Sun, 11 Feb 2007, 08:26 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
 6363 Dave Holmes                          7450 Fred Kondrotas               
E5                   0.033  9.932 139.47     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.948 147.50
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Gecker    ) 0.053  9.923  0.023      (B Downing   ) 0.004  9.933  0.033
E3    (C Spear     ) 0.040  9.897 -0.003      (V Torres    ) 0.016  9.944  0.044
E2    (J Bourquin  ) -0.008  9.895 -0.005      (W Silvia    ) 0.911 12.258  2.358
E1    (B Packard   ) 0.006  9.913  0.013      (C Geise     ) 0.031  9.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #13  9.913  0.013                        #3  9.906  0.006

5:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 1,478 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Kondrotas has a nice .011 light to take the win. Fred Kondrotas' MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Max Tafoya Jr                         734 Gary Cooke                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.923 163.18                     0.021  9.947 156.05
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Hilton    ) 0.054  9.917  0.017      (R Momjian   ) 0.001  9.897 -0.003
E3    (R Takahashi ) 0.025 10.002  0.102      (J Agalsoff  ) 0.030  9.971  0.071
E2    (R Beckstrom ) 0.038  9.901  0.001      (M Coltrin   ) 0.002  9.919  0.019
E1    (D Zewe      ) 0.045  9.918  0.018      (C Newman    ) 0.022  9.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #21  9.918  0.018                       #11  9.911  0.011

Max Tafoya Jr's MOV: 0.0084 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7862 Dave Coapstick                       7047 Mike Blodgett                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.471 119.87                     0.039 15.932  57.01
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.571             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  6.032
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Daniel    ) 0.004  9.953  0.053      (B Herr      ) 0.005  9.917  0.017
E3    (E Olpin     ) 0.003  9.898 -0.002      (R Balough   ) 0.026  9.908  0.008
E2    (M Wiebe     ) 0.001  9.914  0.014      (J Calton    ) 0.025  9.912  0.012
E1    (V Torres Jr ) 0.019  9.980  0.080      (W Herem     ) 0.041  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #42  9.980  0.080                        #5  9.907  0.007

Blodgett slows on the top end to give the easy win to Coapstick.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7890 Randy Fabbro                 
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.049  9.897 154.53
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (R Kersey    ) 0.025 10.355  0.455
E3                                           (S Parsons   ) 0.022  9.910  0.010
E2                                           (R Herem     ) 0.005  9.868 -0.032
E1                                           (S Hudson    ) 0.029  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:                                                       #2  9.903  0.003

Fabbro with the single.

5:18 p.m. He'll race Tafoya and Kondrotas will race Coapstick.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink