Sat, 19 Oct 2019, 21:00 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Don Nichols                          4741 John Warren                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.006 162.25                     0.102  8.940 162.76
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.106             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Collier   ) 0.008  8.893 -0.007      (B Swann     ) 0.092  8.933  0.033
E3    (T Pollard   ) 0.016  8.902  0.002      (S Evans     ) 0.043  8.908  0.008
E2    (C Cummings  ) 0.008  8.903  0.003      (R Dupree    ) 0.057  8.912  0.012
E1    (B Preszler  ) 0.001  8.879 -0.021      (B Zimmerman ) 0.025  8.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #27  8.879 -0.021                       #14  8.924  0.024

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 2,845 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Nichols with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Don Nichols' MOV: 0.0077 seconds (approximately 22 inches). He is advancing third National event final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 407F Tony Brown                             43 Christopher Dodd             
E5                   0.030  8.889 181.15     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.913 181.79
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.011             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Brinkley  ) 0.010  8.906  0.006      (J Demers    ) 0.017  8.924  0.024
E3    (C Tucker    ) 0.004  8.892 -0.008      (A Williams  ) 0.019  8.910  0.010
E2    (C Anderson  ) 0.010  8.925  0.025      (M Grame     ) 0.009  8.914  0.014
E1    (P Gehan     ) 0.045  8.853 -0.047      (L Rutland   ) 0.014  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #30  8.853 -0.047                       #13  8.919  0.019

Dodd with the starting line advantage and the win. He is advancing to his fourth career National event final, second this season and the second at this event.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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