Sun, 21 Apr 2013, 15:28 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals fueled by Full Throttle:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2842 Bernard Weaver                       177H Samantha Kenny               
E4                  -0.005  9.905 153.28     ****WINNER**** -0.004  9.939 169.96
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Crick     ) 0.007  9.901  0.001      (B Mullis    ) 0.030  9.881 -0.019
E2    (F Day       ) 0.075  9.864 -0.036      (S Albrecht  ) 0.018  9.918  0.018
E1    (B Handschuh ) 0.057  9.987  0.087      (R Grenier   ) 0.020  9.860 -0.040
 Qualified:            #13  9.987  0.087                       #16  9.860 -0.040

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.70 inches, adjusted altitude 1,302 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1940 Mia Tedesco                             6 Mike Sawyer                  
E4                   0.007  9.935 172.81     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.915 162.20
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (F Ross      ) 0.032  9.901  0.001      (R Miller    ) 0.023  9.949  0.049
E2    (F Altilio   ) 0.047  9.934  0.034      (D Mathauser ) 0.044  9.940  0.040
E1    (Bye         ) 0.014  9.792 -0.108      (M Weston    ) 0.009  9.853 -0.047
 Qualified:            #23  9.792 -0.108                       #20  9.853 -0.047

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2923 Greg Slack                           350D Adam Berberich               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.102  9.995 150.83                           No Time      
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.095             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Haas      ) 0.019 10.203  0.303                     -0.002  9.865 -0.035
E2    (S Furr      )       No Time            (E Richardson) 0.010  9.925  0.025
E1    (B Upton     ) 0.014  9.921  0.021      (S Adcock    ) 0.011  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:             #6  9.921  0.021                        #2  9.909  0.009

Berberich was leaking something on the burnout and is shut off. Slack will face Kenny in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2318 John Taylor                                Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.919 163.71     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (I Boicesco  ) 0.012  9.902  0.002   
E2    (J Lynch     ) 0.007  9.876 -0.024   
E1    (J Elrod     ) 0.023  9.876 -0.024   
 Qualified:            #15  9.876 -0.024                     Bye

Taylor will face Sawyer in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink