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Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 21:49 PM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3476 Ryan Bolin                           363M Mark Hackett                 
E5                   0.016  9.902 141.31     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.905 139.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E4                   -0.005  9.938  0.038      (G Cooper    ) 0.019  9.895 -0.005
E3    (B Folk      ) 0.036  9.929  0.029      (R Eaker     ) 0.018  9.950  0.050
E2    (G White     ) 0.025  9.929  0.029      (T Phillips  ) 0.026  9.901  0.001
E1    (J Bowman    ) 0.012  9.902  0.002      (R Moser     ) 0.014  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:             #3  9.902  0.002                        #6  9.910  0.010

8:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,247 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Hackett gets the holeshot and puts together a .014 package to take the win. He will have a bye into the finals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3531 Jacob Elrod                             3 Troy Coughlin Jr.            
E5   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.903 159.49                     0.013  9.917 165.27
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Bush      ) 0.009  9.915  0.015      (J Fisher    ) 0.019  9.897 -0.003
E3                   0.002  9.911  0.011      (R Connolly  ) 0.006  9.973  0.073
E2    (B Locke     ) 0.025  9.921  0.021      (R Mayse     ) 0.014  9.931  0.031
E1    (M Vance     ) 0.025  9.947  0.047      (T Fuller    ) 0.011  9.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #18  9.947  0.047                        #5  9.906  0.006

Coughlin gets out of the gate first but Elrod takes the stripe and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                4674 Heidi Robison                
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.009  9.900 165.90
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (J Pellicane ) 0.024  9.911  0.011
E3                                           (S Domingues ) 0.034  9.928  0.028
E2                                           (L Bogacki   ) 0.023  9.911  0.011
E1                                           (K Sanders   ) 0.070  9.880 -0.020
 Qualified:                                                      #24  9.880 -0.020

Robison will take on Elrod in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink