Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 05:20 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Mike Ferderer                        7323 Glen Smith                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.079 162.90                     0.021 10.047 140.53
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.029            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Dalrymple ) 0.016 10.056  0.006      (B Pierce    ) 0.028 10.050  0.000
E3    (H Colleasure) 0.021 10.039 -0.011      (L Theobald  ) 0.017 10.036 -0.014
E2    (R Beckstrom ) 0.009 10.074  0.024      (R Okerman   ) 0.006 10.065  0.015
E1    (R Buckley   ) 0.013 10.100  0.050      (R Cracraft  ) 0.019 10.064  0.014
 Qualified:            #27 10.100  0.050                       #13 10.064  0.014

2:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,683 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Mike Ferderer wins on a breakout. He'll have a bye run in round six.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 787E Dennis Paz                            602 Steve Apted                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.072 124.42                     0.026  9.991 154.94
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.022            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.059
 Prior rounds:
E4    (P Bothe     ) 0.000 10.053  0.003      (T Keddington) 0.012 10.095  0.045
E3    (P Giacalone ) 0.033 10.072  0.022      (J Whitmore  ) 0.015 10.045 -0.005
E2    (D Holmes    ) 0.031 10.057  0.007      (G Mignacca  ) 0.002 10.038 -0.012
E1    (L Rogers    ) 0.028 10.057  0.007      (E DeStaute  ) 0.023 10.057  0.007
 Qualified:             #6 10.057  0.007                        #8 10.057  0.007

Dennis Paz wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7880 Jerry Denton                         399L Mark Cook                    
E5                   0.013 10.048 153.74     ****WINNER****  0.014 10.053 146.94
        S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.002            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.063 10.073  0.023      (R Herem     ) 0.020 10.084  0.034
E3    (E Olpin     ) 0.008 10.072  0.022      (S Taylor    ) 0.012 10.036 -0.014
E2    (T Seipel    ) 0.022 10.047 -0.003      (R Bowers    ) 0.022 10.043 -0.007
E1    (W Newman    ) 0.008 10.519  0.469      (J Dalrymple ) 0.027 10.034 -0.016
 Qualified:            #34 10.519  0.469                       #37 10.034 -0.016

Mark Cook wins on a breakout. Cook will face Paz in round six.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink