Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 10:10 PM Quick Rod Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Quick Rod 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
    6 Rusty Cook                           9265 W.G. Lankas                  
E5                   0.017  8.931 169.61     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.922 172.10
         QR Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.031              QR Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.005  8.885 -0.015      (J ALBERTSON ) 0.007  8.811 -0.089
E3    (G BROADWAY  ) 0.008  9.247  0.347      (F LIPKE     ) 0.001  8.914  0.014
E2    (D SHARP     ) 0.018  9.010  0.110      (D RAMSEY    ) 0.002  8.998  0.098
E1    (D PATE      ) 0.028  8.925  0.025      (S SMITH     ) 0.014  8.908  0.008
 Qualified:            #10  9.010  0.128                        #8  8.998  0.100

10:04 p.m. Identical RT's and Lankas grabs the close win. W.G. Lankas' MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He'll race Manual in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  190 Mark Payne                           1512 Darrell Collins              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.058  8.876 166.54                     0.059  8.872 171.95
         QR Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.024              QR Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K COOKE     ) 0.031  8.910  0.010      (J EDMONDS   ) 0.009  8.891 -0.009
E3    (M FURR      ) 0.028  8.876 -0.024      (B NESBITT   ) 0.032  8.879 -0.021
E2    (M BERTOZZI  ) 0.006  8.872 -0.028      (K O'BRIEN   ) 0.082  8.934  0.034
E1    (S CARSON    ) 0.013  8.825 -0.075      (R KING JR   ) 0.033  8.851 -0.049
 Qualified:            #16  8.872 -0.028                        #9  8.934  0.116

Double breakout win for Payne and a Bye run next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                980C Cameron Manuel               
E5                                            ****WINNER****  1.133  9.515 114.33
                                                   QR Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.615
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (R LARKINS   ) 0.010  8.909  0.009
E3                                           (J FURR      ) 0.025  8.959  0.059
E2                                           (T WILSON    ) 0.016  8.925  0.025
E1                                           (J HOWE      ) 0.027  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:                                                       #2  8.925  0.041

Manual takes it easy on his Bye run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink