Sun, 21 Apr 2013, 16:12 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals fueled by Full Throttle:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2923 Greg Slack                           177H Samantha Kenny               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.918 140.61                     0.057  9.866 169.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Berberich ) 0.102  9.995  0.095      (B Weaver    ) -0.004  9.939  0.039
E3    (R Haas      ) 0.019 10.203  0.303      (B Mullis    ) 0.030  9.881 -0.019
E2    (S Furr      )       No Time            (S Albrecht  ) 0.018  9.918  0.018
E1    (B Upton     ) 0.014  9.921  0.021      (R Grenier   ) 0.020  9.860 -0.040
 Qualified:             #6  9.921  0.021                       #16  9.860 -0.040

4:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.70 inches, adjusted altitude 1,302 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Slack gets a big hole-shot and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2318 John Taylor                             6 Mike Sawyer                  
E5                   0.005  9.865 162.45     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.876 162.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.006  9.919  0.019      (M Tedesco   ) 0.008  9.915  0.015
E3    (I Boicesco  ) 0.012  9.902  0.002      (R Miller    ) 0.023  9.949  0.049
E2    (J Lynch     ) 0.007  9.876 -0.024      (D Mathauser ) 0.044  9.940  0.040
E1    (J Elrod     ) 0.023  9.876 -0.024      (M Weston    ) 0.009  9.853 -0.047
 Qualified:            #15  9.876 -0.024                       #20  9.853 -0.047

Taylor gets the hole-shot but takes a little too much stripe and gives the win to Sawyer.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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