Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 07:58 PM Super Gas Final, Round 8 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 8 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5348 Kevin Moore                            55 Michael Miller               
E8   ****WINNER****  0.035 10.067 151.71                     0.036 10.067 144.30
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.017            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E7    (J Calton    ) 0.028 10.052  0.002                     0.006 10.019 -0.031
E6    (R Fabbro    ) 0.013 10.051  0.001      (J Hughes    ) 0.053 10.048 -0.002
E5    (M Blodgett J) 0.007 10.057  0.007      (M Tafoya Jr ) 0.037 10.053  0.003
E4    (J Denton    ) 0.047 10.030 -0.020      (B Harris    ) 0.055 10.069  0.019
E3    (K Harkema   ) 0.020 10.005 -0.045      (D Anderson  ) 0.054 10.043 -0.007
E2    (J Roubicek  ) 0.029 10.076  0.026      (M Coltrin   ) 0.035 10.056  0.006
E1    (P Gilbert   ) 0.016 10.065  0.015      (R Okerman   ) 0.005 10.093  0.043
 Qualified:            #19 10.065  0.015                       #42 10.093  0.043

4:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 29.72 inches, adjusted altitude 2,294 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Moore is two and two in four final round appearances. He won Super Gas in Denver this year. Miller has two NHRA National Event wins and has a 2-0 final round record. This one looked like it'd be a close race, and it was. Almost dead even on the tree and Moore wins it. Kevin Moore's MOV: 0.0015 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink