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Mon, 3 Sep 2007, 03:10 PM

Super Gas Round 6 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 6 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3007 Richard Baker                              Bye
E6   ****WINNER****  0.111 12.187  88.59     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  2.287     
 Prior rounds:
E5    (D Fletcher  ) 0.034  9.980  0.080   
E4    (M Ruff      ) 0.025  9.935  0.035   
E3    (S Hoyt      ) 0.011  9.976  0.076   
E2    (T Gillespie ) 0.004  9.878 -0.022   
E1    (B Jackson   ) 0.017  9.910  0.010   
 Qualified:             #8  9.910  0.010                     Bye


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1349 Brian Forrester                      3846 Chris Yates                  
E6   ****WINNER****  0.100 10.038 144.01                     0.572  9.694 143.86
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.138             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.206
 Prior rounds:
E5    (L Zynda     ) 0.023  9.903  0.003      (T Williams  ) 0.029  9.877 -0.023
E4    (J Kenny     ) 0.030  9.863 -0.037      (M Tafoya    ) 0.045  9.929  0.029
E3    (C Anderson  ) 0.004  9.940  0.040      (R Erks      ) 0.018  9.909  0.009
E2    (S Eckard    ) 0.017  9.914  0.014      (D Dailey    ) 0.046  9.912  0.012
E1    (R Eaker     ) 0.010  9.868 -0.032      (T Logan     ) 0.011  9.835 -0.065
 Qualified:            #54  9.868 -0.032                       #71  9.835 -0.065

Yates flinched, double pumped, or something and didn't leave when the tree came down.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 307T Andrew Thomas                        372A Alex Miller                  
E6   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.873 151.77                     0.028  9.867 135.24
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033
 Prior rounds:
E5    (R Lynn Shipp) 0.017  9.935  0.035      (J Cappiello ) 0.006  9.920  0.020
E4    (B Gebhardt  ) 0.003  9.969  0.069      (S Adcock Jr ) 0.013  9.929  0.029
E3    (R Matthews  ) 0.023  9.933  0.033      (M Sanders   ) 0.018  9.941  0.041
E2    (J Henderson ) 0.023  9.860 -0.040      (G Summers   ) 0.027  9.919  0.019
E1    (B Leber     ) 0.012  9.851 -0.049      (B Fuller    ) 0.007  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #64  9.851 -0.049                       #20  9.928  0.028

Thomas gets Baker while Forrester has a bye into the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink