Sat, 17 Oct 2015, 19:45 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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
4425 John Wright 45 Tommy Phillips
E3 -0.030 9.895 168.45 ****WINNER**** 0.006 9.851 170.36
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.049
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Peppler ) 0.024 9.897 -0.003 (J Serna ) 0.018 9.858 -0.042
E1 (C Stewart ) 0.088 9.922 0.022 (N on File ) 0.025 9.985 0.085
Qualified: #11 9.922 0.022 #21 9.985 0.085
6:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent,
barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 1,933 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.Wright goes
red and gives the win to Phillips.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2459 Tommy Turner 1 Luke Bogacki
E3 -0.023 9.863 173.09 ****WINNER**** 0.000 9.878 167.36
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Wood ) 0.110 9.950 0.050 (J Lokhaug ) 0.007 9.871 -0.029
E1 (S Domingues ) 0.007 9.925 0.025 (J Bunce ) 0.012 9.897 -0.003
Qualified: #15 9.925 0.025 #25 9.897 -0.003
Turner goes red while Bogacki has a perfect light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5556 Gale Wallace 4761 Tommy Maedgen
E3 0.032 9.946 137.93 ****WINNER**** 0.016 9.933 147.60
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.046 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.033
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Lewis ) 0.014 9.920 0.020 (L Carter ) 0.003 9.866 -0.034
E1 (J Cappiello ) 0.024 9.918 0.018 (M Rodgers ) 0.001 9.967 0.067
Qualified: #9 9.918 0.018 #19 9.967 0.067
Maedgen gets the holeshot and holds off Wallace for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
61 Eddy Plaizier 4924 Jerry Debusk
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.069 9.764 163.89 -0.007 12.059 100.55
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.136 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 2.159
Prior rounds:
E2 (G Parson ) 0.006 9.941 0.041 (J Lynch ) 0.018 9.900 0.000
E1 (M Forbes ) 0.010 9.894 -0.006 (M Tedesco ) 0.029 9.947 0.047
Qualified: #27 9.894 -0.006 #17 9.947 0.047
DeBusk just misses the tree and gives the win to Plaizier.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
735 Steve Williams 48 Jackson Collier
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.016 9.912 165.44 0.017 9.911 158.87
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.012 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Nygaard ) 0.022 9.890 -0.010 (T Fuller ) 0.003 9.983 0.083
E1 (T Allen ) 0.024 9.924 0.024 (B Turner ) 0.008 9.914 0.014
Qualified: #14 9.924 0.024 #4 9.914 0.014
Steve Williams' MOV: 0.0007 seconds (approximately 2 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
433 Don Johnson 4674 Heidi Robison
E3 0.062 9.844 169.57 ****WINNER**** 0.007 9.961 146.07
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.056 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.061
Prior rounds:
E2 (K Guenzel ) 0.009 9.936 0.036 (L Maples ) 0.033 9.898 -0.002
E1 (L Blankenshi) 0.054 9.905 0.005 (S Collier ) 0.009 9.876 -0.024
Qualified: #2 9.905 0.005 #32 9.876 -0.024
Johnson is way behind off the line and has to break out to run down Robison.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3219 Dave Dahlem 4521 Gary Free
E3 0.048 9.873 152.19 ****WINNER**** 0.034 9.895 160.77
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Salter ) 0.018 9.848 -0.052 (C Eidson ) 0.003 9.902 0.002
E1 (E Richardson) 0.058 9.870 -0.030 (A Savage ) 0.008 9.907 0.007
Qualified: #33 9.870 -0.030 #3 9.907 0.007
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4613 Jason Richey 4961 Craig Anderson
E3 0.060 9.882 156.21 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.972 166.54
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.072
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Sullivan ) 0.003 9.926 0.026 (T Stewart ) 0.004 9.884 -0.016
E1 (B Wood ) 0.035 9.959 0.059 (J Simoneaux ) 0.014 9.916 0.016
Qualified: #18 9.959 0.059 #8 9.916 0.016
Anderson gets out of the gate first;Richey breaks out trying to run him down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6426 Mike Shannon 496 Eddie McDow
E3 0.035 9.878 151.24 ****WINNER**** 0.012 9.905 162.80
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.005
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Hefler ) 0.010 9.906 0.006 (C Adkins ) 0.031 9.902 0.002
E1 (J Peppler ) 0.014 9.896 -0.004 (K Raftery ) 0.017 9.941 0.041
Qualified: #26 9.896 -0.004 #16 9.941 0.041
McDow puts together a .017 package and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4400 Mike Van Winkle 473C James Carter
E3 -0.025 9.981 144.88 ****WINNER**** 0.036 9.888 164.61
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.081 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Rutland ) 0.024 9.821 -0.079 (J Repka ) 0.020 9.849 -0.051
E1 (W Breiten ) 0.073 9.984 0.084 (J Bromley ) 0.057 9.921 0.021
Qualified: #20 9.984 0.084 #10 9.921 0.021
Van Winkle leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Carter.
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