Drag Race Central - NHRA
Fri, 4 Jun 2010, 12:36 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan



JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2909 David Watson                          302 Rock Haas                    
E2                   0.023  9.898 153.26     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.921 155.20
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gillespie ) 0.037  9.908  0.008      (A Koener    ) 0.022  9.940  0.040
 Qualified:             #5  9.908  0.008                       #22  9.940  0.040
11:19 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 2,738 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Rock Haas wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 335X Dave Connolly                        340W Rodney Benson                
E2                   0.029  9.979 156.68     ****WINNER****  0.032  9.967 156.34
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.079             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Nygaard   ) 0.008  9.906  0.006      (M Snyder    ) 0.024  9.937  0.037
 Qualified:             #4  9.906  0.006                       #21  9.937  0.037
Rodney Benson's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 David Nelson                         3629 Tim Tiry                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.943 149.02                     0.054  9.991 134.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.091
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Sawyer    ) 0.011  9.922  0.022      (C Yates     ) 0.023  9.892 -0.008
 Qualified:            #17  9.922  0.022                       #34  9.892 -0.008
David Nelson's MOV: 0.0837 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5556 Gale Wallace                         5152 Al Gavlovsky                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027 10.022 133.07                     0.082  9.977 138.37
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.122             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Brown     ) 0.012  9.901  0.001      (D Keck      ) 0.027  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:             #2  9.901  0.001                       #19  9.924  0.024
Gale Wallace's MOV: 0.0105 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3020 Dwight Nuest                           10 Trevor Larson                
E2                  -0.014  9.935 140.50     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.883 147.28
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Anderson  ) 0.017  9.897 -0.003      (G McMann    ) 0.014  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #33  9.897 -0.003                       #16  9.921  0.021
Trevor Larson wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                           3979 Austin Benner                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.166 139.88                     0.050 10.173 138.88
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.266             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.273
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M White     ) 0.022  9.918  0.018      (R Bolin     ) 0.043  9.975  0.075
 Qualified:            #12  9.918  0.018                       #29  9.975  0.075
Steve Furr's MOV: 0.0478 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5300 Jody Thompson                        3571 Jeff Samples                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.938 139.18                     0.032 10.018 139.04
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.118
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Bush      ) 0.043  9.911  0.011      (K Kleinewebe) 0.060  9.962  0.062
 Qualified:             #8  9.911  0.011                       #25  9.962  0.062
Jody Thompson's MOV: 0.0816 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5025 Mike Wiblishouser                      54 Chuck Rose                   
E2                   0.010  9.995 154.26     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.958 152.93
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.095             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Sawyer    ) 0.001  9.911  0.011      (C Bakutis   ) 0.000  9.966  0.066
 Qualified:             #9  9.911  0.011                       #26  9.966  0.066
Both drivers had great lights in round one and both had pretty good lights here...Chuck Rose's MOV: 0.0345 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   56 Michael Miller                         63 Mark Resen                   
E2                   0.039  9.938 145.05     ****WINNER****  0.043  9.920 150.28
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hartmann  ) 0.018  9.959  0.059      (R Coleman   ) 0.014  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:            #24  9.959  0.059                        #7  9.910  0.010
Mark Resen's MOV: 0.0142 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Jesse Serna                          3633 Brian Folk                   
E2                   0.024  9.928 156.12     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.927 160.65
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Kurth     ) 0.020  9.902  0.002      (B Nelson    ) 0.012  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:             #3  9.902  0.002                       #20  9.927  0.027
Close race...Brian Folk's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3548 Mark Sanders                         397M Brina Splingaire             
E2                   0.017  9.971 163.06     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.941 155.81
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.071             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Koener    ) 0.026  9.976  0.076      (A Kenny     ) 0.014  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #30  9.976  0.076                       #13  9.919  0.019
Brina Splingaire's MOV: 0.0236 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6997 Michael Dalrymple                    2086 David Tatum III              
E2                  -0.032  9.919 153.40     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.950 168.75
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kinney    ) 0.011  9.910  0.010      (T Hack      ) 0.013  9.943  0.043
 Qualified:             #6  9.910  0.010                       #23  9.943  0.043


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 389A Larry Bernshausen                    138A Duane LaFleur                
E2                   0.044  9.909 149.08     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.912 152.71
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Blazekovic) 0.005  9.921  0.021      (G Burchett  ) 0.033 10.092  0.192
 Qualified:            #15  9.921  0.021                       #32 10.092  0.192
Duane LaFleur's MOV: 0.0203 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4355 Brad Garner                             1 Ray Connolly                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  9.909 150.60                     0.034  9.987 154.33
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.087
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Smith     ) 0.037  9.915  0.015      (E Bryck     ) 0.017  9.973  0.073
 Qualified:            #11  9.915  0.015                       #28  9.973  0.073
Brad Garner's MOV: 0.0823 seconds (approximately 19 feet), beating the champion at both ends of the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1808 Scott Mackie                         3387 Jeff Beckman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  9.971 145.56                     0.029  9.881 149.41
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.071             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Rudek     ) 0.072  9.920  0.020      (D Ouding    ) 0.023  9.984  0.084
 Qualified:            #14  9.920  0.020                       #31  9.984  0.084
Scott Mackie wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  549 Russ Ginger                             4 Val Torres Jr.               
E2                   0.041  9.892 158.37     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.927 159.57
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Couch     ) 0.087  9.913  0.013      (C Tenuta    ) 0.013  9.970  0.070
 Qualified:            #10  9.913  0.013                       #27  9.970  0.070


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3103 Thomas Hubbard                         12 Jason Kenny                  
E2                   0.072  9.928 159.53     ****WINNER****  0.043  9.951 163.04
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Erickson  ) 0.062  9.923  0.023      (J Dalrymple ) 0.018  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #18  9.923  0.023                        #1  9.900  0.000
Jason Kenny's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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