Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 25 May 2003, 02:51 PM

Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations
By Rick Green



TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 4 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                          1 Jim Hughes
E4   ****WINNER****  0.003  8.948  0.048                     0.015  8.941  0.041
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Torrence  ) 0.012  8.881 -0.019      (D Sanders   ) 0.041  8.909  0.009
E2    (J Covert    ) 0.021  8.889 -0.011      (B Robinson  ) 0.028  8.920  0.020
E1    (K Umholtz   ) 0.018  8.910  0.010      (D Nichols   ) 0.025  8.887 -0.013
 Qualified:            #11  8.910  0.010                       #40  8.887 -0.013
Mustard with a near perfect light and held on to take the win by about 16 inches.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5947 Larry Piper                            33 Mitch Smith
E4   ****WINNER****  0.014  8.907  0.007                    -0.006  8.919  0.019
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Nelson    ) 0.014  8.866 -0.034      (D Dabbs     ) 0.018  8.853 -0.047
E2    (G Carrillo  ) 0.019  8.923  0.023      (T Phillips  ) 0.027  8.920  0.020
E1    (G Nicolai   ) 0.040  8.906  0.006      (C Castillo  ) 0.039  8.969  0.069
 Qualified:             #3  8.906  0.006                       #32  8.969  0.069
Smith was too quick on the tree and Piper will move on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  432 Darryle Modesto                      5760 Jim Gottsch
E4   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.913  0.013                    -0.003  8.936  0.036
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Maddox    ) 0.025  8.878 -0.022      (T Ekart     ) 0.005  8.851 -0.049
E2    (R Hammerschm) 0.030  8.950  0.050      (L Parfait   ) 0.131  8.917  0.017
E1    (J Linden    ) 0.007  8.907  0.007      (W Hinshaw   ) 0.086  8.924  0.024
 Qualified:             #4  8.907  0.007                       #22  8.924  0.024
Modesto with the win when Gottsch turned on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  332 Ron Folk                             7334 Shawn Langdon
E4   ****WINNER****  0.032  8.964  0.064                     0.041  8.986  0.086
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Freischel ) 0.039  8.965  0.065      (M Grame     ) 0.042  8.864 -0.036
E2    (J Solomon   ) 0.033  8.921  0.021      (M Faul      ) 0.028  8.950  0.050
E1    (D Wheeler   ) 0.024  8.956  0.056      (T Ekart     ) 0.004  8.895 -0.005
 Qualified:            #30  8.956  0.056                       #36  8.895 -0.005
Folk with the starting line advantage and the win by about feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3639 Nick Folk                            241K Don Kraker
E4                   0.031  8.914  0.014     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.903  0.003
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Wood      ) 0.025  8.919  0.019      (J Bowman    ) 0.014  8.892 -0.008
E2    (M Wiblishous) 0.023  8.922  0.022      (J Strickland) 0.029  8.910  0.010
E1    (G Stinnett  ) 0.010  8.898 -0.002      (G Mundt     ) 0.034  8.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #35  8.898 -0.002                       #18  8.916  0.016
They had identical reaction times and Nick Folk took the win line by about three feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5550 Milton Gedo                          4091 Bobby Fuentes
E4                   0.029  8.910  0.010     ****WINNER****  0.014  8.910  0.010
        S/C Index: 8.90                           S/C Index: 8.90
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Lawson    ) 0.029 13.660  4.760      (E Cooper    ) 0.014  8.906  0.006
E2    (B Percival  ) 0.040  8.903  0.003      (J Brand     ) 0.009  8.924  0.024
E1    (S Glenn     ) 0.025  8.919  0.019      (D Ebersbach ) 0.014  8.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #20  8.919  0.019                       #14  8.911  0.011
Fuentes with the starting line advantage and the win by about four feet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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