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Sat, 05 May 2012, 20:08 PM

Quick Rod Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 3 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                       4186 Michael Pennington           
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.808 174.65                    -0.283 11.188 115.39
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.092             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  2.288
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C PREJEAN   ) 0.021  8.909  0.009      (T FARMER    ) 0.018  8.927  0.027
E1    (B NELSON    ) 0.018  8.924  0.024      (R BROCK\    ) 0.023  8.934  0.034

6:52 p.m. Pennington went way red and Rowland goes to the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4618 David Nicoll                         4233 Eric Gibson                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.864 148.09                     0.000  8.861 170.26
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.036             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.039
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S BRINKLEY  ) 0.025  8.934  0.034      (L RUTLAND   ) 0.027  8.910  0.010
E1    (R HIMEL SR  ) 0.027  8.910  0.010      (M PEVEY     ) 0.083  8.883 -0.017

Gibson was perfect on the tree, Nicoll was just eight thousandths slower. It was close all the way down the track, with Gibson taking just a bit too much stripe. David Nicoll's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 499M Michael Keylich                      437Z Tommy Kelley                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.901 173.44                     0.017  8.920 173.51
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.001             Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M LEVATINO  ) 0.026  8.898 -0.002      (D SCATES    ) 0.009  8.922  0.022
E1    (N on File   ) 0.027  8.912  0.012      (D HOLDER    ) 0.013  8.926  0.026

Another close race. Michael Keylich's MOV: 0.0167 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 473B Benny Smith Jr                             Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.011 142.58     
         Q/R Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.111    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D DANIELS   ) 0.004  8.918  0.018   
E1    (T GRAY      ) 0.017  8.956  0.056

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink