Sun, 07 Jul 2013, 18:39 PM Super Gas Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 3061 Steven Fields                        363X Ray Connolly                 
E7                   0.047  9.902 153.75     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.914 155.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E6    (J Lynch     ) 0.029  9.916  0.016                     -0.004  9.885 -0.015
E5    (R Spradlin  ) 0.031  9.894 -0.006      (R Adkins    ) 0.021  9.892 -0.008
E4    (C Flanagan  ) 0.011  9.895 -0.005      (J Pellicane ) 0.027  9.866 -0.034
E3    (T Coughlin J) 0.031  9.898 -0.002      (M Tedesco   ) 0.038  9.908  0.008
E2    (N Vrooman   ) 0.039  9.918  0.018      (R Moser     ) 0.022  9.915  0.015
E1    (T Stalba    ) 0.006  9.915  0.015      (D Fitzpatric) 0.028 10.019  0.119
 Qualified:            #10  9.915  0.015                       #29 10.019  0.119

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

Connolly with the starting line advantage and the win by 0.0110 seconds (approximately 2 feet). This is Connolly's third National event win and his second in Super Gas.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink