Mon, 20 Apr 2009, 09:36 AM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 2840 Kurt Damron                          308V Jeremy Jensen                
E5                   0.023  9.952 177.28     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.943 148.02
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.052             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Abbott    ) 0.053 10.067  0.167      (S Choate    ) 0.008  9.916  0.016
E3    (L Wood      ) 0.011  9.916  0.016      (R Hunter    ) 0.018 10.000  0.100
E2    (J Taylor    ) 0.008  9.878 -0.022      (S Lyons     ) 0.020  9.973  0.073
E1    (J Brown     ) 0.040  9.924  0.024      (S Lawton    ) 0.026  9.936  0.036
 Qualified:            #15  9.924  0.024                       #24  9.936  0.036

9:00 p.m. The radar looks ugly, hopefully we'll get finished before the weather gets here.

Jeremy Jensen's MOV: 0.0198 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2038 Steve Cohen                          2252 Wes Adams                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.923 156.53                     0.042  9.918 152.04
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Lynch     ) 0.033  9.961  0.061      (M Fuqua     ) 0.039  9.948  0.048
E3    (T Ratliff   ) 0.015  9.909  0.009      (A Kenny     ) 0.003  9.924  0.024
E2    (D Watson    ) 0.015  9.932  0.032      (J Kenny     ) 0.045  9.896 -0.004
E1    (R Wilkerson ) 0.002  9.945  0.045      (R Blake     ) 0.008  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:            #25  9.945  0.045                       #23  9.934  0.034

These two made their burnout, then were shut off and pushed back under the tower.

9:02 p.m. It's raining, the plug has been pulled for tonight, we'll have wait until 9 a.m. Monday (or until it's dry, whichever comes later) to see who will race Jensen in the finals.

9:31 a.m. Monday: Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,011 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.

Race officials waited to get some heat in the track after a chilly, wet night. Now it's sunny and clear - and we have about 45 minutes of racing left.

Steve Cohen's MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Jensen in about 20 minutes.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink