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Sun, 20 Sep 2015, 16:12 PM

Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 232M John Labbous Jr                      139E Scott Albrecht               
E5                   0.017  8.950 166.56     ****WINNER****  0.036  8.926 174.01
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.050             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E4    (P Biondo    ) 0.032  8.905  0.005      (B Guthrie   ) 0.045  8.998  0.098
E3                   0.017  8.942  0.042      (W Lankas    ) 0.007  8.912  0.012
E2    (D Schmidt   ) 0.036  8.924  0.024      (T Caheely   ) 0.005  8.912  0.012
E1    (S LaMar     ) 0.016  8.895 -0.005      (J Burns     ) 0.003  8.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #14  8.895 -0.005                        #3  8.909  0.009

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,608 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Labbous with the starting line advantage, but Albrecht gets the win in a close one. Scott Albrecht's MOV: 0.0054 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Brad Plourd                          193A Frank Aragona                
E5                   0.015  8.956 164.53     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.951 173.16
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.056             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (K Brannon   ) 0.011  8.900  0.000
E3    (R Connolly  ) 0.016  8.920  0.020      (A Kenny     ) 0.039  8.929  0.029
E2    (J Lynch     ) 0.003  8.945  0.045      (S Adcock    ) 0.014  8.915  0.015
E1    (J Woeber    ) 0.017  8.907  0.007      (J Flynn     ) 0.026  8.816 -0.084
 Qualified:             #2  8.907  0.007                       #26  8.816 -0.084

Plourd with a slight starting line advantage, but Aragona gets the win in a real close one. Frank Aragona's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink