Mon, 14 Nov 2011, 13:36 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4961 Craig Anderson                             Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.899 177.46     
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.001     
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Mostowich ) 0.019  8.901  0.001   
E3    (T Dauber    ) 0.017  8.881 -0.019   
E2    (H Pierce    ) 0.008  8.862 -0.038   
E1    (J Freckmann ) 0.018  8.958  0.058   
 Qualified:            #26  8.958  0.058                     Bye

6:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 28.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,329 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Bye run for Anderson. He will want this back for next round, as he cards a near perfect 0.002 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7498 Steve Casner                         7809 Val Torres                   
E5                   0.030  8.877 170.11     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.915 176.03
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Williams  ) 0.014  8.913  0.013      (C Forsyth   ) 0.024  8.899 -0.001
E3    (K Seipel    ) 0.012  8.934  0.034      (C Ferre     ) 0.014  9.009  0.109
E2    (K Wright    ) 0.010  9.159  0.259      (L Marshall  ) 0.012  8.890 -0.010
E1    (L Parfait   ) 0.024  8.869 -0.031      (D Higgins   ) 0.007  8.939  0.039
 Qualified:            #36  8.869 -0.031                       #19  8.939  0.039

Advantage Torres off the line and that pushes Casner out in the lights. He gets the bye run to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Robert Naber                         7629 Pat Welch                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.005  8.944 167.86                     0.033  8.932 171.60
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.044             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Dye Jr    ) 0.015  8.906  0.006      (J Glenn     ) 0.017  8.907  0.007
E3    (J Davis     ) 0.020  8.901  0.001      (R Beckstrom ) 0.028  8.920  0.020
E2    (T Caheely   ) 0.022  8.911  0.011      (R Comstock  ) 0.040  8.896 -0.004
E1    (S Walls     ) 0.029  8.908  0.008      (J Newton    ) 0.006  8.953  0.053
 Qualified:             #4  8.908  0.008                       #25  8.953  0.053

Robert Naber's RT is 0.005 and he holds Welsh off for the win. MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink