Sat, 27 Sep 2003, 07:51 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations |
By Jonathan Adams |
JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3936 Greg Kamplain 172C Barbara Seemann
E3 0.010 9.961 0.061 ****WINNER**** 0.015 9.918 0.018
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Kenny ) 0.008 9.905 0.005 (R Sawyer ) 0.007 9.890 -0.010
E1 (K Heard ) 0.019 9.938 0.038 (R Fuller ) 0.025 9.910 0.010
Qualified: #17 9.938 0.038 #6 9.910 0.010
6:25 p.m. Kamplain was moving around a bit.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
304A Scott Fitzgibbon 1994 Regis Lepage
E3 0.009 9.888 -0.012 ****WINNER**** 0.002 9.910 0.010
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Schultz ) 0.074 9.923 0.023 (R Barrett ) 0.035 9.947 0.047
E1 (E Arnold Jr ) 0.027 9.939 0.039 (B Reith ) 0.014 9.965 0.065
Qualified: #18 9.939 0.039 #28 9.965 0.065
It's cloudy and there is no sun on the Tree. The truck moves on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3775 Hollis Booker 2533 Don Barrett
E3 -0.014 9.931 0.031 ****WINNER**** 0.013 9.762 -0.138
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (K Potach ) 0.057 9.909 0.009 (G Couch ) 0.000 9.881 -0.019
E1 (J Maggiulli ) 0.034 9.954 0.054 (R Connolly ) 0.025 10.064 0.164
Qualified: #26 9.954 0.054 #37 10.064 0.164
Our first red-light of the round gives the win to the Mustang. Good thing too, 'cause Barrett was way too
quick.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3273 Ken Hall 344 Terry Eckard
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.009 9.912 0.012 0.003 9.878 -0.022
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (K Moulton ) 0.013 9.901 0.001 (Bye ) -0.024 9.915 0.015
E1 (S Tharp ) 0.012 9.921 0.021 (D Dahlem ) 0.039 9.900 0.000
Qualified: #12 9.921 0.021 #1 9.900 0.000
Great lights for both. It's a shame someone had to lose.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3172 Leo Zynda 3870 Mike Coughlin
E3 0.017 9.899 -0.001 ****WINNER**** 0.017 10.081 0.181
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Rudek ) 0.017 9.902 0.002 (R Haas ) 0.020 9.957 0.057
E1 (W Schoenstei) 0.022 9.922 0.022 (D Nuest ) 0.006 9.945 0.045
Qualified: #13 9.922 0.022 #23 9.945 0.045
Zynda takes a .182 stripe and breaks out by .001.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
5152 Al Gavlovsky 2038 Steve Cohen
E3 -0.001 9.920 0.020 ****WINNER**** 0.007 9.900 0.000
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Bailey ) 0.092 9.922 0.022 (B Leber ) 0.009 9.913 0.013
E1 (L Wolford ) 0.008 9.986 0.086 (M Snyder ) 0.008 9.944 0.044
Qualified: #32 9.986 0.086 #22 9.944 0.044
James Bond light and a perfect run for Cohen.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
327B John Blezien 129 John Martin
E3 0.007 9.876 -0.024 ****WINNER**** 0.025 9.881 -0.019
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Edwards ) 0.008 9.942 0.042 (D Erickson ) 0.008 9.942 0.042
E1 (T Stalba Jr ) 0.041 9.917 0.017 (B Ford ) 0.015 9.855 -0.045
Qualified: #9 9.917 0.017 #41 9.855 -0.045
Tough break for Blezien who takes just a .023 stripe and loses the double-breakout affair.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
3213 Bill Jackson 5788 Jeff Nygaard
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.022 9.913 0.013 0.058 9.870 -0.030
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Klomps ) 0.044 9.924 0.024 (B Yates Sr ) 0.003 9.893 -0.007
E1 (T Seemann ) 0.010 9.904 0.004 (B Kleewein ) 0.021 10.023 0.123
Qualified: #4 9.904 0.004 #36 10.023 0.123
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
522 Terry Edwards 35 Robert Zimmerman
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.030 9.930 0.030 0.021 9.948 0.048
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Castillo ) 0.027 9.935 0.035 (D Gumbert ) 0.028 9.957 0.057
E1 (T Hickey ) 0.004 10.018 0.118 (S Wolf ) 0.011 9.948 0.048
Qualified: #35 10.018 0.118 #24 9.948 0.048
Edwards overcomes the holeshot.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
4 Frank Kohutek 3394 Tim Gillespie
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.013 9.907 0.007 0.023 9.892 -0.008
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Kenny ) -0.014 9.844 -0.056 (L Bernshause) 0.014 9.901 0.001
E1 (R Folk ) 0.030 9.940 0.040 (Bye ) 0.049 9.966 0.066
Qualified: #19 9.940 0.040 #29 9.966 0.066
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
4754 Billy Torrence 7613 Kevin Kleineweber
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.017 10.030 0.130 0.143 9.918 0.018
S/G Index: 9.90 S/G Index: 9.90
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Bishir ) 0.048 10.456 0.556 (J Klomps ) 0.035 9.899 -0.001
E1 (G Linkhorn ) 0.021 9.985 0.085 (A Koener ) 0.026 9.943 0.043
Qualified: #31 9.985 0.085 #21 9.943 0.043
Torrence with the holeshot win.
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