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Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 11:40 AM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 601A Jim Glenn                            6006 Eddie Prenevost              
E5                   0.036 10.042 153.89     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.110 135.70
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.008            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Hoyt      ) 0.007 10.063  0.013                     0.369 10.057  0.007
E3    (C Dales     ) 0.033 10.070  0.020      (T Turner    ) 0.008 10.055  0.005
E2    (T Phillips  ) 0.002 10.062  0.012      (K Wright    ) 0.042 10.079  0.029
E1    (D Anderson  ) 0.030 10.075  0.025      (M Miller    ) 0.013 10.065  0.015
 Qualified:            #18 10.075  0.025                       #14 10.065  0.015

8:33 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,506 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Prenevost gets the holeshot and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Rick Cates                           5452 Troy Grant                   
E5                   0.021 10.024 161.00     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.043 123.75
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.026            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Parsons   ) 0.020 10.036 -0.014      (T Barton    ) 0.024 10.061  0.011
E3    (J Perry     ) 0.006 10.051  0.001      (S Williams  ) 0.049 10.049 -0.001
E2    (R Beckstrom ) 0.012 10.055  0.005      (D Dryden    ) 0.027 10.070  0.020
E1    (D Anderson  ) 0.028 10.044 -0.006      (E DeStaute  ) 0.022  9.997 -0.053
 Qualified:            #33 10.044 -0.006                       #48  9.997 -0.053

Cates takes the stripe but breaks out and gives the win to Grant.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Eddy Plaizier                          72 Bill Dennis                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.024 143.55                     0.017  9.971 160.67
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.026            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.079
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Ventura   ) 0.009 10.052  0.002      (M Blodgett J) 0.026 10.053  0.003
E3    (D Kelly     ) 0.029 10.044 -0.006      (L Rogers    ) 0.023 10.086  0.036
E2    (M Shannon   ) 0.029 10.020 -0.030      (T Keddington) 0.024 10.024 -0.026
E1    (M Boner     ) 0.007 10.049 -0.001      (A Kinard    ) 0.022 10.054  0.004
 Qualified:            #32 10.049 -0.001                        #4 10.054  0.004

They come off the line together, Dennis takes the stripe but breaks out.

Plaizier will take on Prenevost in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A701 Evan Kowalski                              Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.947 152.83     
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.103   
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Langdon   ) 0.070 10.016 -0.034   
E3    (S Rollins   ) 0.060 10.073  0.023   
E2    (D Holmes    ) 0.013 10.065  0.015   
E1    (P Bothe     ) 0.035 10.031 -0.019   
 Qualified:            #40 10.031 -0.019                     Bye

Kowalski will take on Grant in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink