Sun, 09 Nov 2014, 16:41 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Market Gambler Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Donald Kruse                         5396 Bradley Johnson              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001 10.052 153.44                     0.013 10.056 162.29
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.002            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Dalrymple ) -0.004 10.022 -0.028      (C Langdon   ) 0.003 10.061  0.011
E1    (K Moore     ) 0.057 10.149  0.099      (D Dolezal   ) 0.005 10.073  0.023
 Qualified:            #43 10.149  0.099                       #28 10.073  0.023

1:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,418 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Kruse puts together a .003 package and takes out Johnson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 701P Pete Zak                                5 Mike Sawyer                  
E3                   0.049 10.067 143.19     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.086 153.77
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.017            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Cates     ) -0.007 10.021 -0.029                     0.015 10.019 -0.031
E1    (J Denton    ) 0.022 10.047 -0.003      (M Boner     ) 0.018 10.050  0.000
 Qualified:            #48 10.047 -0.003                        #1 10.050  0.000

Mike Sawyer's MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7922 Jim Spernak                          7775 Karen Comstock               
E3                   0.026 10.104 144.06     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.085 146.08
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.054            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Manogue   ) 0.003 10.025 -0.025      (E Langan    ) 0.050 10.043 -0.007
E1    (C Cannon    ) 0.050 10.069  0.019      (T Barton    ) 0.037 10.055  0.005
 Qualified:            #26 10.069  0.019                       #10 10.055  0.005

Comstock gets out of the gate first and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7544 Brad Pierce                          6093 Cam McPherson                
E3                   0.041 10.044 139.21     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.057 149.68
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Wilburn   ) 0.028 10.031 -0.019      (M Wiblishous) 0.038 10.068  0.018
E1    (J Parrino   ) 0.044 10.102  0.052      (K Lanz      ) 0.016 10.036 -0.014
 Qualified:            #37 10.102  0.052                       #53 10.036 -0.014

Pierce is late off the line and mcPherson gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7323 Glen Smith                           7192 Ryan Herem                   
E3                   0.027 10.009 127.28     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.085 136.63
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.041            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Laskowske ) 0.038  9.792 -0.258      (P Wiechmann ) 0.018 10.124  0.074
E1    (J Naffziger ) 0.011  9.809 -0.241      (D Lough     ) 0.016 14.020  3.970
 Qualified:            #63  9.809 -0.241                       #47 14.020  3.970

Smith gets the advantage off the line but takes way too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  588 Terry Keddington                     6363 Dave Holmes                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048 10.072 156.63                     0.069 10.084 144.88
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.022            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Colleasure) 0.023 10.052  0.002      (D Anderson  ) 0.019 10.074  0.024
E1    (A Galati    ) 0.020 10.062  0.012      (P Gilbert   ) 0.019 10.050  0.000
 Qualified:            #18 10.062  0.012                        #2 10.050  0.000

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7585 Marko Perivolaris                    6793 Dave Archambault             
E3                   0.019 10.075 156.10     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.051 152.66
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.025            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Ginger    ) 0.022 10.073  0.023      (B Campa     ) 0.030 10.075  0.025
E1    (S Williams  ) 0.001 10.057  0.007      (E Prenevost ) 0.011  9.967 -0.083
 Qualified:            #15 10.057  0.007                       #62  9.967 -0.083

Archambault puts together a .017 package and locks out Perivolaris.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  716 Ed DeStaute                          6550 Ross Childers                
E3                   0.019 10.070 132.80     ****WINNER****  0.006 10.052 156.12
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.020            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Harkema   ) 0.012 10.066  0.016      (J Whitmore  ) 0.041 10.047 -0.003
E1    (R Beckstrom ) 0.003 10.063  0.013      (V Torres    ) 0.001 10.051  0.001
 Qualified:            #20 10.063  0.013                        #4 10.051  0.001

Ross Childers' package: 0.008.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6426 Mike Shannon                         333X Shawn Langdon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.060 150.65                    -0.008 10.606 117.80
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.010            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.556
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Larson    ) 0.012 10.056  0.006      (M Lang      ) 0.030 10.092  0.042
E1    (E Olpin     ) 0.009 10.055  0.005      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.010 10.074  0.024
 Qualified:            #13 10.055  0.005                       #29 10.074  0.024

Langdon leaves a little too soon and gives the win to Shannon.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                        701Y Steve Parsons                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.058 152.28                     0.044 10.062 169.89
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.008            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.005 13.098  3.048      (V Torres Jr ) 0.008 10.030 -0.020
E1    (M Collins   ) 0.006 10.035 -0.015      (M Chambers  ) 0.022 10.107  0.057
 Qualified:            #55 10.035 -0.015                       #39 10.107  0.057

Parsons is late off the line; Ferderer takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Eddy Plaizier                         751 Ashley Warn                  
E3                   0.048 10.049 158.97     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.075 159.55
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.001            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Grant     ) 0.027 10.020 -0.030      (C Dales     ) 0.015 10.050  0.000
E1    (D Butler    ) 0.035 10.035 -0.015      (J Serna     ) 0.020 10.054  0.004
 Qualified:            #56 10.035 -0.015                        #9 10.054  0.004

Plazier goes out with the D6 points lead and will have to wait to see how far Shannon makes it. Shannon will have to win the race to take the championship.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  683 Rob Willis                           7289 Brian Smith                  
E3                   0.096 10.056 164.13     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.108 154.56
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Romfo     ) 0.119 10.053  0.003      (B Halina    ) 0.025 10.035 -0.015
E1    (G Scott     ) 0.054 10.055  0.005      (K Mostowich ) 0.022 10.028 -0.022
 Qualified:            #11 10.055  0.005                       #58 10.028 -0.022

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5132 Dennis Keck                          4747 Tommy Phillips               
E3                   0.096 10.054 133.14     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.090 145.03
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Kato      ) 0.016 10.063  0.013      (S Warn-Skagg) 0.030 10.031 -0.019
E1    (J Miclette  ) 0.029 10.053  0.003      (R Balough   ) 0.021 10.038 -0.012
 Qualified:             #5 10.053  0.003                       #52 10.038 -0.012

Phillips gets a big advantage off the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5618 Robert Coleman                       769K Aaron Kinard                 
E3                   0.004 10.036 147.73     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.048 162.24
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.014            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Houmard   ) 0.046 10.076  0.026      (L Theobald  ) 0.014 10.103  0.053
E1    (G Mignacca  ) 0.014 10.042 -0.008      (W Botelho   ) 0.030 10.095  0.045
 Qualified:            #50 10.042 -0.008                       #34 10.095  0.045

They come off the line together and Kinard wins the finish line battle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7833 Dave Meziere                         4797 Bill Dennis                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.075 162.96                     0.032 10.079 161.71
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.025            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Fabbro    ) 0.012 10.025 -0.025      (C Naffziger ) 0.000 10.068  0.018
E1    (M Blodgett  ) 0.016 10.064  0.014      (E Hutchinson) 0.070 10.107  0.057
 Qualified:            #23 10.064  0.014                       #38 10.107  0.057

Dennis is a little late off the line and can't take down Meziere. By my calculations Steve Williams is the D7 champion.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1770 Jason Kenny                            79 Tanner Hiatt                 
E3                   0.019 10.013 154.58     ****WINNER****  0.003 10.050 151.10
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.037            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Ventura   ) 0.017 10.077  0.027      (A Aguiar    ) 0.007 10.062  0.012
E1    (L Rogers    ) 0.030 10.057  0.007      (N Cannon    ) 0.067  9.971 -0.079
 Qualified:            #14 10.057  0.007                       #61  9.971 -0.079

Hiatt puts together a .003 package to take out Kenny. Kenny is the D1 points leader and will have to watch Mike Sawyer chase his lead. Sawyer will have to go to the seventh round to take the lead.

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