Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 05:56 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Tommy Phillips                       461C Charlie Stewart              
E7   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.909 150.11                     0.027  9.925 157.26
        S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E6    (T Dennis    ) 0.004  9.899 -0.001                     0.034 10.556  0.656
E5    (J Harper    ) 0.013  9.890 -0.010      (G Wallace   ) 0.045  9.903  0.003
E4    (J Lewis     ) 0.015  9.909  0.009      (J Peppler   ) 0.037  9.916  0.016
E3    (J Cappiello ) 0.009  9.895 -0.005      (J Palmer    ) 0.042  9.924  0.024
E2    (J Helfrich  ) 0.003  9.914  0.014      (J Campbell  ) 0.057  9.926  0.026
E1    (A Tatum     ) 0.019  9.919  0.019      (C Arnold    ) 0.037  9.884 -0.016
 Qualified:             #8  9.919  0.019                       #34  9.884 -0.016

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,557 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Phillips with the starting line advantage and made a quick move toward the centerline, but reeled it in for the win. Tommy Phillips' package: 0.014. This is his tenth National event win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink