Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 14:22 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5911 Dennis Hay                           7061 Matt Blodgett                
E3                   0.004  9.890 171.03     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.925 139.54
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Snow      ) 0.050  9.876 -0.024      (N Stephenson) 0.018  9.904  0.004
E1    (G Cooke     ) 0.162 10.210  0.310      (M Boehner   ) 0.030  9.926  0.026
 Qualified:            #15 10.210  0.310                        #8  9.926  0.026

10:55 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,234 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Perfect light for Matt Blodgett. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  729 Greg Ventura                         761M Matt Treadway                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.916 140.59                     0.062  9.881 162.67
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Comstock  ) 0.023  9.897 -0.003      (L Rogers    ) 0.014  9.904  0.004
E1    (L Scarth    ) 0.002  9.916  0.016      (M Lang      ) 0.021  9.848 -0.052
 Qualified:             #6  9.916  0.016                       #27  9.848 -0.052

Greg Ventura will have a single in the next round. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0180 seconds (approximately 4 feet), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6363 Dave Holmes                          7585 Marko Perivolaris            
E3                  -0.004  9.885 150.56     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.931 172.59
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Naber     ) 0.018  9.898 -0.002      (L Zynda III ) 0.017  9.914  0.014
E1    (D Kelly     ) 0.020  9.898 -0.002      (C Fishel    ) 0.000  9.862 -0.038
 Qualified:            #17  9.898 -0.002                       #24  9.862 -0.038

Great three light for Marko Perivolaris and the win. MOV: opponent's -0.004 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7833 Dave Meziere                         7867 Dean Hall                    
E3                   0.020  9.920 157.67     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.921 172.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Cannon    ) 0.024  9.879 -0.021      (R Herem     ) 0.019  9.897 -0.003
E1    (E DeStaute  ) 0.010  9.849 -0.051      (J Parrino   ) 0.043  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:            #26  9.849 -0.051                        #5  9.915  0.015

Really close in the lights. Just 0.001 difference in ETs.

Dean Hall's MOV: 0.0045 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Roger Kato                           7673 Paul Wiechmann               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.919 164.91                     0.059  9.898 153.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2                   -0.010  9.901  0.001      (R Fabbro    ) 0.009 10.008  0.108
E1    (R Coleman   ) 0.048  9.901  0.001      (T Parker    ) 0.056  9.866 -0.034
 Qualified:             #1  9.901  0.001                       #23  9.866 -0.034

Roger Kato's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0170 seconds (approximately 4 feet), opponent broke out by -0.002 .

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7809 Val Torres                            569 Michael Miller               
E3                   0.009  9.893 159.08     ****WINNER****  0.045  9.912 145.59
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Ferderer  ) 0.023  9.912  0.012      (K Wright    ) 0.011  9.893 -0.007
E1    (E Olpin     ) 0.010  9.933  0.033      (J Phillippi ) 0.017  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #11  9.933  0.033                        #4  9.914  0.014

Michael Miller races Blodgett later. MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4934 Steve Collier                        769K Aaron Kinard                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.912 162.35                     0.017  9.933 157.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.000  9.901  0.001      (D Bain      ) 0.020  9.901  0.001
E1    (M Wiblishous) 0.052  9.918  0.018      (T Barton    ) 0.011 10.076  0.176
 Qualified:             #7  9.918  0.018                       #14 10.076  0.176

Steve Collier leaves with a three light. MOV: 0.0352 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Steve Collier's package: 0.015.

He will race Perivolaris in the next round.

11:01 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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