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Sat, 17 Oct 2015, 11:20 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2709 Jason Lynch                          4924 Jerry Debusk                 
E2                   0.042  9.877 169.00     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.900 165.01
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Lopez     ) 0.050  9.853 -0.047      (M Tedesco   ) 0.029  9.947  0.047
 Qualified:            #37  9.853 -0.047                       #17  9.947  0.047

10:05 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.78 inches, adjusted altitude 1,563 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Debusk gets the holeshot and then runs dead on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2459 Tommy Turner                         4373 Audie Wood                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.110  9.950 149.78                     0.002  9.873 148.61
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.050             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Domingues ) 0.007  9.925  0.025      (J Franklin  ) 0.037  9.859 -0.041
 Qualified:            #15  9.925  0.025                       #35  9.859 -0.041

Wood gets a big holeshot but takes way too much stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5556 Gale Wallace                         4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.920 138.76                     0.026  9.910 155.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cappiello ) 0.024  9.918  0.018      (L Bernshause) 0.009  9.889 -0.011
 Qualified:             #9  9.918  0.018                       #29  9.889 -0.011

Gale Wallace's MOV: 0.0029 seconds (approximately 8 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  496 Eddie McDow                          499A Carllus Adkins               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.902 162.37                     0.026  9.815 154.95
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.085
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Raftery   ) 0.017  9.941  0.041      (C Best      ) 0.016  9.858 -0.042
 Qualified:            #16  9.941  0.041                       #36  9.858 -0.042

Adkins gets out of the gate first but takes a little too much stripe giving the win to McDow.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4476 Jim Peppler                          4425 John Wright                  
E2                   0.103  9.835 134.62     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.897 167.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.065             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warren    ) 0.001  9.883 -0.017      (C Stewart   ) 0.088  9.922  0.022
 Qualified:            #31  9.883 -0.017                       #11  9.922  0.022

Peppler is late off the line and breaks out big trying to run down Wright.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4325 Larry Carter                         4761 Tommy Maedgen                
E2                   0.050  9.826 155.49     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.866 159.95
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.074             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Nichols   ) 0.008  9.843 -0.057      (M Rodgers   ) 0.001  9.967  0.067
 Qualified:            #39  9.843 -0.057                       #19  9.967  0.067

Maedgen gets a big holeshot and holds off Carter for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3219 Dave Dahlem                          4866 John Salter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.848 151.58                     0.004  9.841 165.54
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.052             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Richardson) 0.058  9.870 -0.030      (S Carter    ) 0.006  9.923  0.023
 Qualified:            #33  9.870 -0.030                       #13  9.923  0.023

Salter gets out of the gate first, takes the stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Jackson Collier                       595 Tony Fuller                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.983 143.78                     0.032 10.413 126.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.083             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.513
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Turner    ) 0.008  9.914  0.014      (B Heath     ) 0.035 10.083  0.183
 Qualified:             #4  9.914  0.014                       #24 10.083  0.183

Collier gets out of the gate first and holds off Fuller for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4577 Chris Eidson                         4521 Gary Free                    
E2                   0.048  9.874 145.66     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.902 165.54
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ivy       ) 0.050 10.068  0.168      (A Savage    ) 0.008  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #23 10.068  0.168                        #3  9.907  0.007

Free gets a big holeshot and puts together a .005 package to take the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4592 Kip Guenzel                           433 Don Johnson                  
E2                   0.025  9.894 158.28     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.936 157.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Harmon    ) 0.020 10.001  0.101      (L Blankenshi) 0.054  9.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #22 10.001  0.101                        #2  9.905  0.005

Guenzel gives up a little off the line, takes the stripe but breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  404 Lanny Maples                         4674 Heidi Robison                
E2                   0.009  9.894 147.75     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.898 163.18
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Watson    ) 0.049  9.923  0.023      (S Collier   ) 0.009  9.876 -0.024
 Qualified:            #12  9.923  0.023                       #32  9.876 -0.024

Maples gets the advantage off the line but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 473C James Carter                         458C Jim Repka                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.849 157.37                     0.076  9.843 159.12
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.051             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.057
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bromley   ) 0.057  9.921  0.021      (S Choate    ) 0.017  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:            #10  9.921  0.021                       #30  9.887 -0.013

Carter gets a big holeshot and holds off Repka for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 453X Lance Rutland                        4400 Mike Van Winkle              
E2                   0.066  9.746 146.34     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.821 142.25
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.154             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.079
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Phillips  ) 0.089  9.791 -0.109      (W Breiten   ) 0.073  9.984  0.084
 Qualified:            #40  9.791 -0.109                       #20  9.984  0.084

Van Winkle gets a big holeshot;Rutland breaks out big.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4988 Joe Lokhaug                             1 Luke Bogacki                 
E2                   0.013  9.842 164.65     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.871 156.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.058             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Tatum     ) 0.021  9.914  0.014      (J Bunce     ) 0.012  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:             #5  9.914  0.014                       #25  9.897 -0.003

Bogacki gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4820 Greg Parson                            61 Eddy Plaizier                
E2                   0.038  9.882 143.06     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.941 156.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Byrd      ) 0.054  9.916  0.016      (M Forbes    ) 0.010  9.894 -0.006
 Qualified:             #7  9.916  0.016                       #27  9.894 -0.006

Plaizier gets the holeshot;parson breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7543 Todd Stewart                         4961 Craig Anderson               
E2                   0.026  9.856 158.13     ****WINNER****  0.004  9.884 171.95
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.044             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (Bye         ) -0.005  9.893 -0.007      (J Simoneaux ) 0.014  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #28  9.893 -0.007                        #8  9.916  0.016

Anderson gets the advantage off the line and takes the double breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                       5188 Randy Nygaard                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  9.890 168.11                     0.017  9.833 142.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Allen     ) 0.024  9.924  0.024      (K Millican  ) 0.021  9.861 -0.039
 Qualified:            #14  9.924  0.024                       #34  9.861 -0.039

Nygaard gets a small advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  423 Jeff Hefler                          6426 Mike Shannon                 
E2                   0.019  9.974 137.04     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.906 143.26
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.074             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Laris     ) 0.015  9.915  0.015      (J Peppler   ) 0.014  9.896 -0.004
 Qualified:             #6  9.915  0.015                       #26  9.896 -0.004

Shannon puts together a .016 package and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4613 Jason Richey                         4467 Terry Sullivan               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.926 142.25                     0.015  9.961 159.57
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.061
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Wood      ) 0.035  9.959  0.059      (T Gray      ) 0.005  9.844 -0.056
 Qualified:            #18  9.959  0.059                       #38  9.844 -0.056

Richey gets the advantage off the line and holds off Sullivan for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Jesse Serna                            45 Tommy Phillips               
E2                   0.028  9.824 159.44     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.858 157.48
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.076             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Turnbough ) 0.070  9.901  0.001      (N on File   ) 0.025  9.985  0.085
 Qualified:             #1  9.901  0.001                       #21  9.985  0.085

Serna is behind off the line and breaks out big trying to run down Phillips.

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