Wed, 11 Feb 2009, 02:48 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Ryan Herem                           7862 Dave Coapstick               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.903 151.09                     0.003  9.916 154.74
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Boehner   ) 0.020  9.840 -0.060      (G Turczyn   ) 0.030  9.876 -0.024
E2    (A Broussard ) 0.006  9.919  0.019      (G Cooke     ) 0.033  9.883 -0.017
E1    (G Kelly     ) 0.007 10.016  0.116      (C Rash      ) 0.252  9.835 -0.065
 Qualified:            #15 10.016  0.116                       #24  9.835 -0.065

11:40 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,566 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Coapstick has a stellar 0.003 RT and was ahead most of the way, but Herem's ET just nips him in the lights.

Ryan Herem's MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

Ryan Herem's package: 0.017. Dave Coapstick's package: 0.019.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7941 Thomas Bayer                         7379 Randy Bowers                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.912 145.83                     0.033  9.905 143.54
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Blodgett  ) 0.033  9.967  0.067      (T Grueser   ) 0.025  9.887 -0.013
E2    (E De Staute ) 0.022  9.900  0.000      (S Parsons   ) 0.004  9.895 -0.005
E1    (J Serna     ) 0.039  9.921  0.021      (J York      ) 0.038  9.939  0.039
 Qualified:             #7  9.921  0.021                       #10  9.939  0.039

WOW! Even closer!

Both cars leave almost together and run side by side to the finish line. Thomas Bayer's MOV: 0.0014 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

Thomas Bayer's incremental times: 60ft-1.452 sec., 330ft-4.555, 660ft-6.696/119.19 mph, 1,000ft-8.436.
Randy Bowers' incremental times: 60ft-1.534 sec., 330ft-4.369, 660ft-6.515/115.52 mph, 1,000ft-8.346.

Thomas Bayer's package: 0.037. Randy Bowers' package: 0.038.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                             3 Val Torres                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.897 156.92                     0.016  9.875 160.08
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Ross      ) 0.022  9.854 -0.046      (J Calton    ) 0.012  9.969  0.069
E2    (M Boner     ) 0.035  9.886 -0.014      (R Priddy    ) 0.021  9.899 -0.001
E1    (M Blodgett  ) 0.032  9.916  0.016      (M Iacono    ) 0.022  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:             #5  9.916  0.016                       #20  9.897 -0.003

Justin Lamb wins on a double-breakout.

11:44 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink