Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 08:04 PM

Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations
By Bob Orme



BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5025 Mike Wiblishouser                      56 Jeff Cheney                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.919 154.23                     0.062  9.918 143.25
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Mac Millan) 0.015  9.898 -0.002      (G Gordon    ) 0.015  9.934  0.034
E2    (R Nygaard   ) 0.020  9.940  0.040      (D Legner    ) 0.009  9.933  0.033
E1    (D Koll      ) 0.011  9.983  0.083      (J Merchant  ) 0.046  9.956  0.056
 Qualified:            #37  9.983  0.083                       #31  9.956  0.056
6:57 p.m. Mike Wiblishouser's MOV: 0.0486 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5546 Ken Diethert                         5397 Dan Gilgosch                 
E4                   0.036  9.828 140.14     ****WINNER****  0.037  9.936 131.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.072             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Davis     ) 0.009  9.905  0.005      (K Theobald  ) 0.019  9.943  0.043
E2    (B Fuller    ) 0.028  9.920  0.020      (M Schnobrich) 0.025  9.898 -0.002
E1    (S Tharp     ) 0.051  9.945  0.045      (S Mc Masters) 0.044  9.862 -0.038
 Qualified:            #30  9.945  0.045                       #48  9.862 -0.038
Dan Gilgosch wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5263 Eugene Belair                        5555 John Bieringer               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.883 142.76                     0.028  9.878 156.53
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Sannon    ) 0.030  9.914  0.014                     0.000  9.912  0.012
E2    (J Thompson  ) 0.013  9.924  0.024      (B Legner    ) 0.024  9.937  0.037
E1    (C Rieck     ) 0.018  9.933  0.033      (T Patterson ) 0.031  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #20  9.933  0.033                        #1  9.902  0.002
Eugene Belair wins on a double-breakout. He'll face Gilgosch in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5811 Bill Goldammer                       5572 Larry Wiebusch               
E4                   0.064  9.924 162.37     ****WINNER****  0.045  9.920 138.02
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Strauss   ) 0.051  9.802 -0.098      (C Lundberg  ) 0.009  9.936  0.036
E2    (K Larson    ) 0.009  9.862 -0.038      (D Woody     ) 0.039  9.907  0.007
E1    (C Anderson  ) -0.005  9.794 -0.106      (R Grundhoefe) 0.029  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #50  9.794 -0.106                       #44  9.893 -0.007
Larry Wiebusch's MOV: 0.0236 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5364 Randy Vados                            79 Linzi Theobald               
E4                   0.022  9.849 145.61     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.904 153.07
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.051             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Larson    ) 0.018  9.922  0.022      (R Connolly  ) 0.038  9.886 -0.014
E2    (J Dalrymple ) 0.001  9.936  0.036      (R Scheleck  ) 0.030  9.970  0.070
E1    (C Clark     ) 0.013  9.912  0.012      (D Senkow    ) 0.054  9.929  0.029
 Qualified:            #10  9.912  0.012                       #16  9.929  0.029
Linzi Theobald wins on a breakout. Theobald will face Wiebusch in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 397M Brina Splingaire                     526D Danielle Davis               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.030  9.901 145.58                     0.034  9.947 142.12
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Evens     ) 0.035  9.858 -0.042      (R Thompson  ) 0.012  9.886 -0.014
E2    (T Tharp     ) 0.017  9.948  0.048      (T Bayer     ) 0.034  9.981  0.081
E1    (D Westra    ) 0.038  9.918  0.018      (F Nichols   ) 0.048  9.961  0.061
 Qualified:            #15  9.918  0.018                       #34  9.961  0.061
Brina Splingaire's MOV: 0.0503 seconds (approximately 10 feet). She'll have a bye run in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                340B William Hanes                
E4                                            ****WINNER**** -0.005  9.848 154.09
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (E Holmgren  ) 0.046  9.914  0.014
E2                                           (R Malik     ) 0.012  9.927  0.027
E1                                           (M McMasters ) 0.018  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:                                                      #14  9.917  0.017
Hanes will face Wiblishouser in round five.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


Copyright ©2026 AUTOSALES INC, dba Summit Racing Equipment
Ready to take your order at 1-800-230-3030 | Customer Service 1-800-517-1035