Sun, 25 May 2003, 03:21 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 5 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-- (+/-)
  432 Darryle Modesto                       332 Ron Folk
E5                   0.012  8.875 -0.025     ****WINNER****  0.047  8.877 -0.023
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Gottsch   ) 0.021  8.913  0.013      (S Langdon   ) 0.032  8.964  0.064
E3    (B Maddox    ) 0.025  8.878 -0.022      (M Freischel ) 0.039  8.965  0.065
E2    (R Hammerschm) 0.030  8.950  0.050      (J Solomon   ) 0.033  8.921  0.021
E1    (J Linden    ) 0.007  8.907  0.007      (D Wheeler   ) 0.024  8.956  0.056
 Qualified:             #4  8.907  0.007                       #30  8.956  0.056

2:15 PM odesto had the light, but broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 241K Don Kraker                           5947 Larry Piper
E5                   0.076  8.921  0.021     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.938  0.038
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E4    (N Folk      ) 0.031  8.903  0.003      (M Smith     ) 0.014  8.907  0.007
E3    (J Bowman    ) 0.014  8.892 -0.008      (L Nelson    ) 0.014  8.866 -0.034
E2    (J Strickland) 0.029  8.910  0.010      (G Carrillo  ) 0.019  8.923  0.023
E1    (G Mundt     ) 0.034  8.916  0.016      (G Nicolai   ) 0.040  8.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #18  8.916  0.016                        #3  8.906  0.006

Piper faces Folk in the semifinals. Larry Piper's MOV: 0.0522 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5376 Trisha Mustard                       4091 Bobby Fuentes
E5   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.902  0.002                     0.013  8.858 -0.042
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Hughes    ) 0.003  8.948  0.048      (M Gedo      ) 0.014  8.910  0.010
E3    (S Torrence  ) 0.012  8.881 -0.019      (E Cooper    ) 0.014  8.906  0.006
E2    (J Covert    ) 0.021  8.889 -0.011      (J Brand     ) 0.009  8.924  0.024
E1    (K Umholtz   ) 0.018  8.910  0.010      (D Ebersbach ) 0.014  8.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #11  8.910  0.010                       #14  8.911  0.011

The winner here gets a bye into the finals. Fuentes took too much stripe in the roadster and Mustard will be in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink