Mon, 6 Oct 2008, 12:36 PM Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  605 Mike Ferderer                        7292 Todd Barton                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.160 11.978 111.18                           No Time      
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  3.078             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Mc Kernan ) 0.004  8.920  0.020      (A Madrid    ) 0.006  8.891 -0.009
E2    (M Messer    ) 0.013  8.909  0.009      (M Willoughby) 0.045  8.895 -0.005
E1    (S Gecker    ) 0.011  8.912  0.012      (C Le Clair  ) 0.057  8.903  0.003
 Qualified:             #8  8.912  0.012                        #4  8.903  0.003

9:21 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,608 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Barton can't get the car to back up from the burnout, so the crew runs out and pushes him back. In the mean time there is another delay, as the starting line crew does some mop up in Ferderer's lane. They shut off both cars.

9:23 a.m. Just a brief delay and they come to the line to try again. Baton gets up on the throttle and the car jumps through the lights and fouls out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 710F Fredrick Blaisdell                   744R Shannon Robin-Nelson         
E4                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.139  9.023 166.85
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.123
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Symons    ) 0.013  8.933  0.033      (K Seipel    ) 0.017  8.937  0.037
E2    (J Morgan    ) 0.021  8.886 -0.014      (M Woodard   ) 0.037  8.897 -0.003
E1    (G Garbiso   ) 0.014  8.893 -0.007      (E Fischle   ) 0.022  8.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #28  8.893 -0.007                       #10  8.918  0.018

9:25 a.m. Additional delays to continue cleaning up the left lane.

9:28 a.m. ...and we are back! The weidness continues as Blaisdaeel times out before staging.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7805 Gabriel Torres                       7725 Mike Hiatt                   
E4                   0.094  8.988 149.93     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.021 149.65
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.088             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.121
 Prior rounds:
E3                   1.146 22.905 14.005      (J Derencin  ) 0.042  8.950  0.050
E2    (C Stewart   ) 0.019  8.890 -0.010      (S Young     ) 0.010  8.903  0.003
E1    (L Johnson   ) 0.024  8.924  0.024      (C Babcock   ) 0.042  8.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #16  8.924  0.024                       #13  8.921  0.021

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7062 Chris Lindsay                        7942 Thomas Bayer                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.036  8.992 160.82                     0.083  8.995 156.17
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.092             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.095
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Torres Jr ) 0.016  8.910  0.010      (R Camou     ) 0.016  8.928  0.028
E2    (R Beckstrom ) 0.041  8.885 -0.015      (B Mirizio   ) 0.040  8.881 -0.019
E1    (S Chennault ) 0.017  8.936  0.036      (B Woodard   ) 0.003  9.012  0.112
 Qualified:            #19  8.936  0.036                       #23  9.012  0.112

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink