Sun, 14 Oct 2012, 04:15 AM Super Gas Shootout Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas Shootout at the NHRA, Seventh annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                        6563 Chris Cannon                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.072 160.16                     0.022 10.105 146.34
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.022            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Fritz     ) 0.010 10.057  0.007      (J Bourquin  ) 0.052 10.099  0.049
E3    (T Keddington) 0.016 10.062  0.012      (H Colleasure) 0.052 10.042 -0.008
E2    (M Blodgett S) 0.016 10.068  0.018      (T Seipel    ) 0.021 10.082  0.032
E1    (D Van Gordon) 0.030 10.062  0.012      (L Scarth    ) 0.038 10.071  0.021
 Qualified:             #9 10.062  0.012                       #21 10.071  0.021

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Randy Balough's MOV: 0.0420 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Ryan Herem                           7833 Dave Meziere                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.039 154.97                           No Time      
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.011            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): 89.949
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M LALONDE   ) 0.006 10.067  0.017      (E Plaizier  ) 0.013 10.103  0.053
E3    (R Kato      ) 0.013 10.051  0.001      (A Broussard ) 0.036 10.081  0.031
E2    (C Langdon   ) 0.021 10.056  0.006      (A Warn      ) 0.003 10.064  0.014
E1    (D Keck      ) 0.011 10.090  0.040      (M Shannon   ) 0.010 10.050  0.000
 Qualified:            #31 10.090  0.040                        #1 10.050  0.000

Mezier breaks and Herem gets a free pass to the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink