Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 05:30 PM

Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations
By David Gerard



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                          15 Jason Kenny                  
E3                   0.051  9.856 151.07     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.880 158.91
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.044             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Whitmore  ) 0.004  9.964  0.064      (D Sanchez   ) 0.077  9.947  0.047
E1    (M Dalrymple ) 0.058  9.946  0.046      (R Kato      ) 0.008  9.923  0.023
 Qualified:            #34  9.946  0.046                       #23  9.923  0.023
2:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Jason Kenny wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4880 Jimmy Lewis                          7851 Robert Naber                 
E3                   0.018 10.869  98.03     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.134 130.12
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.969             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.234
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Seipel    ) 0.032  9.904  0.004      (G Ventura   ) 0.030  9.911  0.011
E1    (B Packard   ) 0.014  9.954  0.054      (W Newman    ) 0.011  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #35  9.954  0.054                       #24  9.925  0.025
Lewis is first off the line and can't run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Mike Ferderer                        1915 Ray Sawyer                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.917 167.12                    -0.002  9.932 168.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Ross      ) 0.003  9.896 -0.004      (D Carroll   ) 0.046  9.881 -0.019
E1    (R Cates     ) 0.043  9.921  0.021      (D Miyashiro ) 0.009  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:            #22  9.921  0.021                       #32  9.937  0.037
Mike Ferderer wins on a -0.002 red light by Sawyer.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Bob Herr                             4961 Craig Anderson               
E3                  -0.022  9.864 160.23     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.855 161.48
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.036             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.045
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Bowers    ) 0.021  9.908  0.008      (J Lintz     ) 0.011  9.884 -0.016
E1    (J Cross     ) 0.051  9.904  0.004      (P Wiechmann ) 0.003  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:             #7  9.904  0.004                       #39  9.888 -0.012
Craig Anderson has a perfect RT and wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7890 Randy Fabbro                           71 Hollis Colleasure            
E3                   0.031  9.834 133.20     ****WINNER****  0.028  9.912 155.17
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.066             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Miller    ) 0.010  9.916  0.016      (J Dalrymple ) 0.030  9.883 -0.017
E1    (L Martinez  ) 0.030  9.929  0.029      (M Sawyer    ) 0.019  9.898 -0.002
 Qualified:            #26  9.929  0.029                       #37  9.898 -0.002
Hollis Colleasure wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7765 Jim Hughes                           7598 Chris Newman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.937 151.51                     0.072  9.923 165.29
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Stover    ) 0.022  9.932  0.032      (A Kenny     ) 0.010  9.901  0.001
E1    (K Sexton    ) 0.035  9.954  0.054      (B Dillard   ) 0.021  9.926  0.026
 Qualified:            #36  9.954  0.054                       #25  9.926  0.026
Jim Hughes has a great 0.006 RT. MOV: 0.0524 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 767G Gerald Turczyn                       701Y Steve Parsons                
E3                  -0.014  9.871 162.39     ****WINNER****  0.686 No Time      
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.029             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.020 11.983  2.083      (K Boehner   ) 0.017  9.907  0.007
E1    (E Olpin     ) 0.003  9.900  0.000      (C Waggoner J) 0.000  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                       #12  9.907  0.007
Red light for Turczyn and Parsons stops on the track by the tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7133 Richard Okerman                       735 Steve Williams               
E3                   0.050  9.850 165.94     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.904 162.70
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.050             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Bradshaw  ) 0.018  9.873 -0.027      (J Roubicek  ) 0.012  9.938  0.038
E1    (D Anderson  ) 0.013  9.882 -0.018      (R Kersey    ) 0.024  9.936  0.036
 Qualified:            #42  9.882 -0.018                       #31  9.936  0.036
Okerman is late and then breaks out. Williams runs 0.004 to the index for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Val Torres Jr.                        760 Jerry Calton                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.942 149.76                     0.019  9.880 151.04
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Campa     ) 0.022  9.900  0.000      (L Scarth    ) 0.013  9.870 -0.030
E1    (B Pierce    ) 0.001  9.904  0.004      (A Rebrovich ) 0.019  9.886 -0.014
 Qualified:             #8  9.904  0.004                       #40  9.886 -0.014
Two good RT's and Val Torres Jr. wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7862 Dave Coapstick                       7132 Raul Perez                   
E3                   0.017  9.920 153.77     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.925 158.41
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Wiebe     ) 0.010  9.968  0.068      (S Gecker    ) 0.019  9.855 -0.045
E1    (A Houston   ) 0.011  9.889 -0.011      (V Torres    ) 0.008  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #38  9.889 -0.011                        #6  9.904  0.004
Hole shot win for Perez. Raul Perez's MOV: 0.0118 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6211 Dave Stobbe                          706C Chad Langdon                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.865 126.35                           No Time      
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Blodgett J) 0.048  9.926  0.026      (R Davis     ) 0.013 10.031  0.131
E1    (R Herem     ) 0.045  9.905  0.005      (T Hiatt     ) 0.027  9.882 -0.018
 Qualified:             #9  9.905  0.005                       #41  9.882 -0.018
Langdon crashes the Henry J in round two, so Stobbe gets a single.

2:23 p.m. in Round four: Parsons vs. Anderson; Kenny vs. Hughes; Colleasure vs. Williams; Naber vs. Torres Jr.; Coapstick vs. Ferderer; and Kenny gets the single

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