Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 29 Jun 2003, 07:19 PM

Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe



MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 304A Scott Fitzgibbon                      373 Ron Erks
E4                   0.012  9.907  0.007     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.907  0.007
        S/G Index: 9.90                           S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Snyder    ) 0.020  9.902  0.002      (T Scheerer  ) 0.028  9.915  0.015
E2    (T Martin    ) 0.009  9.953  0.053      (B Sanders   ) 0.017  9.922  0.022
E1    (W Scott III ) 0.010  9.918  0.018      (L Roedel    ) 0.026  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #14  9.918  0.018                       #19  9.924  0.024
Wow !! Close race. Erks gets off the line first and takes the win. Ron Erks' MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   52 Rod Fuller                           2682 Mike Fuqua
E4                   0.004  9.912  0.012     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.902  0.002
        S/G Index: 9.90                           S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Torrence  ) 0.021  9.900  0.000      (D Dabbs     ) 0.018  9.907  0.007
E2    (J Gerber    ) 0.021  9.927  0.027      (R Gebhardt  ) 0.000  9.906  0.006
E1    (L Mitchell  ) 0.038  9.891 -0.009      (J Klomps    ) 0.013  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #35  9.891 -0.009                       #10  9.914  0.014
Mike Fuqua's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2920 Edmond Richardson                     389 Greg White
E4   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.869 -0.031                     0.016  9.867 -0.033
        S/G Index: 9.90                           S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lewis     ) 0.010  9.932  0.032                     0.685 29.977 20.077
E2    (S Strausheim) 0.005  9.960  0.060      (R Williamson) 0.011  9.866 -0.034
E1    (D Peden     ) 0.012  9.922  0.022      (R Coleman   ) 0.023  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #18  9.922  0.022                       #22  9.933  0.033


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3633 Brian Folk                           3204 Mark Horton
E4                   0.030  9.837 -0.063     ****WINNER****  0.028  9.838 -0.062
        S/G Index: 9.90                           S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Maples    ) 0.015  9.875 -0.025      (J Medlin    ) 0.030  9.895 -0.005
E2    (D Connolly  ) 0.019  9.914  0.014      (B Nygaard   ) 0.020  9.908  0.008
E1    (C Mundt     ) 0.031  9.891 -0.009      (A Koener    ) 0.049  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #36  9.891 -0.009                       #11  9.914  0.014
Horton gets the hole-shot and Folk breaks out trying to make up the difference.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 363M Mark Hackett                         4457 Jonathan Womack
E4                   0.007  9.899 -0.001     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.906  0.006
        S/G Index: 9.90                           S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Repka     ) 0.010  9.883 -0.017      (F Higgins   ) 0.012  9.922  0.022
E2    (Bye         ) -0.002  9.897 -0.003      (C Siegler   ) 0.017  9.921  0.021
E1    (M Coughlin  ) 0.011  9.901  0.001      (J Blezien   ) 0.009  9.890 -0.010
 Qualified:             #1  9.901  0.001                       #37  9.890 -0.010


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                4747 Tommy Phillips
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.003  9.905  0.005
                                                  S/G Index: 9.90
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (T Dennis    ) 0.002  9.893 -0.007
E2                                           (C Sites     ) 0.021  9.885 -0.015
E1                                           (T Gillespie ) 0.011  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:                                                       #3  9.903  0.003
Phillips gets the bye and has a great run, a .008 package.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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