Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 14:39 PM Super Comp Round 6 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 6 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4672 Lyndon Rutland                       4860 Jacky King                   
E6                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.041  8.990 152.02
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.090
 Prior rounds:
E5                   0.005  8.921  0.021      (L Parfait   ) 0.015  8.891 -0.009
E4    (A Lowery    ) 0.004  8.881 -0.019      (J Lopez     ) 0.004  8.869 -0.031
E3    (C Nance     ) 0.008  8.915  0.015      (D Foley     ) 0.018  8.911  0.011
E2    (B Nelson    ) 0.010  8.869 -0.031      (J Covington ) 0.022  8.891 -0.009
E1    (F Tamborella) 0.014  8.901  0.001      (L Reid      ) 0.012  9.538  0.638
 Qualified:             #2  8.901  0.001                       #18  9.538  0.638

1:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 829 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Rutland's car shuddered through the beams when he brought the RPMs up and King goes to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 402D Jana Covington                             Bye
E6   ****WINNER****  0.030  9.033 146.40     
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.133    
 Prior rounds:
E5    (S Hughes    ) 0.003  8.923  0.023   
E4    (D Miller    ) 0.003  8.877 -0.023   
E3    (R Cool      ) 0.004  8.911  0.011   
E2    (R Legaux    ) 0.012  8.835 -0.065   
E1    (W Scott     ) 0.005  8.899 -0.001   
 Qualified:            #19  8.899 -0.001                     Bye

Covington and King will face each other for the Super Comp title.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink