Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 06:32 PM

Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations
By David Gerard



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Comp 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
  550 Ed Olpin                             7807 David Cook Jr.               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.917 168.81                     0.011  8.899 170.92
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Cracraft  ) 0.022  9.014  0.114      (B Plourd    ) 0.006  8.857 -0.043
E2    (S Kenny     ) 0.006  8.905  0.005      (C Perkins   ) 0.028  8.897 -0.003
E1    (D Higgins   ) 0.025  8.933  0.033      (C Babcock   ) -0.003  8.820 -0.080
 Qualified:            #17  8.933  0.033                       #44  8.820 -0.080
3:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,897 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Ed Olpin wins on a -0.001 breakout by Cook.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7450 Don Meziere                          785G George Garbiso               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.956 149.96                     0.029  9.197 163.00
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.056             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.297
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Hiatt     ) 0.002  8.915  0.015      (J Momjian   ) 0.040  8.904  0.004
E2    (R Naber     ) 0.000  8.907  0.007      (S Nelson    ) 0.033  8.918  0.018
E1    (L Madrid    ) 0.014  8.959  0.059      (R Herem     ) -0.002  8.849 -0.051
 Qualified:            #27  8.959  0.059                       #43  8.849 -0.051
They leave together and run to the mid-track, where Garbiso slows. Meziere gets an easy one...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7528 Cameron Ferre                         675 Mike Henderson               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.080  8.922 174.50                    -0.002  8.912 181.72
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Forsyth   ) 0.017  8.909  0.009      (S Williams  ) 0.006  8.917  0.017
E2    (M Constant  ) 0.020  8.911  0.011      (G Krause    ) 0.005  8.924  0.024
E1    (J Richardson) 0.003  8.952  0.052      (S Carr      ) 0.009  8.867 -0.033
 Qualified:            #26  8.952  0.052                       #42  8.867 -0.033
Cameron Ferre wins on a -0.002 red light by Henderson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   62 Tom Pappas                           7685 Charlie Waggoner             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.916 178.42                     0.006  8.885 159.66
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.016             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Langdon   ) 0.043  8.877 -0.023      (C Means     ) 0.007  8.963  0.063
E2    (R Lahn      ) 0.028  8.889 -0.011      (B Van Poperi) 0.038  8.925  0.025
E1    (C Lamica    ) 0.053  8.993  0.093      (E Maass     ) 0.008  8.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #30  8.993  0.093                        #3  8.905  0.005
Waggoner and Tom Pappas gets a nice 0.006 light and Pappas wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  547 Kevin Wright                         7691 Aaron Kinard                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.013  8.884 173.29                    -0.003  8.920 159.14
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Kern      ) 0.009  8.916  0.016      (M Quigley   ) 0.083  8.848 -0.052
E2    (T Smith     ) 0.011  9.015  0.115      (J Outram    ) 0.030  8.862 -0.038
E1    (T McCann    ) 0.006  8.949  0.049      (M Woodard   ) 0.016  8.882 -0.018
 Qualified:            #24  8.949  0.049                       #40  8.882 -0.018
Kevin Wright wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6458 John Dalrymple               
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.060  8.908 177.30
                                                  S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (R Comstock  ) 0.000  8.902  0.002
E2                                           (D Alves     ) 0.051  8.897 -0.003
E1                                           (T Yancer    ) 0.050  8.902  0.002
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.902  0.002
Bye run.

In the next round: Dalrymple vs. Ferre; Pappas vs. Olpin; Wright vs. Meziere.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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