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Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 09:48 PM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 5 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
 2114 Steve Furr                             12 Jason Kenny                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.889 155.36                     0.009  9.883 157.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Larson    ) 0.012  9.892 -0.008      (S Mackie    ) 0.020  9.949  0.049
E3    (R Benson    ) 0.008  9.913  0.013                     1.355  9.876 -0.024
E2    (A Benner    ) 0.010 10.166  0.266      (T Hubbard   ) 0.043  9.951  0.051
E1    (M White     ) 0.022  9.918  0.018      (J Dalrymple ) 0.018  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #12  9.918  0.018                        #1  9.900  0.000

Kenny with the starting line advantage but then took too much stripe in the double break out race. Furr will have the bye into the final.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5556 Gale Wallace                          302 Rock Haas                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.924 141.05                     0.008  9.933 152.43
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.078  9.878 -0.022      (C Rose      ) 0.007  9.898 -0.002
E3    (V Torres Jr ) 0.009  9.928  0.028      (B Splingaire) 0.004  9.902  0.002
E2    (A Gavlovsky ) 0.027 10.022  0.122      (D Watson    ) 0.026  9.921  0.021
E1    (P Brown     ) 0.012  9.901  0.001      (A Koener    ) 0.022  9.940  0.040
 Qualified:             #2  9.901  0.001                       #22  9.940  0.040

Haas with the starting line advantage, but Wallace gets the win by 0.0056 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                138A Duane LaFleur                
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.014  9.900 158.33
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (B Folk      ) 0.018  9.892 -0.008
E3                                           (M Resen     ) 0.011  9.826 -0.074
E2                                           (L Bernshause) 0.021  9.912  0.012
E1                                           (G Burchett  ) 0.033 10.092  0.192
 Qualified:                                                      #32 10.092  0.192

LaFleur runs dead on here on the bye...Duane LaFleur's package: 0.014. LaFleur will face Wallace in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink