Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 05:36 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  302 Rock Haas                               7 Alan Kenny                   
E7                  -0.031  9.905 150.18     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.900 161.61
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.011  9.905  0.005      (B Forrester ) 0.032  9.917  0.017
E5    (S Langdon   ) 0.004  9.903  0.003      (R Sawyer    ) 0.007  9.937  0.037
E4    (R Connolly  ) 0.015  9.899 -0.001      (D McRobie   ) 0.014  9.891 -0.009
E3    (D Northrop  ) 0.018  9.908  0.008      (T Mazza     ) 0.020  9.882 -0.018
E2    (D Klomps    ) 0.051  9.904  0.004      (G Linkhorn  ) 0.021  9.912  0.012
E1    (R Bailey    ) 0.019  9.893 -0.007      (M Moody     ) 0.048  9.915  0.015
 Qualified:            #28  9.893 -0.007                       #11  9.915  0.015

5:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Al Kenny's first national event final round was at Sanair, in 1977, where he lost to Dale Armstrong (yes, that Dale Armstrong) in the Pro Comp final. He has a record of two wins in five final rounds. Haas has been to three finals, with one win.

Kenny had a "James Bond" .007 light and a dead-on 9.900 for a winning 0.007 package against Haas' red light, the second dead-on final in a row (see the Super Stock final for details).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink