Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 07:40 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7862 Dave Coapstick                       780V Val Torres Jr                
E7   ****WINNER****  0.008  9.901 154.62                     0.028  9.901 155.49
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E6    (L Scarth    ) 0.018  9.914  0.014                     0.002  9.929  0.029
E5    (J Larsen    ) 0.011  9.931  0.031      (M Mustard   ) 0.011  9.851 -0.049
E4    (D Anderson  ) 0.007  9.937  0.037      (B Herr      ) 0.029  9.917  0.017
E3    (D Downing   ) 0.013  9.907  0.007      (D Crumlich  ) 0.018  9.938  0.038
E2    (R Cates     ) 0.018  9.894 -0.006      (S Skaggs    ) 0.058  9.879 -0.021
E1    (W Boxold    ) 0.013  9.862 -0.038      (M Blodgett  ) 0.010  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #44  9.862 -0.038                       #31  9.893 -0.007

4:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,722 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Two Division Seven "Locals" race for the championship. Great race with Coapstick getting away first and carding a near perfect 0.009 package. Dave Coapstick's MOV: 0.0208 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Both cars run 0.001 over the index.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink