Sat, 05 May 2012, 19:18 PM Quick Rod Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Quick Rod at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day Two:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 498V Vernon Rowland                       4431 Chuck Prejean                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.909 164.71                     0.017  8.917 167.81
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.009             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B NELSON    ) 0.018  8.924  0.024      (N TOMASTIK  ) 0.038  8.933  0.033

6:08 p.m. Prejean was better on the tree, but Rowland was better at the stripe for the win. Vernon Rowland's MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4186 Michael Pennington                   4229 Tony Farmer                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  8.927 169.39                     0.043  8.928 168.60
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.027             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R BROCK\    ) 0.023  8.934  0.034      (M NUNEZ     ) 0.023  9.012  0.112

Michael Pennington's MOV: 0.0262 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4618 David Nicoll                         4766 Shannon Brinkley             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  8.934 146.98                     0.047  8.925 166.05
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.034             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R HIMEL SR  ) 0.027  8.910  0.010      (G PREJEAN   ) 0.031  8.927  0.027

David Nicoll's MOV: 0.0132 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 499M Michael Keylich                      414A Matt Levatino                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.898 177.40                    -0.002  8.891 174.52
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.002             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N on File   ) 0.027  8.912  0.012                     0.002  8.883 -0.017

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2777 Dianne Daniels                       473B Benny Smith Jr               
E2                   0.079  8.870 159.43     ****WINNER****  0.004  8.918 163.93
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.030             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A SPENCER   ) 0.060  8.660 -0.240      (T GRAY      ) 0.017  8.956  0.056

Benny Smith Jr's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0270 seconds (approximately 6 feet), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4233 Eric Gibson                          4672 Lyndon Rutland               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.910 167.50                     0.027  8.945 168.53
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M PEVEY     ) 0.083  8.883 -0.017      (R IRBY      ) 0.029  8.946  0.046

Eric Gibson's MOV: 0.0354 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 437Z Tommy Kelley                         4044 Dale Scates                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  8.922 160.57                     0.005  8.882 121.93
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.022             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D HOLDER    ) 0.013  8.926  0.026      (T LEVATINO  ) 0.027  8.932  0.032

Both were double-oh on the tree, Scates took too much stripe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink