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Sun, 1 Oct 2006, 05:57 PM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA, Inaugural SPORTSnationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7892 Will Boxold                          7262 Wayne Newman                 
E5                   0.004  9.909 164.59     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.903 163.47
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4    (V Torres    ) 0.012  9.944  0.044      (C Rumis     ) 0.019  9.888 -0.012
E3    (R Beckstrom ) 0.015  9.911  0.011      (M Blodgett J) 0.017  9.905  0.005
E2    (J Gallatin  ) 0.023  9.805 -0.095      (R Fabbro    ) 0.021  9.934  0.034
E1    (K Brown     ) 0.000  9.958  0.058      (D Hall      ) 0.026  9.998  0.098
 Qualified:            #32  9.958  0.058                       #40  9.998  0.098

2:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,200 feet.

Close race. Wayne Newman's MOV: 0.0109 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                        7648 Bob Harris Jr.               
E5                   0.010  9.893 159.08     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.901 160.25
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Lee       ) 0.010  9.882 -0.018      (R Bowers    ) 0.004  9.891 -0.009
E3    (R Perez Jr  ) 0.029  9.866 -0.034      (T Fuller    ) 0.021  9.903  0.003
E2    (P Wiechmann ) 0.001  9.864 -0.036      (G Mignacca  ) 0.008  9.860 -0.040
E1    (S Warn      ) 0.030  9.948  0.048      (M Ferderer  ) 0.027  9.837 -0.063
 Qualified:            #25  9.948  0.048                       #45  9.837 -0.063

Harris with the breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7465 Jim Sowards                          7117 Roger Kato                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.902 153.23                     0.030  9.928 161.36
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E4    (E Olpin     ) 0.018  9.916  0.016      (T Daniel    ) 0.009  9.901  0.001
E3    (L Scarth    ) 0.012  9.897 -0.003      (K Drew      ) 0.014  9.905  0.005
E2    (K Mostowich ) -0.011  9.881 -0.019      (R Herem     ) 0.011  9.904  0.004
E1    (D Anderson  ) 0.029  9.929  0.029      (G Ventura   ) 0.003  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #19  9.929  0.029                       #11  9.919  0.019

Jim Sowards' MOV: 0.0463 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink