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Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 21:14 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





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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