Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 21:14 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
7775 Karen Comstock Bye
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.017 10.056 152.45
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.006
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Barton ) 0.019 10.062 0.012
E1 (C Waggoner ) 0.017 10.053 0.003
Qualified: #2 10.053 0.003 Bye
6:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 23
percent, barometer 27.86 inches, adjusted altitude 4,453 feet, track temperature 92
degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
683 Rob Willis 6350 Ron MacKenzie
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.009 10.068 165.19 0.030 10.063 160.27
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.018 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.013
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Calton ) 0.044 10.012 -0.038 (S Rollins ) 0.010 10.059 0.009
E1 (M Lang ) 0.024 10.028 -0.022 (T Hiatt ) 0.011 10.079 0.029
Qualified: #32 10.028 -0.022 #23 10.079 0.029
Willis gets out of the gate first and holds off MacKenzie for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
689 George Scott 605 Mike Ferderer
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.048 10.053 164.13 0.092 10.079 170.56
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.003 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.029
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Plaizier ) 0.013 10.053 0.003 (K Snow ) 0.014 10.049 -0.001
E1 (Bye ) 0.030 10.075 0.025 (D Holmes ) 0.048 10.061 0.011
Qualified: #19 10.075 0.025 #10 10.061 0.011
Scott gets the advantage off the line and runs the number to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Jason Kenny 7657 Loreen Rogers
E3 0.033 10.073 155.49 ****WINNER**** 0.017 10.072 161.98
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.023 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.022
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Kruse ) 0.026 10.056 0.006 (T Parker ) 0.060 10.030 -0.020
E1 (E Kowalski ) 0.001 10.074 0.024 (T Turner ) 0.029 10.060 0.010
Qualified: #18 10.074 0.024 #9 10.060 0.010
Rogers gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7061 Matt Blodgett 4189 Alan Savage
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.018 10.090 125.73 0.050 9.985 142.67
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.040 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.065
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Scarth ) 0.011 10.053 0.003 (S Hayes ) 0.017 10.085 0.035
E1 (G Turczyn Jr) 0.023 10.081 0.031 (R Beckstrom ) 0.025 10.012 -0.038
Qualified: #24 10.081 0.031 #33 10.012 -0.038
Blodgett gets the holeshot;Savage breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5618 Robert Coleman 429 Van Arnold
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.003 10.057 146.51 -0.002 12.529 84.49
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.007 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 2.479
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Cannon ) 0.021 10.055 0.005 (R Herem ) 0.007 10.040 -0.010
E1 (C Tucker ) 0.003 10.070 0.020 (B Pierce ) 0.002 10.058 0.008
Qualified: #17 10.070 0.020 #8 10.058 0.008
Arnold just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Coleman.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6241 Casey Plaizier 52 Bradley Johnson
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.014 10.059 151.80 0.015 10.044 162.41
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.009 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.006
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Sauder ) 0.012 10.050 0.000 (B Wood ) 0.010 10.057 0.007
E1 (R Cordeiro ) 0.013 10.077 0.027 (K Wright ) 0.012 10.066 0.016
Qualified: #21 10.077 0.027 #12 10.066 0.016
Not much difference off the line, Johnson takes a little too much stripe and bre3aks
out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7117 Roger Kato 7585 Marko Perivolaris
E3 0.005 10.074 163.12 ****WINNER**** 0.019 10.052 169.06
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.024 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Hoyt ) 0.000 10.061 0.011 (E Olpin ) 0.002 10.076 0.026
E1 (K Burnett ) 0.043 10.078 0.028 (R Naber ) 0.013 10.035 -0.015
Qualified: #22 10.078 0.028 #31 10.035 -0.015
Marko Perivolaris' MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 23 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6782 Brian Preszler 701Y Steve Parsons
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.009 10.075 164.03 0.016 10.080 167.26
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.025 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.030
Prior rounds:
E2 0.010 10.049 -0.001 (D Bain ) 0.018 10.058 0.008
E1 (R Bowers ) 0.092 10.052 0.002 (L Zynda III ) 0.011 10.062 0.012
Qualified: #1 10.052 0.002 #11 10.062 0.012
Preszler gets the advantage off the line and holds off Parsons for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
569 Michael Miller 769K Aaron Kinard
E3 0.022 10.064 146.88 ****WINNER**** 0.012 10.072 152.90
S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.014 S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 0.022
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Boehner ) 0.017 10.037 -0.013 (M Boner ) 0.005 10.079 0.029
E1 (V Torres ) 0.003 10.069 0.019 (D Nichols ) 0.026 10.057 0.007
Qualified: #16 10.069 0.019 #7 10.057 0.007
Aaron Kinard's MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 6 inches).
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink


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