Fri, 22 Mar 2024, 15:45 PM Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 David Gotts                           716 Ed DeStaute                  
E2                  -0.016  9.892 161.13     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.893 132.28
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Utley     ) 0.029  9.906  0.006      (K Pawuk     ) 0.010  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:             #4  9.906  0.006                       #18  9.934  0.034

Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 1,995 feet.

Gotts goes red and DeStaute with a perfect light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7227 Gary Hasselbrock                     7019 Peter Bothe                  
E2                  -0.001  9.876 164.35     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.869 151.15
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Ventura   ) 0.049  9.933  0.033      (M Dalrymple ) 0.003  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #17  9.933  0.033                        #3  9.902  0.002

Hasselbrock is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Bothe the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Damon Bustamante                     7231 Jimmy Galante                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.900 154.10                     0.030  9.889 148.89
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Fabbro    ) 0.022  9.892 -0.008      (B Earleywine) 0.039  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #26  9.892 -0.008                       #12  9.925  0.025

Bustamante with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a zero for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 728B David Butler                           79 Steve Parsons                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.902 133.98                    -0.036  9.905 168.58
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Wiechmann ) 0.017  9.880 -0.020      (C Naffziger ) 0.015  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:            #27  9.880 -0.020                       #13  9.927  0.027

Parson goes red to give Butler the win. he has great light and runs dead-on with as two for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7267 Larry Scarth                          767 Mike Wiblishouser            
E2                   0.052  9.898 156.55     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.902 167.66
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mckoane   ) 0.015  9.931  0.031      (G Hehr      ) 0.016  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #16  9.931  0.031                        #2  9.900  0.000

Wiblishouser with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7780 Davey Adams                          7544 Brad Pierce                  
E2                   0.055  9.928 158.11     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.920 132.08
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilcox    ) 0.011  9.911  0.011      (M Boner     ) 0.021  9.944  0.044
 Qualified:             #6  9.911  0.011                       #20  9.944  0.044

Pierce with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7905 Joe Galati                            761 Matt Treadway                
E2                   0.019  9.844 148.17     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.897 164.97
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.056             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Denton    ) 0.001  9.954  0.054      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.043  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #22  9.954  0.054                        #8  9.913  0.013

Treadway with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Roger Kato                           7538 Tony Manning                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.910 176.01                     0.000  9.887 163.97
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Bradshaw  ) 0.012  9.876 -0.024      (M Lang      ) 0.032  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #28  9.876 -0.024                       #14  9.928  0.028

Manning with a perfect light, but took too much stripe to give Kato the win, who had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   64 John Dalrymple                       G726 John Krueger                 
E2                   0.024  9.896 160.92     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.000 134.95
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.100
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Martin    ) 0.005  9.900  0.000      (P Yoon      ) 0.002  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                       #15  9.931  0.031

Krueger with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7166 Adam Hicks                           7809 Val Torres                   
E2                   0.041  9.866 156.32     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.929 159.49
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Mignacca  ) 0.024  9.962  0.062      (M Boehner   ) 0.025  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #23  9.962  0.062                        #9  9.913  0.013

Torres with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  733 Darin Dolezal                        D774 Ryan Giacone                 
E2                  -0.010  9.959 161.67     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.902 169.06
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.059             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Fenton    ) 0.036  9.907  0.007      (G Cooke     ) 0.030  9.939  0.039
 Qualified:             #5  9.907  0.007                       #19  9.939  0.039

Dolezal goes red to give Giacone the win. Giacone has a great light and runs dead-on with a two for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7638 Mark Yeager                          7687 Melvin LeForbes              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.907 164.71                     0.025  9.925 143.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Langan    ) 0.002  9.893 -0.007      (J Parrino   ) 0.006  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #24  9.893 -0.007                       #10  9.918  0.018

LeForbes with the starting line advantage, but Yeager runs dead-on with a seven for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                         7969 Darryl Mitchell              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.895 160.96                     0.018  9.869 164.81
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Bogacki   ) 0.016  9.923  0.023      (J Dalrymple ) 0.029  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #11  9.923  0.023                       #25  9.893 -0.007

Naber with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Evan Kowalski                        7585 Marko Perivolaris            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.909 151.41                     0.014  9.898 165.46
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Zak       ) 0.024  9.912  0.012      (P Zak       ) 0.001  9.950  0.050
 Qualified:             #7  9.912  0.012                       #21  9.950  0.050

Perivolaris with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Kowalski the win.

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