Sun, 05 May 2019, 14:52 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4422 Wes Neely                             219 Jamie Southards              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.951 154.14                     0.044  9.930 158.46
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.051             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Walker    ) 0.009  9.875 -0.025      (R Miller III) 0.010  9.917  0.017
E2    (L Klingensmi) 0.030  9.921  0.021      (R Purcell   ) 0.026  9.916  0.016
E1    (R Cook      ) 0.028  9.938  0.038      (D Ramsey    ) 0.012  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #17  9.938  0.038                        #2  9.903  0.003

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 3,654 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Neely with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Wes Neely's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 266R Robert Stigall                       1490 Rich Price                   
E4                   0.035  9.844 140.83     ****WINNER****  0.052  9.900 166.03
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.056             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Jensen    ) 0.036  9.946  0.046      (S Adcock Jr ) 0.018  9.915  0.015
E2    (S Furr      ) 0.024  9.928  0.028      (C Watts     ) 0.025  9.901  0.001
E1    (C Cummings  ) 0.063  9.924  0.024      (D Morris    ) 0.074  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:             #9  9.924  0.024                       #12  9.928  0.028

Stigall with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Price the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2426 Jeff Webb                               7 Jim Perry                    
E4                   0.038  9.931 155.88     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.910 158.26
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hall      ) 0.016  9.909  0.009      (S Brinkley  ) 0.049  9.889 -0.011
E2    (J Chandler  ) 0.037  9.960  0.060      (E Knight    ) 0.012  9.958  0.058
E1    (D Tatum III ) 0.014  9.876 -0.024      (V Harmon    ) 0.017  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #22  9.876 -0.024                        #7  9.914  0.014

Perry with a great light and the win. He will get the bye into the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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