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Sat, 4 Sep 2010, 09:34 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3978 William Baily                           5 Tommy Phillips               
E2                   0.016  9.875 148.61     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.899 145.61
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Jensen    ) 0.053  9.892 -0.008      (M Cooke     ) 0.029  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:            #50  9.892 -0.008                       #19  9.928  0.028

8:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.03 inches, adjusted altitude 1,686 feet, track temperature 64 degrees.

Almost identical lights...Tommy Phillips wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7515 John Larsen                           291 Billy Crenshaw               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075 10.101 133.54                     0.046 10.318 117.02
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.201             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.418
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Nuest     ) 0.090  9.860 -0.040      (R Hunter    ) 0.010  9.940  0.040
 Qualified:            #56  9.860 -0.040                       #25  9.940  0.040

Larsen's car looks more like a Top Sportsman car than Super Gas...both were way off the index, Larsen was first at the stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5025 Mike Wiblishouser                    5152 Al Gavlovsky                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.952 153.40                     0.062  9.877 139.29
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.052             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Witsman   ) 0.011  9.955  0.055      (B Locke     ) 0.089  9.787 -0.113
 Qualified:            #32  9.955  0.055                       #63  9.787 -0.113

Wiblishouser had a double-oh light, did not get greedy at the stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 390V Nathan Vrooman                         52 David Nelson                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.866 145.78                     0.002  9.824 146.61
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.076
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Arnold    ) 0.023  9.913  0.013      (J Shipp     ) 0.045  9.980  0.080
 Qualified:             #6  9.913  0.013                       #37  9.980  0.080


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3372 Steven Hoyt                          3633 Brian Folk                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.913 156.48                     0.033  9.924 148.41
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Benner    ) 0.007  9.928  0.028      (T Dennis    ) 0.044  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:            #17  9.928  0.028                       #48  9.895 -0.005

Steven Hoyt's MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3262 Marlin Snyder                        3007 Richard Baker                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.096 132.59                     0.012 10.260 130.83
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.196             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.360
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Wayne     ) 0.009  9.984  0.084      (J Nance     ) 0.037  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #38  9.984  0.084                        #7  9.914  0.014

Both drivers were well over of the index, Snyder got there first.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  355 Ron Erks                               47 Heidi Robison                
E2                   0.019  9.917 165.82     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.904 164.69
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Simmermake) 0.028  9.898 -0.002      (T Sullivan  ) 0.014  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:            #44  9.898 -0.002                       #13  9.922  0.022

Erks had the better kight, Robison was closer to the index. Heidi Robison's MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  543 Craig Maddox                          395 Alan Bush                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  9.937 150.08                     0.030  9.938 141.15
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Woods     ) 0.016  9.973  0.073      (I Boicesco  ) 0.021  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:            #36  9.973  0.073                        #5  9.910  0.010

Craig Maddox's MOV: 0.0152 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3461 Roger Weaver                         3449 Ed Apple                     
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.135 13.184  70.27
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  3.284
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Swindoll  ) 0.021  9.890 -0.010      (R Ginger    ) 0.004  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:            #51  9.890 -0.010                       #20  9.931  0.031

Weaver left before the tree was activated.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 350D Adam Berberich                       397M Brina Splingaire             
E2                   0.014 10.061 148.43     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.037 147.78
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.161             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.137
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D LaFleur   ) 0.001 10.214  0.314      (D Barrett   ) 0.007  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:            #43 10.214  0.314                       #12  9.922  0.022

Close race...Brina Splingaire's MOV: 0.0228 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3280 David Bishir II                      3575 Paul Brown                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.917 136.79                    -0.011  9.900 147.52
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Kenny     ) 0.020  9.932  0.032      (D White     ) 0.024  9.884 -0.016
 Qualified:            #22  9.932  0.032                       #53  9.884 -0.016

Brown went red, then ran right on the index. David Bishir II wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4376 Jim Cappiello                         302 Rock Haas                    
E2                   0.043  9.933 136.29     ****WINNER****  0.016  9.928 150.60
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Bowers    ) 0.065  9.958  0.058      (R Laris     ) 0.037  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #33  9.958  0.058                        #2  9.902  0.002

Two all-stars face off here...Rock Haas' MOV: 0.0327 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  251 Gus Upshaw                           2984 Scott Lyons                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.888 153.44                     0.014  9.878 149.45
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Kurth     ) 0.006  9.882 -0.018      (J Kenny     ) 0.002  9.938  0.038
 Qualified:            #54  9.882 -0.018                       #23  9.938  0.038

Two Georgia racers ended up paired on the ladder...Gus Upshaw wins on a double-breakout, Lyons taking too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2940 Matt Weston                          W255 George Warren                
E2                   0.052  9.864 147.84     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.875 137.22
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.036             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Harper    ) 0.013  9.850 -0.050      (L Klingensmi) 0.014  9.944  0.044
 Qualified:            #58  9.850 -0.050                       #27  9.944  0.044

Warren was perfect on the tree...George Warren wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2239 Timothy Millwood                     335X Dave Connolly                
E2                   0.213 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.012 10.048 130.62
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.148
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Deffenbaug) 0.021  9.927  0.027      (E Brooks    ) 0.006  9.896 -0.004
 Qualified:            #15  9.927  0.027                       #46  9.896 -0.004

Connolly's Super Comp car broke at the line yesterday, his opponent did the same here today. Sounded like Millwood broke something in the driveline.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4558 Jerry Virgadamo                      4196 Lyle Schreiner               
E2                  -0.095  9.910 136.44     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.992 138.80
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.092
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Serna     ) 0.012  9.945  0.045      (J Jenkins   ) 0.052  9.842 -0.058
 Qualified:            #29  9.945  0.045                       #60  9.842 -0.058

"Thriller" went red...


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3165 Tommy Cook                            505 Sheldon Gecker               
E2                  -0.005  9.930 153.68     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.878 156.05
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kroft     ) 0.020  9.997  0.097      (R Dillman   ) 0.014  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #39  9.997  0.097                        #8  9.918  0.018

Sheldon Gecker wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3167 Derek Fitzpatrick                    3394 Tim Gillespie                
E2                   0.026  9.896 143.11     ****WINNER****  0.051  9.934 144.81
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Turner    ) 0.011  9.886 -0.014      (D Keck      ) 0.012  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:            #52  9.886 -0.014                       #21  9.931  0.031

Fitzpatrick took too much stripe...Tim Gillespie wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 351N Steve Williams                       3253 Tim Garrison                 
E2                   0.007  9.886 134.32     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.997 138.47
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.097
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Jackson   ) 0.010  9.925  0.025      (C Lindsey   ) 0.018  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:            #14  9.925  0.025                       #45  9.897 -0.003

Williams was double-oh on the tree, took too much stripe. Tim Garrison wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3387 Jeff Beckman                         3384 Craig Meyer                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.007 138.97                     0.110  9.957 138.56
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.107             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M White     ) 0.047  9.927  0.027      (J Wilson    ) 0.044  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:            #16  9.927  0.027                       #47  9.895 -0.005

Jeff Beckman's MOV: 0.0373 seconds (approximately 8 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3657 Brian Hackett                        2086 David Tatum                  
E2                   0.005  9.790 150.20     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.875 163.91
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.110             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Smith     ) 0.006  9.842 -0.058      (S Feece     ) 0.033  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:            #59  9.842 -0.058                       #28  9.945  0.045

Nice double-oh lights in both lanes, Hackett took too much stripe. David Tatum wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3092 Dan Ouding                              3 Mike Sawyer                  
E2                   0.025  9.912 150.82     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.917 154.83
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Schmitt   ) 0.052  9.928  0.028      (P Biondo    ) 0.043  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:            #18  9.928  0.028                       #49  9.895 -0.005

Mike Sawyer's MOV: 0.0141 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3548 Mark Sanders                         7330 Shawn Langdon                
E2                   0.028  9.853 165.54     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.883 149.85
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.047             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.004  9.958  0.058      (J Matt Harni) 0.017  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #34  9.958  0.058                        #3  9.903  0.003

Langdon had the better light and wins on a doiuble-breakout. He's driving Jim Hughes' car this weekend, as well as driving the Lucas Oil Top Fueler.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3108 Edward Rudek                         374W David Davis                  
E2                   0.075  9.861 148.35     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.977 139.49
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.039             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Anderson  ) 0.018  9.919  0.019      (R Cracraft  ) 0.013 10.015  0.115
 Qualified:             #9  9.919  0.019                       #40 10.015  0.115

David Davis wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 349Q Mike Keenan                            15 Ray Sawyer                   
E2                   0.022  9.877 142.64     ****WINNER****  0.041  9.892 168.77
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Richardson) 0.019  9.939  0.039      (J Stover    ) 0.022  9.863 -0.037
 Qualified:            #24  9.939  0.039                       #55  9.863 -0.037

Ray Sawyer wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7775 Karen Comstock                          8 Thomas Stalba                
E2                   0.008  9.836 145.69     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.924 147.68
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.064             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Larson    ) 0.025  9.946  0.046      (G Wallace   ) 0.031  9.838 -0.062
 Qualified:            #30  9.946  0.046                       #61  9.838 -0.062

Double-oh starts for both drivers, Comstock broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4422 Wes Neely                             323 Warren Bays                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.911 143.34                     0.026  9.854 154.71
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lewis     ) 0.016  9.941  0.041      (R Pennington) 0.025  9.860 -0.040
 Qualified:            #26  9.941  0.041                       #57  9.860 -0.040

Wes Neely wins on a breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3505 Jake Elrod                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                   0.024  9.896 149.56     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.898 154.30
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Jones     ) 0.015  9.951  0.051      (L Bernshause) 0.008  9.817 -0.083
 Qualified:            #31  9.951  0.051                       #62  9.817 -0.083

Close race...Dan Fletcher wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 Mike Ruff                            3236 Mark Cole                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.972 137.76                     0.008 10.054 129.16
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.072             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.154
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Trujillo  ) 0.013  9.919  0.019      (D Dailey    ) 0.015 10.023  0.123
 Qualified:            #10  9.919  0.019                       #41 10.023  0.123

Cole had a double-oh on the tree, could not run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 300P Phil Stamps                             2 Mike Ferderer                
E2                   0.023  9.820 135.35     ****WINNER****  0.084  9.907 157.58
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.080             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Erickson  ) 0.248 10.055  0.155      (C Mac Millan) 0.024  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #42 10.055  0.155                       #11  9.921  0.021

Stamps had Ferderer well covered, took too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3344 Rick Bowman                           735 Steve Williams               
E2                   0.017  9.894 147.55     ****WINNER****  0.078  9.908 169.02
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Dillman   ) 0.002  9.906  0.006      (A Penny     ) 0.017  9.965  0.065
 Qualified:             #4  9.906  0.006                       #35  9.965  0.065

Same story, Bowman had Williams covered, broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4924 Jerry DeBusk                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.002  9.861 158.59     
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.039     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Bolin     ) 0.011  9.900  0.000   
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                     Bye

Round over...

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