Sun, 11 Nov 2018, 15:46 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp 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
  307 Tony Helms                           5192 Mark Grame                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.918 177.42                     0.012  8.925 172.52
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.010  8.902  0.002      (P Januik    ) 0.009  8.924  0.024
E3    (D Alves     ) 0.022  8.940  0.040      (S Casner    ) 0.006  8.883 -0.017
E2    (B Johnson   ) 0.014  8.896 -0.004      (R Beck      ) 0.016  8.925  0.025
E1    (S Williams  ) 0.016  8.928  0.028      (R McClanahan) 0.032  8.880 -0.020
 Qualified:            #19  8.928  0.028                       #30  8.880 -0.020

12:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,492 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Helms kills Grame's run to the Championship with a great light and a better ET. He gets the bye run to the finals.

Steve Williams is the new Super Comp Champion.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4934 Steve Collier                          71 Thomas Bayer                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.047  8.922 172.45                     0.008  8.892 156.57
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Miller    ) 0.036  8.922  0.022      (K Wright    ) 0.009  8.913  0.013
E3                   0.004  8.895 -0.005      (J Connelly  ) 0.066  8.891 -0.009
E2    (P Theobald  ) 0.010  8.898 -0.002      (R Stevenson ) 0.006  8.929  0.029
E1    (N Saetes    ) 0.065  8.927  0.027      (V Torres Jr ) 0.011  8.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #18  8.927  0.027                        #9  8.907  0.007

Collier gets lucky, as Bayer kills the tree with an eight light, but runs -0.008 too quick at the finish line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7209 Chad Webber                                Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.914 171.31     
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.014    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Miller    ) 0.012  8.915  0.015   
E3    (V Torres    ) 0.034  8.905  0.005   
E2    (T Joseph    ) 0.008  8.901  0.001   
E1    (N Cobb      ) 0.026  8.907  0.007   
 Qualified:             #8  8.907  0.007                     Bye

Bye run for Weber and he will face Collier in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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