Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 08:00 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5222 Max Tafoya                              3 Val Torres                   
E7   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.094 153.39                     0.025 10.091 157.50
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.044            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E6    (R Kato      ) 0.011 10.083  0.033      (J Lamb      ) 0.018 10.084  0.034
E5    (A Kenny     ) 0.006 10.067  0.017      (M Hunt      ) 0.027 10.060  0.010
E4    (D Carroll   ) 0.076 10.034 -0.016      (M Blodgett  ) 0.027 10.092  0.042
E3    (B Dillard   ) 0.018 10.035 -0.015      (W Newman    ) 0.017 10.006 -0.044
E2    (H Littlefiel) 0.051 10.010 -0.040      (A Boen      ) 0.027 10.077  0.027
E1    (K Harkema   ) 0.004 10.074  0.024      (M Yeager    ) 0.016 10.106  0.056
 Qualified:            #26 10.074  0.024                       #40 10.106  0.056

4:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 4,136 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Tafoya has never won a national event. This is his first final. Torres' only win came at the '06 Winternationals.

Tayofa gets the hole-shot and hangs on to get his first national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink