Sun, 2 Oct 2005, 04:59 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5774 Henry Sliwinski                      3372 Steve Hoyt                   
E7   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.943 156.37                     0.040  9.895 153.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.027  9.893 -0.007      (J Taylor    ) 0.039  9.942  0.042
E5    (J Henderson ) -0.008  9.846 -0.054      (S Langdon   ) 0.087  9.908  0.008
E4    (R Haas      ) 0.017 10.006  0.106      (B Kleewein  ) 0.006 10.028  0.128
E3    (P Brown     ) 0.018  9.912  0.012      (R Folk      ) 0.024  9.883 -0.017
E2    (S Kondolay  ) 0.004  9.925  0.025      (D Klomps    ) 0.028  9.897 -0.003
E1    (L Bernshause) 0.007  9.910  0.010      (R Connolly  ) 0.024  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:             #8  9.910  0.010                        #6  9.909  0.009

3:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,699 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

We will have a first time winner here, this is the first final for both of these drivers. Sliwinski gets a big hole-shot, Hoyt breaks out trying to make up the difference.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink