Sun, 17 Feb 2013, 18:44 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                        731 Rick Beckstrom               
E5                  -0.003  9.931 158.28     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.942 170.88
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Sexton    ) 0.009  9.901  0.001      (Bye         ) 0.036  9.933  0.033
E3    (L Torres    ) 0.015  9.906  0.006      (B Plourd    ) 0.029  9.915  0.015
E2    (D Osborn    ) 0.057  9.942  0.042      (L Scarth    ) 0.100  9.943  0.043
E1    (M Willoughby) 0.015  9.987  0.087      (R Kato      ) 0.021  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #26  9.987  0.087                       #11  9.918  0.018

3:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,338 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Rick Beckstrom's MOV: opponent's -0.003 red light. Beckstrom gets the bye next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7544 Brad Pierce                             7 Tommy Phillips               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.066  9.961 136.23                     0.028 11.581  87.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.061             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.681
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Balough   ) 0.022  9.909  0.009      (K Mc Clellan) 0.023  9.935  0.035
E3    (R Fabbro    ) 0.006  9.941  0.041      (M Ferderer  ) 0.005  9.919  0.019
E2    (T Hiatt     ) 0.025  9.896 -0.004      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.032  9.905  0.005
E1    (M Boner     ) 0.004  9.949  0.049      (V Campa     ) 0.017  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #25  9.949  0.049                       #15  9.924  0.024

Phillips slows and Pierce gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7019 Peter Bothe                                Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.880 148.54     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Ginger    ) 0.027  9.916  0.016   
E3    (M Blodgett  ) 0.024  9.897 -0.003   
E2    (L Bogacki   ) 0.005  9.884 -0.016   
E1    (K Boehner   ) 0.012  9.903  0.003   
 Qualified:             #4  9.903  0.003                     Bye

Bye run for Bothe and he will face Pierce next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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