Sun, 28 Sep 2008, 03:18 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2659 Jerry Pittman                        W255 George Warren                
E4                  -0.010  9.895 154.69     ****WINNER****  0.039  9.906 140.52
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Tatum     ) 0.011  9.920  0.020      (M Fuqua     ) 0.039  9.951  0.051
E2    (D Ulrich    ) 0.040  9.901  0.001      (B Alderson  ) 0.021  9.939  0.039
E1    (W Neely     ) 0.011  9.878 -0.022      (J Duke      ) 0.024  9.874 -0.026
 Qualified:            #35  0.000  0.000                        #2  0.000  0.000

2:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 2,618 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Pittman gets in ahurry off the line and gives the win to Warren.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4130 Jules Hickey                         308V Jeremy Jensen                
E4                   0.143  9.932 147.15     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.039 143.47
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.139
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Watson    ) 0.005  9.914  0.014      (S Adcock Jr ) 0.014  9.917  0.017
E2                   0.051  9.898 -0.002      (J Harper    ) 0.007  9.926  0.026
E1    (C Westcott  ) 0.063  9.900  0.000      (D Long      ) 0.004  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #47  0.000  0.000                       #12  0.000  0.000

Hickey is really late off the line, Jensen gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1349 Brian Forrester                       595 Tony Fuller                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.959 161.90                     0.061  9.895 154.55
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.059             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Splingaire) 0.038  9.889 -0.011      (B Fuller    ) 0.033  9.916  0.016
E2    (T Williamson) 0.031 10.045  0.145      (L Grim      ) 0.031  9.902  0.002
E1    (J Ferguson  ) 0.029  9.977  0.077      (C Glidewell ) 0.022  9.875 -0.025
 Qualified:            #28  0.000  0.000                       #27  0.000  0.000

Forrester gets a big holeshot and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2853 Carl Shane                                 Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.039 10.029 133.25     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.129     
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Ayers     ) 0.057  9.900  0.000   
E2    (K Huckstep  ) 0.030  9.942  0.042   
E1    (R Benson    ) 0.014  9.907  0.007   
 Qualified:            #39  0.000  0.000                     Bye

In the next round it will be Shane vs. Forrester and Warren vs. Jensen.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink