #37  9.970 -0.080
Plaizier gets the holeshot but Scott gets the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4588 Buddy Wood                             52 Bradley Johnson              
E2                   0.014 10.035 157.36     ****WINNER****  0.010 10.057 161.25
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.015            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Keck      ) 0.074 10.044 -0.006      (K Wright    ) 0.012 10.066  0.016
 Qualified:            #30 10.044 -0.006                       #12 10.066  0.016
Johnson gets the advantage off the line;Wood breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5169 Mike Boehner                          569 Michael Miller               
E2                   0.044 10.000 155.81     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.037 149.60
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.050            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Dryden    ) 0.056 10.010 -0.040      (V Torres    ) 0.003 10.069  0.019
 Qualified:            #34 10.010 -0.040                       #16 10.069  0.019
Miller gets the holeshot and takes the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7078 Jerry Calton                          683 Rob Willis                   
E2                  -0.010 10.050 136.87     ****WINNER****  0.044 10.012 167.49
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.000            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Miller    ) 0.008 10.066  0.016      (M Lang      ) 0.024 10.028 -0.022
 Qualified:            #14 10.066  0.016                       #32 10.028 -0.022
Calton leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Willis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7657 Loreen Rogers                         564 Tim Parker                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060 10.030 164.79                     0.100  9.984 161.21
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.020            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.066
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Turner    ) 0.029 10.060  0.010      (J Parrino   ) 0.018 10.174  0.124
 Qualified:             #9 10.060  0.010                       #27 10.174  0.124
Rogers gets out of the gate first and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  429 Van Arnold                             79 Ryan Herem                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.007 10.040 170.36                    -0.010 10.067 151.85
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.010            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Pierce    ) 0.002 10.058  0.008      (K Mostowich ) 0.013 10.113  0.063
 Qualified:             #8 10.058  0.008                       #26 10.113  0.063
Herem leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Arnold.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Roger Kato                           3372 Steve Hoyt                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000 10.061 165.90                     0.025 10.054 166.39
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.011            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Burnett   ) 0.043 10.078  0.028      (T Keddington) 0.028 10.055  0.005
 Qualified:            #22 10.078  0.028                        #4 10.055  0.005
Kato gets a perfect light and puts together a .011 package to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7267 Larry Scarth                         7061 Matt Blodgett                
E2                   0.122 10.004 161.34     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.053 133.54
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.046            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Collier   ) 0.052 10.057  0.007      (G Turczyn Jr) 0.023 10.081  0.031
 Qualified:             #6 10.057  0.007                       #24 10.081  0.031
Blodgett gets out of the gate first and runs the number to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7292 Todd Barton                          7775 Karen Comstock               
E2                   0.036 10.067 151.37     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.062 150.30
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.017            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Anderson  ) 0.044 10.077  0.027      (C Waggoner  ) 0.017 10.053  0.003
 Qualified:            #20 10.077  0.027                        #2 10.053  0.003
Comstock gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5618 Robert Coleman                          2 Chris Cannon                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.055 143.76                     0.016 10.040 151.63
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.005            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Tucker    ) 0.003 10.070  0.020      (S Williams  ) 0.011  9.994 -0.056
 Qualified:            #17 10.070  0.020                       #35  9.994 -0.056
Cannon gets out of the gate first but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7585 Marko Perivolaris                     550 Ed Olpin                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.076 169.93                    -0.007 10.021 170.47
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.026            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Naber     ) 0.013 10.035 -0.015      (B Dennis    ) 0.009 10.066  0.016
 Qualified:            #31 10.035 -0.015                       #13 10.066  0.016
Olpin misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Perivolaris.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4189 Alan Savage                          5115 Steve Hayes                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.085 148.41                     0.016 10.048 164.45
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.035            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Beckstrom ) 0.025 10.012 -0.038      (C Fishel    ) 0.020 10.067  0.017
 Qualified:            #33 10.012 -0.038                       #15 10.067  0.017
Hayes takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Savage.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6241 Casey Plaizier                        512 Rodger Sauder                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012 10.050 154.26                     0.005 10.057 152.57
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.000            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Cordeiro  ) 0.013 10.077  0.027      (D Anderson  ) 0.025 10.055  0.005
 Qualified:            #21 10.077  0.027                        #3 10.055  0.005
Casey Plaizier's MOV: 0.0007 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 770A Michael Boner                        769K Aaron Kinard                 
E2                   0.030 10.057 157.91     ****WINNER****  0.005 10.079 165.99
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.007            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E DeStaute  ) 0.015 10.094  0.044      (D Nichols   ) 0.026 10.057  0.007
 Qualified:            #25 10.094  0.044                        #7 10.057  0.007
Aaron Kinard's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Jason Kenny                           727 Don Kruse                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026 10.056 153.18                     0.001 10.000 159.51
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.050
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Kowalski  ) 0.001 10.074  0.024      (N Stephenson) 0.149  9.974 -0.076
 Qualified:            #18 10.074  0.024                       #36  9.974 -0.076
Kruse gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Kenny.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6782 Brian Preszler               
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.010 10.049 167.03
                                                   S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (R Bowers    ) 0.092 10.052  0.002
 Qualified:                                                       #1 10.052  0.002

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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