Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 06:26 PM Super Street Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Street at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2962 Leland Poppel                        349J Joey Shipp                   
E4                  -0.002 10.997 140.88     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.892 139.91
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.097           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Dillman   ) 0.027 10.939  0.039      (F Firestone ) 0.011 10.926  0.026
E2    (C Woodham   ) 0.029 10.921  0.021      (E Griggs    ) 0.059 10.945  0.045
E1    (B Wilson    ) 0.020 10.872 -0.028      (D Altman    ) 0.049 10.976  0.076
 Qualified:            #23 10.872 -0.028                       #20 10.976  0.076

6:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 2,421 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Joey Shipp wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7910 Frank Cervelli                       2565 Ed Wiley                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.982 138.88                     0.035 10.976 137.76
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.082           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.076
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.033 10.940  0.040      (J Gibbs     ) 0.024 10.937  0.037
E2    (D Owens     ) 0.062 10.980  0.080      (B Italio    ) 0.034 10.871 -0.029
E1    (B Carmichael) 0.025 10.900  0.000      (C Aldrich Jr) 0.024 10.839 -0.061
 Qualified:             #2 10.900  0.000                       #24 10.839 -0.061

6:17 p.m. Rain stopped, here we go again.

Frank Cervelli's MOV: 0.0089 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Paul Richardson                        21 Mike Desio                   
E4                   0.079 10.794 140.07     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.876 139.40
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.106           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Majors    ) 0.034 11.004  0.104      (J Rice      ) 0.008 10.982  0.082
E2    (J Goodman   ) 0.047 10.903  0.003      (G Hickman   ) 0.065 10.919  0.019
E1    (W Adcock    ) 0.027 10.964  0.064      (G Federico  ) 0.036 10.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #19 10.964  0.064                        #4 10.903  0.003

Mike Desio wins on a double-breakout. He faces Cervelli in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2151 Mike Griggs                                Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030 10.888 134.56     
       S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.012    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Stevenson ) 0.006 10.896 -0.004   
E2    (M Ganjoin   ) 0.013 10.949  0.049   
E1    (E Swearingen) 0.009 10.902  0.002   
 Qualified:             #3 10.902  0.002                     Bye

Griggs takes the bye and will race Shipp in the other semifinals pairing.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink