Sun, 18 May 2008, 10:58 PM Super Gas Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Ray Connolly                            2 Mike Ruff                    
E6   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.911 161.46                     0.013  9.918 141.08
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E5    (S Cohen     ) 0.013  9.894 -0.006      (D Tatum     ) 0.013  9.882 -0.018
E4    (R Brady     ) 0.016  9.924  0.024      (T Stalba    ) 0.005  9.932  0.032
E3    (D Northrop  ) 0.028  9.883 -0.017      (J Ayers     ) 0.014  9.940  0.040
E2    (M Weston    ) 0.009  9.912  0.012      (A Senft     ) 0.019  9.903  0.003
E1    (J Sessoms   ) 0.011  9.866 -0.034      (K O'Brien   ) 0.005  9.932  0.032
 Qualified:            #28  9.866 -0.034                       #12  9.932  0.032

Ray Connolly's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 23 inches). Connolly wins his ninth National event and for the third time Connolly and and his son David win at the same National event.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink