Sun, 25 May 2003, 04:55 PM Super Comp Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5376 Trisha Mustard                       5947 Larry Piper
E7   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.928  0.028                     0.071  8.952  0.052
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.021  8.884 -0.016      (R Folk      ) 0.031  8.918  0.018
E5    (B Fuentes   ) 0.026  8.902  0.002      (D Kraker    ) 0.007  8.938  0.038
E4    (J Hughes    ) 0.003  8.948  0.048      (M Smith     ) 0.014  8.907  0.007
E3    (S Torrence  ) 0.012  8.881 -0.019      (L Nelson    ) 0.014  8.866 -0.034
E2    (J Covert    ) 0.021  8.889 -0.011      (G Carrillo  ) 0.019  8.923  0.023
E1    (K Umholtz   ) 0.018  8.910  0.010      (G Nicolai   ) 0.040  8.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #11  8.910  0.010                        #3  8.906  0.006

3:51 PM Neither driver had a national event "Wally" on their mantle and Trisha cut a much better light to become the 34th female driver to win a national event. Trisha Mustard's MOV: 0.0838 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink