Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 03:08 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  174 Derek Clark                          2833 Billy Upton                  
E4                   0.024  9.879 151.32     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.886 150.38
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Whitlow   ) 0.021  9.867 -0.033      (C Trotter   ) 0.022  9.964  0.064
E2    (R Connolly  ) 0.029  9.901  0.001      (D Connolly  ) 0.011  9.911  0.011
E1    (J Chandler  ) 0.014  9.972  0.072      (S Furr      ) 0.003  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #14  9.972  0.072                        #6  9.919  0.019

3:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.50 inches, adjusted altitude 4,242 feet, track temperature 137 degrees.

Upton gets the hole-shot; Clark breaks out trying to make up the difference.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2086 David Tatum                            25 Mike Ruff                    
E4                   0.012  9.920 163.41     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.915 156.61
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Koncen    ) 0.008  9.895 -0.005      (S Langdon   ) 0.021  9.913  0.013
E2    (S Vandewalke) 0.023  9.970  0.070      (R Lawton    ) 0.022  9.929  0.029
E1    (D McGovern  ) 0.017  9.924  0.024      (C Manuel    ) 0.027  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:             #7  9.924  0.024                        #4  9.910  0.010

Mike Ruff's MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3449 Ed Apple                                8 Thomas Stalba                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.881 149.75                     0.005  9.873 150.40
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Weaver    ) 0.017  9.935  0.035      (J Taylor    ) 0.025  9.854 -0.046
E2    (J Carbacio  ) 0.031  9.918  0.018      (R Cook      ) 0.003  9.942  0.042
E1    (J Sessoms   ) -0.101  9.963  0.063      (F Howard Day) 0.012 10.039  0.139
 Qualified:            #13  9.963  0.063                       #16 10.039  0.139

Stalba gets the advantage off the line but takes a little too much stripe.

In the next round it will be Ruff vs. Upton and Apple with a bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink