Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 7 Jun 2008, 09:46 AM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By Rick Green



JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Ed Olpin                             2086 David Tatum III              
E3                   0.024  9.849 161.11     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.867 164.41
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.051             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Ford      ) 0.008  9.918  0.018      (T Turner    ) 0.011  9.902  0.002
E1    (S Shaughness) 0.025  9.953  0.053      (T Gillespie ) 0.023  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #19  9.953  0.053                       #29  9.888 -0.012


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2854 Gene Norwood                         307T Andrew Thomas                
E3                  -0.015  9.829 152.38     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.913 152.12
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.071             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Hoyt      ) 0.039  9.886 -0.014      (J Harper    ) 0.017  9.920  0.020
E1    (T Tiry      ) 0.040  9.900  0.000      (A Gavlovsky ) 0.015  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:             #2  9.900  0.000                       #30  9.887 -0.013
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 79 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 2,832 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.



 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2909 David Watson                         5770 Jarod Bowman                 
E3                   0.003  9.988 150.50     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.950 151.90
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.088             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.016  9.898 -0.002      (H Colleasure) 0.017 10.089  0.189
E1    (M Erickson  ) 0.003  9.891 -0.009      (M Snyder    ) 0.018  9.839 -0.061
 Qualified:            #27  9.891 -0.009                       #36  9.839 -0.061


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 501B Bob Fuller                             52 Mike Wiblishouser            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  9.868 161.25                    -0.004  9.984 158.78
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Anderson  ) 0.023  9.913  0.013      (D LaFleur   ) 0.019  9.940  0.040
E1    (S Bailey    ) 0.028  9.905  0.005      (G Summers   ) 0.013  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:             #5  9.905  0.005                       #14  9.914  0.014


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3639 Nick Folk                            577C Rick Bowman                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.913 154.02                     0.006  9.892 161.07
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Root      ) 0.020  9.906  0.006      (R Erks      ) 0.001  9.921  0.021
E1    (E Arnold    ) 0.028  9.875 -0.025      (A Kenny     ) 0.018  9.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #35  9.875 -0.025                        #7  9.906  0.006


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T508 Rodney Thompson                      3449 Ed Apple                     
E3                   0.033  9.890 160.90     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.939 151.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Goins     ) 0.021  9.882 -0.018      (M Coltrin   ) 0.013  9.921  0.021
E1    (J Gebhardt  ) -0.004  9.905  0.005      (M Fuqua     ) 0.038  9.878 -0.022
 Qualified:             #6  9.905  0.005                       #34  9.878 -0.022


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Val Torres                              4 Ray Connolly                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.922 157.58                     0.030  9.883 163.18
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Sanders   ) 0.006  9.901  0.001      (G McMann    ) 0.012  9.865 -0.035
E1    (M Sawyer    ) 0.024  9.839 -0.061      (T Williams  ) 0.071  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #37  9.839 -0.061                       #28  9.888 -0.012


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4674 Heidi Robison                         307 Gregory Couch                
E3                   0.028  9.909 151.14     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.909 140.52
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Adcock Jr ) 0.017  9.930  0.030      (J Smith     ) 0.023 10.028  0.128
E1    (D Nelson    ) 0.013  9.911  0.011      (E Rudek     ) 0.010  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #12  9.911  0.011                        #3  9.900  0.000
Gregory Couch's MOV: 0.0045 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5556 Gale Wallace                         4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.896 138.43                     0.017  9.882 149.20
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Torres Jr ) 0.003  9.901  0.001      (R Kurth     ) 0.008  9.968  0.068
E1    (L Bernshause) 0.015  9.882 -0.018      (D Nuest     ) 0.021  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #32  9.882 -0.018                        #4  9.902  0.002


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  516 Doug Woody                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  9.923 168.24     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Forrester ) 0.024  9.894 -0.006   
E1    (W Neely     ) 0.027  9.900  0.000   
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                     Bye

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