Sun, 1 Jun 2008, 04:48 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4747 Tommy Phillips                       5540 Bill Mitchell                
E7   ****WINNER****  0.629 No Time                                 No Time      
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E6    (M Moerer    ) 0.028  9.922  0.022                           No Time      
E5    (K Moore     ) 0.017  9.892 -0.008      (R Nygaard   ) 0.022  9.941  0.041
E4    (T Heins     ) 0.009  9.915  0.015      (W Neely     ) 0.027  9.918  0.018
E3    (S Wagner    ) 0.011  9.932  0.032      (H Colleasure) 0.015  9.889 -0.011
E2    (C Anderson  ) 0.024  9.882 -0.018      (R Remmert   ) 0.069 10.182  0.282
E1    (J Harper    ) 0.011  9.869 -0.031      (H Sliwinski ) 0.028  9.839 -0.061
 Qualified:            #30  9.869 -0.031                       #39  9.839 -0.061

3:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,941 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Phillips is also a finalist in Super Comp. Mitchell was a no show because he was broke. Phillips took the green light, and he adds this win to his wins at this event in 1998 and 2002.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink