Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 05:12 PM Super Gas Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of final, round 6 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
 3449 Ed Apple                             2833 Billy Upton                  
E6   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.927 148.66                           No Time      
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E5                   0.041  9.932  0.032      (M Ruff      ) 0.005  9.954  0.054
E4    (T Stalba    ) 0.015  9.881 -0.019      (D Clark     ) 0.009  9.886 -0.014
E3    (B Weaver    ) 0.017  9.935  0.035      (C Trotter   ) 0.022  9.964  0.064
E2    (J Carbacio  ) 0.031  9.918  0.018      (D Connolly  ) 0.011  9.911  0.011
E1    (J Sessoms   ) -0.101  9.963  0.063      (S Furr      ) 0.003  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #13  9.963  0.063                        #6  9.919  0.019

5:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.46 inches, adjusted altitude 4,414 feet, track temperature 134 degrees.

Upton has one win, at Maple Grove in '09 and one runner up here in '09. Apple has one runner up.

Upton has a problem when he starts to stage and has to click it off giving Apple his first national event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink