Sun, 07 Jul 2013, 17:42 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3930 Greg Kamplain                           3 Luke Bogacki                 
E5                  -0.001  9.077 144.04     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.851 180.79
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.177             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.049
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Smith Jr  ) 0.032  8.932  0.032      (N Willard   ) 0.053  8.933  0.033
E3    (S LaMar     ) 0.033  8.914  0.014      (B Splingaire) 0.027  8.936  0.036
E2    (C Valtman   ) 0.017  8.948  0.048      (D Forbes    ) 0.016  8.950  0.050
E1    (K Forbes    ) 0.010  8.931  0.031      (S Fields    ) 0.023  8.945  0.045
 Qualified:            #14  8.931  0.031                       #16  8.945  0.045

5:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.07 inches, adjusted altitude 3,320 feet.

Kamplain just misses the tree and gives the win to Bogacki.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3387 Jeff Beckman                         1827 Tom Hunter                   
E5                   0.016  8.876 169.13     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.892 176.77
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.024             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Richardson) 0.016  8.905  0.005      (E Richardson) 0.005  8.943  0.043
E3    (A Gerber    ) 0.007  8.894 -0.006      (D Fletcher  ) 0.017  8.911  0.011
E2    (R Pistole   ) 0.019  8.905  0.005      (G Caheely   ) 0.001  8.973  0.073
E1    (S Mikus     ) 0.015  8.916  0.016      (P Martin    ) 0.029  8.888 -0.012
 Qualified:             #6  8.916  0.016                       #27  8.888 -0.012

Beckman takes a little too much stripe and gives Hunter the win. Hunter will have a bye into the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3172 Leo Zynda                                  Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.609  8.894 175.37     
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.006    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Kujawa    ) 0.008  8.918  0.018   
E3    (M Tedesco   ) 0.035  8.893 -0.007   
E2    (T Caheely   ) 0.013  8.927  0.027   
E1    (J Bauman    ) 0.050  8.920  0.020   
 Qualified:             #8  8.920  0.020                     Bye

Zynda will take on Bogacki in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink