Sat, 05 May 2012, 20:44 PM Super Rod Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super 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
 416W Jarod Wilson                         478R Charlie Robinson             
E3                   0.081  9.850 155.81     ****WINNER****  0.038  9.886 147.61
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.050             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L SMITH     ) 0.068  9.901  0.001      (W NEELY     ) 0.031  9.924  0.024
E1    (B THIBODAUX ) 0.038  9.897 -0.003                     0.011  9.932  0.032

7:03 p.m. Charlie Robinson's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0070 seconds (approximately 19 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5111 Jeff Southerland                     4641 Floyd Russo                  
E3                   0.019  9.898 132.56     ****WINNER****  0.061  9.952 157.45
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B RAY ATKINS) 0.014  9.930  0.030      (M HOOKS     ) 0.053  9.945  0.045
E1    (T GRAY      ) 0.039  9.936  0.036      (J POLLARD   ) 0.131  9.815 -0.085

Southerland had Russo covered, took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4577 Chris Eidson                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.870 159.40     
         S/R Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V ROWLAND   ) 0.011  9.915  0.015   
E1    (P PENNINGTON) 0.008  9.917  0.017   

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink