Sun, 25 Feb 2007, 04:22 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7418 Paul Dassonville             
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.008  9.939 150.08
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (T Fuller    ) 0.004  9.904  0.004
E3                                           (C Blaisdell ) 0.007  9.902  0.002
E2                                           (B Pierce    ) 0.024  9.917  0.017
E1                                           (R Okerman   ) 0.039  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:                                                      #41  9.890 -0.010

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,005 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7669 Matthew Constant                      716 Ed DeStaute                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.913 154.02                     0.030  9.912 144.10
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Keniry    ) 0.036  9.882 -0.018      (W Boxold    ) 0.045  9.907  0.007
E3    (R Balough   ) 0.033  9.921  0.021      (R Buckley   ) 0.030  9.919  0.019
E2    (J Hughes    ) 0.021  9.915  0.015      (R Broguiere ) 0.010  9.853 -0.047
E1    (P Jaramillo ) 0.018  9.886 -0.014      (J Denton    ) 0.017  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #43  9.886 -0.014                        #7  9.914  0.014

Matthew Constant's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 11 inches). Constant will face Dassonville in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5322 Mike Burkhart                           5 Kevin Kleineweber             
E5                  -0.015  9.938 151.77     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.918 158.63
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.035  9.885 -0.015      (T Bayer     ) 0.025  9.925  0.025
E3    (R Cates     ) 0.004  9.931  0.031      (F Jaramillo ) 0.001  9.926  0.026
E2    (J Freeman   ) 0.015  9.909  0.009      (M Blodgett  ) 0.021  9.924  0.024
E1    (S Parsons   ) 0.028  9.898 -0.002      (K Comstock  ) 0.026 10.061  0.161
 Qualified:            #40  9.898 -0.002                       #37 10.061  0.161

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  760 Jerry Calton                         7755 Larry Marshall               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.935 155.78                    -0.010  9.948 149.76
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Agalsoff  ) 0.021  9.909  0.009      (D Slatten   ) 0.045  9.930  0.030
E3    (S Williams  ) 0.039  9.915  0.015      (C Geise     ) 0.022  9.913  0.013
E2    (D Sanchez   ) 0.025 10.412  0.512      (T Larson    ) 0.019  9.875 -0.025
E1    (G King      ) 0.063  9.963  0.063      (M Bonfield  ) 0.005  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #29  9.963  0.063                       #12  9.919  0.019

Calton will face Kleinweber in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink