Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 06:44 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4 Ray Connolly 3275 Doug McRobie
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.023 9.933 156.37 0.044 9.877 150.08
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.033 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023
Prior rounds:
E3 (D Dailey ) 0.030 10.068 0.168 (J Szilagyi ) 0.010 9.887 -0.013
E2 (C Mac Millan) 0.032 9.903 0.003 (J Henderson ) 0.026 9.907 0.007
E1 (M Conkle ) 0.028 9.930 0.030 (R Eaker ) 0.078 9.922 0.022
Qualified: #16 9.930 0.030 #12 9.922 0.022
6:00 p.m. Connolly got the win light, McRobie getting to the finish line first and breaking out. Then McRobie's car made a hard
left turn, hitting the left wall hard. The car bounced off, coming back across the track and hitting the right wall before stopping
well into the shutdown area. The safety crew removed McRobie from the car and he was transported by ambulance to Licking Memorial
Hospital, in Newark, for treatment. If we get any word on his condition before the end of the event, we will pass it
along.Connolly's win gives him a bye to the semifinals..
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3752 Kenneth Lafollette 3952 Marvin Benoit Jr
E4 0.076 9.867 146.29 ****WINNER**** 0.034 9.886 147.81
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
Prior rounds:
E3 (B Ford ) 0.022 9.914 0.014 (M Snyder ) 0.007 9.900 0.000
E2 (J Nance ) 0.062 9.826 -0.074 (C Yates ) 0.012 9.924 0.024
E1 (G Hartig ) 0.046 9.945 0.045 (B Fast ) 0.040 9.918 0.018
Qualified: #21 9.945 0.045 #8 9.918 0.018
6:36 p.m. Benoit wins in a double-breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3824 Gary Linkhorn 14 John Napolitano
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.014 9.902 153.63 -0.025 11.308 102.66
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.002 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 1.408
Prior rounds:
E3 (S Theodor ) 0.038 9.918 0.018 (M Sanders ) 0.014 9.899 -0.001
E2 (D Kroft ) 0.003 9.924 0.024 (J Stover ) 0.010 9.909 0.009
E1 (T Eckard ) 0.021 9.994 0.094 (R Clark ) 0.007 9.916 0.016
Qualified: #27 9.994 0.094 #6 9.916 0.016
Gary Linkhorn's package: 0.016. Linkhorn races Benoit in the quarterfinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1064 Todd Logan 1915 Ray Sawyer
E4 0.007 10.192 142.45 ****WINNER**** 0.026 10.087 135.27
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.292 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.187
Prior rounds:
E3 (B Leber ) 0.010 9.909 0.009 (B Jackson ) 0.023 9.917 0.017
E2 (L Zynda ) 0.007 9.940 0.040 (S Hoyt ) -0.008 9.895 -0.005
E1 (E Arnold ) 0.042 9.915 0.015 (S Eckard ) 0.020 9.886 -0.014
Qualified: #5 9.915 0.015 #35 9.886 -0.014
Logan's car got very, very close to the half-track timing markers.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
32 Carl Root Bye
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.035 9.881 149.75
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019
Prior rounds:
E3 (R Erks ) 0.017 9.914 0.014
E2 (N on File ) 0.009 9.917 0.017
E1 (J Balcom ) 0.030 9.937 0.037
Qualified: #19 9.937 0.037 Bye
Root will race Sawyer in the quarters.
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