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Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 03:10 PM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 Dan Northrop                         335X Dave Connolly                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.888 143.63                     0.009  9.882 161.59
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Weaver    ) 0.022  9.892 -0.008      (K Kleinewebe) 0.026  9.954  0.054
E3    (P Brown     ) 0.006  9.905  0.005      (R Sawyer    ) 0.011  9.933  0.033
E2    (R Cook      ) 0.026  9.902  0.002      (P Martin    ) 0.017  9.892 -0.008
E1    (J Sikish    ) 0.011  9.996  0.096      (L Bernshause) 0.031  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #22  9.996  0.096                        #4  9.904  0.004

3:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 28.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,314 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Dan Northrop wins on a double-breakout. -0.012 to -0.018. He gets the Bye Run to the final.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3372 Steven Hoyt                          7765 Jim Hughes                   
E5                  -0.027  9.861 160.12     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.895 164.03
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.039             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Caheely   ) 0.029  9.900  0.000      (K Bowers    ) 0.020  9.955  0.055
E3    (J Taylor    ) 0.012  9.877 -0.023      (J Pellicane ) 0.015  9.877 -0.023
E2    (D Dailey    ) 0.015  9.896 -0.004      (E Arnold    ) 0.006  9.904  0.004
E1    (L Zynda     ) 0.019  9.954  0.054      (J Shipp     ) 0.037  9.876 -0.024
 Qualified:            #20  9.954  0.054                       #33  9.876 -0.024

Hoyt is too quick on the light by -0.027, so Hughes will meet Furr in round six.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2114 Steve Furr                                 Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.938 159.80     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038     
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Horton    ) 0.013  9.963  0.063   
E3    (M Sanders   ) 0.003  9.934  0.034   
E2    (P Fidler    ) 0.020  9.866 -0.034   
E1    (F Jenkins   ) 0.025  9.897 -0.003   
 Qualified:            #26  9.897 -0.003                     Bye

Bye Run for Furr.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink