Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 11:32 AM Summit SuperSeries No Box Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit SuperSeries No Box at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 MX33 Ed Talbert                           YX25 Chris Wiley                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 11.699 112.77                     0.019 10.094 128.38
      SSSNB  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.001          SSSNB  Dial: 10.11 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:             #1  0.001  90.91                        #5  0.005 105.00

11:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 971 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Talbert is from Div. 2 and Wiley is a Wild Card.

Double breakout win for Talbert

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 UX78 Stan Jones Jr.                       YX30 Michael Crawford             
E1                   0.090  8.866 147.26     ****WINNER****  0.061 13.821  97.27
      SSSNB  Dial: 8.90 (+/-): -0.034           SSSNB  Dial: 13.77 (+/-):  0.051
 Qualified:             #7  0.007 120.04                        #3  0.003  77.03

Jones is a Wild Card and Crawford is from Div. 3. Crawford gets the breakout win. He'll race Talbert in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 ZX30 Greg Perry                           YX41 Paul Smith                   
E1                   0.085 10.755 123.10     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.833 120.02
      SSSNB  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.005          SSSNB  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:             #4  0.004  97.19                        #8  0.008  97.56

Perry is Div. 9 and Smith is Div. 4. Paul Smith's MOV: 0.0291 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 BX16 Dan Coss                             VX79 Will Steckly                 
E1                   0.035 10.435 127.96     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.016 138.54
      SSSNB  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.045          SSSNB  Dial: 8.98 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:             #6  0.006 100.98                        #2  0.002 118.69

Coss is an At Large entry and Steckly is Div. 1.Will Steckly's MOV: 0.0407 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He'll race Smith in the other pair next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink