Mon, 24 Aug 2009, 10:24 AM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2329 Ricky Hall                           2833 Billy Upton                  
E7                   0.014  9.878 147.60     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.886 156.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E6    (A Kenny     ) 0.000  9.914  0.014                     0.007  9.979  0.079
E5                   0.019  9.897 -0.003      (D Northrop  ) 0.050  9.880 -0.020
E4    (T DePascale ) 0.005  9.876 -0.024      (C DePascale ) 0.011  9.852 -0.048
E3    (H Smith     ) 0.036  9.880 -0.020      (D Knoblick  ) 0.029  9.876 -0.024
E2    (L Hoosigian ) 0.026  9.974  0.074      (J Fordyce   ) 0.030  9.907  0.007
E1    (P Dehner    ) 0.021 10.076  0.176      (D Petrillo  ) 0.006 10.112  0.212
 Qualified:            #30 10.076  0.176                       #31 10.112  0.212

Upton with the better light...breaks out by less for his first national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink