Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 5 Sep 2010, 09:16 PM

Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan



CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 4 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
 4924 Jerry DeBusk                         7515 John Larsen                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.911 154.05                     0.029  9.880 158.56
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Hoyt      ) 0.015  9.913  0.013      (D Davis     ) 0.004 10.020  0.120
E2                   -0.002  9.861 -0.039      (B Crenshaw  ) 0.075 10.101  0.201
E1    (R Bolin     ) 0.011  9.900  0.000      (D Nuest     ) 0.090  9.860 -0.040
 Qualified:             #1  9.900  0.000                       #56  9.860 -0.040
8:43 p.m. Jerry DeBusk wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 390V Nathan Vrooman                          8 Thomas Stalba                
E4                   0.032  9.880 153.61     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.887 156.79
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Bishir    ) 0.001  9.927  0.027      (T Garrison  ) 0.016  9.926  0.026
E2    (D Nelson    ) 0.020  9.866 -0.034      (K Comstock  ) 0.003  9.924  0.024
E1    (E Arnold    ) 0.023  9.913  0.013      (G Wallace   ) 0.031  9.838 -0.062
 Qualified:             #6  9.913  0.013                       #61  9.838 -0.062
Thomas Stalba wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                       2086 David Tatum                  
E4                   0.030  9.918 161.32     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.908 166.23
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Apple     ) 0.020  9.868 -0.032      (B Splingaire) 0.028  9.942  0.042
E2    (R Bowman    ) 0.078  9.908  0.008      (B Hackett   ) 0.006  9.875 -0.025
E1    (A Penny     ) 0.017  9.965  0.065      (S Feece     ) 0.033  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:            #35  9.965  0.065                       #28  9.945  0.045
David Tatum's MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3262 Marlin Snyder                        335X Dave Connolly                
E4                   0.038  9.870 160.10     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.939 146.88
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Upshaw    ) 0.031  9.936  0.036      (D Fletcher  ) 0.018  9.875 -0.025
E2    (R Baker     ) 0.004 10.096  0.196      (T Millwood  ) 0.012 10.048  0.148
E1    (S Wayne     ) 0.009  9.984  0.084      (E Brooks    ) 0.006  9.896 -0.004
 Qualified:            #38  9.984  0.084                       #46  9.896 -0.004
Dave Connolly wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5025 Mike Wiblishouser                     505 Sheldon Gecker               
E4                   0.060  9.930 157.19     ****WINNER****  0.080  9.904 157.08
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Beckmam   ) 0.011  9.927  0.027      (R Sawyer    ) 0.034  9.901  0.001
E2    (A Gavlovsky ) 0.003  9.952  0.052      (T Cook      ) 0.008  9.878 -0.022
E1    (A Witsman   ) 0.011  9.955  0.055      (R Dillman   ) 0.014  9.918  0.018
 Qualified:            #32  9.955  0.055                        #8  9.918  0.018
Sheldon Gecker's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 18 inches). He races Tatumm next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Mike Ferderer                        7330 Shawn Langdon                
E4                   0.023  9.929 167.72     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.937 161.79
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Warren    ) 0.011  9.877 -0.023      (T Phillips  ) 0.006 10.260  0.360
E2    (P Stamps    ) 0.084  9.907  0.007      (M Sanders   ) 0.015  9.883 -0.017
E1    (C Mac Millan) 0.024  9.921  0.021      (J Matt Harni) 0.017  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #11  9.921  0.021                        #3  9.903  0.003
This is the featured pair for this round...and Langdon trees Ferderer for the win. As a reward, he gets to run Connolly next round - after beating Tommy Phillips and Frederer in consecutive rounds, he ought to get an easier matchup than that! Shawn Langdon's MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   47 Heidi Robison                         543 Craig Maddox                 
E4                   0.022  9.898 164.49     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.933 160.81
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Schreiner ) 0.013  9.879 -0.021      (T Gillespie ) 0.006  9.981  0.081
E2    (R Erks      ) 0.027  9.904  0.004      (A Bush      ) 0.016  9.937  0.037
E1    (T Sullivan  ) 0.014  9.922  0.022      (J Woods     ) 0.016  9.973  0.073
 Qualified:            #13  9.922  0.022                       #36  9.973  0.073
Craig Maddox wins on a breakout. He runs DeBusk in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   25 Mike Ruff                             302 Rock Haas                    
E4                   0.018  9.946 147.17     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.929 160.63
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E3    (W Neely     ) 0.015  9.937  0.037      (M Sawyer    ) 0.003  9.890 -0.010
E2    (M Cole      ) 0.021  9.972  0.072      (J Cappiello ) 0.016  9.928  0.028
E1    (L Trujillo  ) 0.013  9.919  0.019      (R Laris     ) 0.037  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #10  9.919  0.019                        #2  9.902  0.002
Rock Haas' MOV: 0.0335 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He races Stalba next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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