CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
373B Brad Gebhardt Bye
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.023 9.855 150.98
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.045
Prior rounds:
E4 (R Weaver ) 0.005 9.960 0.060
E3 (I Boicesco ) 0.015 9.914 0.014
E2 (R Eaker ) 0.017 9.881 -0.019
E1 (A Lawrence ) 0.013 9.935 0.035
Qualified: #37 9.935 0.035 Bye
2:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,344 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4747 Tommy Phillips 34 Ron Erks
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.013 9.913 152.40 0.033 9.922 164.67
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.013 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.022
Prior rounds:
E4 (R Haas ) 0.017 9.886 -0.014 (T Bayer ) 0.008 9.908 0.008
E3 0.010 9.911 0.011 (J Shipp ) 0.016 10.024 0.124
E2 (B Seemann ) 0.012 9.937 0.037 (A Thomas ) 0.036 9.948 0.048
E1 (E Rudek ) 0.017 9.933 0.033 (P Richardson) 0.025 9.949 0.049
Qualified: #36 9.933 0.033 #41 9.949 0.049
Tommy Phillips' MOV: 0.0297 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Jeff Cheney 1728 Jeff Szilagyi
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.025 9.899 158.04 0.039 9.887 152.35
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013
Prior rounds:
E4 (P Brown ) 0.005 9.891 -0.009 (J Stover ) 0.012 9.890 -0.010
E3 (C MacMillan ) 0.022 9.834 -0.066 (G Summers ) 0.024 9.891 -0.009
E2 (S Hoyt ) 0.009 9.934 0.034 (J Nance ) 0.064 9.852 -0.048
E1 (H Robison ) 0.000 9.961 0.061 (T Ratliff ) 0.002 9.969 0.069
Qualified: #43 9.961 0.061 #48 9.969 0.069
Cheney has the better light and runs Szilagyi out. Cheney vs Phillips in #6.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5222 Max Tafoya Jr 18 Tom Stalba
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.035 9.915 158.89 0.030 9.928 149.90
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.015 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.028
Prior rounds:
E4 (J Napolitano) 0.018 9.854 -0.046 (C Lundquist ) 0.068 9.996 0.096
E3 (K Damron ) 0.060 9.910 0.010 (J Kenny ) 0.032 9.909 0.009
E2 (D Kroft ) 0.016 9.878 -0.022 (S Gecker ) 0.019 9.921 0.021
E1 (B Jackson ) 0.029 9.882 -0.018 (D Tatum ) 0.003 9.895 -0.005
Qualified: #64 9.882 -0.018 #59 9.895 -0.005
Max Tafoya Jr's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 22 inches). Tafoya gets a bye into the semis.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Mike Ruff 260T Tom Joseph
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.021 9.910 140.61 0.031 9.907 150.70
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.010 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.007
Prior rounds:
E4 (R Kurth ) 0.019 9.900 0.000 (S Deffenbaug) 0.007 9.881 -0.019
E3 (D Fletcher ) 0.006 9.918 0.018 (K Mostowich ) 0.023 9.902 0.002
E2 (L Klingensmi) 0.003 9.919 0.019 0.038 9.857 -0.043
E1 (B Maddox ) 0.009 9.899 -0.001 (H Day ) 0.017 9.902 0.002
Qualified: #57 9.899 -0.001 #1 9.902 0.002
Mike Ruff's MOV: 0.0071 seconds (approximately 19 inches). Ruff vs Gebhardt.
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