Sun, 20 Sep 2015, 16:58 PM Super Gas Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Super Gas 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
 2095 Jeff Burns                              5 Mike Sawyer                  
E6                   0.011  9.989 155.02     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.975 154.79
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.089             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.075
 Prior rounds:
E5    (C Manuel    ) 0.013  9.908  0.008      (R Sawyer    ) 0.011  9.874 -0.026
E4    (J Labbous Jr) 0.009  9.965  0.065                     0.904 20.571 10.671
E3    (D Anspach   ) 0.035  9.951  0.051      (S Adcock    ) 0.007  9.889 -0.011
E2    (C Trotter   ) 0.015  9.932  0.032      (G Laird     ) 0.021  9.897 -0.003
E1    (G Upshaw    ) 0.007  9.975  0.075      (M Furr      ) 0.015  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:            #18  9.975  0.075                        #8  9.913  0.013

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,534 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Burns with the starting line advantage, but Sawyer gets the win in a close one. Mike Sawyer's MOV: 0.0101 seconds (approximately 2 feet). This is Sawyer's seventh National event win and his sixth in Super Gas.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink