Sun, 11 Feb 2007, 07:40 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 47th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Bob Herr                             7047 Mike Blodgett
E4                   0.030  9.908 151.58     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.917 139.98
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E3    (W Boxold    ) 0.025  9.921  0.021      (R Balough   ) 0.026  9.908  0.008
E2    (J Denton    ) 0.027  9.880 -0.020      (J Calton    ) 0.025  9.912  0.012
E1    (C Hoefer    ) 0.021  9.961  0.061      (W Herem     ) 0.041  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #39  9.961  0.061                        #5  9.907  0.007

4:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,429 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Max Tafoya Jr                        6227 Devon Hilton
E4   ****WINNER****  0.054  9.917 164.13                     0.021  9.955 140.62
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Takahashi ) 0.025 10.002  0.102      (J Sowards   ) 0.008  9.902  0.002
E2    (R Beckstrom ) 0.038  9.901  0.001      (J Cross     ) 0.006  9.998  0.098
E1    (D Zewe      ) 0.045  9.918  0.018      (J Cheney    ) 0.010  9.977  0.077
 Qualified:            #21  9.918  0.018                       #41  9.977  0.077

Max Tafoya Jr's MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  505 Sheldon Gecker                       6363 Dave Holmes
E4                  -0.036  9.884 158.69     ****WINNER****  0.053  9.923 141.18
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Fuller    ) 0.007  9.920  0.020      (C Spear     ) 0.040  9.897 -0.003
E2    (G Turczyn   ) 0.002  9.931  0.031      (J Bourquin  ) -0.008  9.895 -0.005
E1    (H Colleasure) 0.022  9.907  0.007      (B Packard   ) 0.006  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:             #6  9.907  0.007                       #13  9.913  0.013

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7890 Randy Fabbro                         7608 Randy Kersey
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.355 115.11                    -0.019 10.585 120.26
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.455             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.685
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Parsons   ) 0.022  9.910  0.010      (L Bradshaw  ) 0.031  9.914  0.014
E2    (R Herem     ) 0.005  9.868 -0.032      (S Tharp     ) 0.003  9.925  0.025
E1    (S Hudson    ) 0.029  9.903  0.003      (C Allen     ) 0.016  9.923  0.023
 Qualified:             #2  9.903  0.003                       #23  9.923  0.023

Kersey hands one to Fabbro. He gets the bye to the semi final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 Bryan Downing                        7450 Fred Kondrotas
E4                  -0.015 11.653  86.91     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.933 147.65
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.753             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E3    (N Verlingo  ) 0.033  9.936  0.036      (V Torres    ) 0.016  9.944  0.044
E2    (D Lough     ) 0.002  9.907  0.007      (W Silvia    ) 0.911 12.258  2.358
E1    (J Larsen    ) 0.047  9.882 -0.018      (C Geise     ) 0.031  9.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #51  9.882 -0.018                        #3  9.906  0.006

Kondrotas and Holmes next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 715M Robert Momjian                        734 Gary Cooke
E4                  -0.002  9.918 148.14     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.897 156.99
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Rebrovich ) 0.040  9.913  0.013      (J Agalsoff  ) 0.030  9.971  0.071
E2    (B Pierce    ) 0.016  9.893 -0.007      (M Coltrin   ) 0.002  9.919  0.019
E1    (W Boxold    ) 0.035  9.916  0.016      (C Newman    ) 0.022  9.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #18  9.916  0.016                       #11  9.911  0.011

Cooke gets Tafoya in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7862 Dave Coapstick                       7429 Tim Daniel
E4   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.953 150.46                     0.021  9.950 149.53
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.053             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Olpin     ) 0.003  9.898 -0.002      (C Waggoner  ) 0.023  9.957  0.057
E2    (M Wiebe     ) 0.001  9.914  0.014      (L Johnson   ) 0.024  9.884 -0.016
E1    (V Torres Jr ) 0.019  9.980  0.080      (D Kelly     ) 0.042  9.949  0.049
 Qualified:            #42  9.980  0.080                       #35  9.949  0.049

Coapstick gets the win by 3 feet and he was all over the brakes. He gets Blodgett next.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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