Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 13 Feb 2010, 12:26 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By David Gerard



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7337 Hollis Colleasure                    7047 Mike Blodgett                
E2                   0.000  9.899 140.15     ****WINNER****  0.028  9.949 159.19
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Sanchez   ) 0.024  9.896 -0.004      (D Bracey    ) 0.015  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #33  9.896 -0.004                       #12  9.916  0.016
8:52 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,644 feet, track temperature 58 degrees.

Mike Blodgett wins on a -0.001 breakout by Colleasure. He wastes a perfect light to boot!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 701Y Steve Parsons                        7341 Tom Pulliam                  
E2                   0.000  9.942 162.06     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.928 148.23
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.042             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Packard   ) 0.013  9.921  0.021      (V Campa     ) 0.036  9.884 -0.016
 Qualified:            #17  9.921  0.021                       #38  9.884 -0.016
Tom Pulliam's MOV: 0.0145 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Both with perfect RT's. You don't see that very often.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7323 Glen Smith                           6211 Dave Stobbe                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.954 128.66                     0.036  9.977 125.35
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.054             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Bayer     ) 0.027  9.873 -0.027      (R Beckstrom ) 0.032  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:            #39  9.873 -0.027                       #18  9.927  0.027
Glen Smith's MOV: 0.0283 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 755P P.J. Giacalone                       7356 Ted Kellner                  
E2                   0.021  9.891 137.27     ****WINNER****  0.029  9.910 155.51
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E DeStaute  ) 0.009  9.917  0.017      (B Dillard   ) 0.052  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #14  9.917  0.017                       #35  9.893 -0.007
Ted Kellner wins on a -0.009 breakout by Giacalone.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6458 John Dalrymple                         62 Dave Kelly                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028 11.044 116.59                    -0.029  9.973 158.67
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.144             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.073
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) 0.024  9.908  0.008      (M Tafoya    ) 0.063  9.947  0.047
 Qualified:             #4  9.908  0.008                       #25  9.947  0.047
John Dalrymple wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7566 Ray Cordeiro                         7152 Ron Kelly Jr                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.922 148.80                     0.060  9.891 141.82
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Naber     ) 0.017  9.896 -0.004      (T Seipel    ) 0.048  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #31  9.896 -0.004                       #10  9.913  0.013
Ray Cordeiro wins on a -0.009 breakout by Kelly. Nice light for Corderio.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                        7862 Dave Coapstick               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.887 157.14                     0.012  9.878 158.50
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Sexton    ) 0.004  9.917  0.017      (W Newman    ) 0.077  9.893 -0.007
 Qualified:            #13  9.917  0.017                       #34  9.893 -0.007
Randy Balough wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7459 Don Lough                              78 Val Torres                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  9.911 155.69                     0.002  9.956 155.44
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Bruns     ) 0.051  9.873 -0.027      (L Marshall  ) 0.014  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:            #40  9.873 -0.027                       #19  9.927  0.027
Great light for Torres and a close win. Don Lough's MOV: 0.0257 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  729 Greg Ventura                         4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2                   0.028  9.963 139.69     ****WINNER****  0.028  9.944 154.55
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.063             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Wiebe     ) 0.011  9.909  0.009      (M Lang      ) 0.004  9.958  0.058
 Qualified:             #6  9.909  0.009                       #27  9.958  0.058
Identical 0.028 RT's and Jimmy Lewis gets the win. MOV: 0.0197 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7658 Wayne Priddy                           73 Gerald Turczyn Jr            
E2                   0.034  9.898 149.50     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.903 162.80
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Keck      ) 0.020  9.934  0.034      (J Serna     ) 0.047  9.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #23  9.934  0.034                        #2  9.905  0.005
Gerald Turczyn Jr wins on a -0.002 breakout by Priddy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7890 Randy Fabbro                         7765 Jim Hughes                   
E2                   0.015  9.945 134.69     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.913 152.76
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.045             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Bowers    ) 0.036  9.897 -0.003      (S Williams  ) 0.019  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #29  9.897 -0.003                        #8  9.912  0.012
Jim Hughes' MOV: 0.0225 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7685 Charlie Waggoner                     7598 Chris Newman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.909 144.74                     0.019  9.931 162.63
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Okerman   ) 0.018  9.930  0.030      (A Boen      ) 0.012  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #22  9.930  0.030                        #1  9.903  0.003
Close one: Charlie Waggoner's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7236 Mike Blodgett                        7502 Greg Martin                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.934 143.02                     0.061  9.925 150.36
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Wiechmann ) 0.024  9.929  0.029      (K Harkema   ) 0.044  9.844 -0.056
 Qualified:            #21  9.929  0.029                       #42  9.844 -0.056
Again: Mike Blodgett's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 710F Craig Blaisdell                       734 Gary Cooke                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.920 153.32                     0.007 10.187 143.19
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.287
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Keddington) 0.024  9.918  0.018      (M Ferderer  ) 0.004  9.884 -0.016
 Qualified:            #16  9.918  0.018                       #37  9.884 -0.016
Blaisdell's Camaro moves well out of the groove at the green, but Cooke slows down track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          7657 Loreen Rogers                
E2                   0.014  9.987 161.07     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.953 152.76
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.087             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Perez Jr. ) 0.022  9.917  0.017      (L Littlefiel) 0.052  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:            #15  9.917  0.017                       #36  9.887 -0.013
Rogers hangs a 0.005 light on Lamb and gets the ten foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7335 Anthony Galati                       7544 Brad Pierce                  
E2                   0.032  9.892 150.06     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.935 145.86
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Dennis    ) 0.035  9.897 -0.003      (J Stover    ) 0.010  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #30  9.897 -0.003                        #9  9.913  0.013
Brad Pierce wins on a -0.008 breakout by Galati.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   65 John Whitmore                        7969 Darryl Mitchell              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.000  9.946 161.69                     0.050  9.933 152.76
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Cook      ) 0.022  9.915  0.015      (D Carroll   ) 0.031  9.896 -0.004
 Qualified:            #11  9.915  0.015                       #32  9.896 -0.004
9:12 a.m. ...and we are back after a little clean up from the prior pair.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Roger Kato                           7192 Ryan Herem                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.950 151.85                     0.067  9.927 152.88
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Sebastiani) 0.026  9.949  0.049      (M Boner     ) 0.020  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #26  9.949  0.049                        #5  9.909  0.009
Roger Kato's MOV: 0.0337 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7441 Glenn Roundtree                      7688 Jeff Agalsoff                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052 10.959 108.76                           No Time      
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.059             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hiatt     ) 0.022  9.909  0.009      (R Buckley   ) 0.029 10.065  0.165
 Qualified:             #7  9.909  0.009                       #28 10.065  0.165
Agalsoff can't make the call.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7061 Matt Blodgett                         550 Ed Olpin                     
E2                   0.049  9.897 138.20     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.924 150.83
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Calton    ) 0.061  9.872 -0.028      (J Larsen    ) 0.064  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #41  9.872 -0.028                       #20  9.928  0.028
Ed Olpin wins on a -0.003 breakout by Blodgett.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7224 John Ross                            7616 Ryan Mangus                  
E2                   0.002  9.946 152.33     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.912 152.07
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Broussard ) 0.021  9.906  0.006      (C Anderson  ) 0.023  9.938  0.038
 Qualified:             #3  9.906  0.006                       #24  9.938  0.038
Two great lights and a close finish to end the round: Ryan Mangus' MOV: 0.0318 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Ryan Mangus' package: 0.017.

9:18 a.m.

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