Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 14 May 2016, 11:51 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green



COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1842 Bernard Weaver                       233A Chuck Trotter                
E2                   0.006  9.920 147.07     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.906 163.35
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Turner    ) 0.041  9.872 -0.028      (R Gregorski ) 0.034  9.974  0.074
 Qualified:            #20  9.872 -0.028                        #9  9.974  0.074
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,711 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

A couple great light with Weaver getting a couple ticks, but Trotter gets the win in a close one. Chuck Trotter's MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Bernard Weaver's package: 0.026. Chuck Trotter's package: 0.014.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2709 Jason Lynch                          2707 Randy Alexander              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.895 161.67                     0.034  9.869 166.79
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Lyons     ) 0.021 10.245  0.345      (J Chandler  ) 0.033  9.852 -0.048
 Qualified:            #12 10.245  0.345                       #23  9.852 -0.048
Lynch with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2794 Al Walker                            2469 Jeff Jensen                  
E2                  -0.359  9.427 139.37     ****WINNER****  0.056  9.903 157.48
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.473             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Morris    ) 0.050  9.896 -0.004      (R Purcell   ) 0.037  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #14  9.896 -0.004                        #3  9.909  0.009
Walker goes red and Jensen gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4766 Shannon Brinkley                     1940 Mia Tedesco                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.927 157.47                     0.041  9.908 166.66
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J James     ) 0.023  9.888 -0.012      (J Southards ) 0.033  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #16  9.888 -0.012                        #5  9.919  0.019
Brinkley with the starting line advantage and the win. Shannon Brinkley's MOV: 0.0025 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2464 Matt Tankersley                      229D David Anspach                
E2                   0.012  9.892 150.83     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.932 152.69
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Freer     ) 0.019 10.000  0.100      (T Powell    ) 0.024  9.865 -0.035
 Qualified:            #10 10.000  0.100                       #21  9.865 -0.035
Tankersley with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Anspach the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2908 Corey Manuel                         4369 Holden Laris                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.870 149.83                    -0.009  9.906 170.82
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Maggart   ) 0.004  9.928  0.028      (J Taylor    ) 0.001  9.877 -0.023
 Qualified:             #7  9.928  0.028                       #18  9.877 -0.023
Laris is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Manuel the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3604 Rusty Cook                           250C Arnold Reed                  
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.012  9.973 153.35                           No Time      
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.073             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Watts     ) 0.017  9.952  0.052      (C Lindsey   ) 0.040  9.877 -0.023
 Qualified:             #8  9.952  0.052                       #19  9.877 -0.023
Reed is a no show and Cook gets the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2958 Sherman Adcock                         22 Steve Furr                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.928 158.74                     0.007  9.898 154.97
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Ewing     ) 0.008  9.915  0.015      (D Denney    ) 0.042  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:             #4  9.915  0.015                       #15  9.895 -0.005
Adcock with a great light and the win. Furr with a great light in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  251 Gus Upshaw                           244N Daniel Seidel                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.922 150.83                     0.038  9.915 148.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Quinn     ) 0.006  9.854 -0.046      (K McClain-Sa) 0.025 10.066  0.166
 Qualified:            #22  9.854 -0.046                       #11 10.066  0.166
Upshaw with the starting line advantage and the win. Gus Upshaw's MOV: 0.0146 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4480 Val Harmon                           3135 Janice Swan                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.914 162.76                     0.029  9.895 159.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Richardson) 0.079  9.898 -0.002      (J May       ) 0.033  9.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #13  9.898 -0.002                        #2  9.905  0.005
Harmon with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2771 Ray Miller                           308V Jeremy Jensen                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.898 164.47                     0.018  9.897 146.85
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gibbs Jr  ) 0.001  9.925  0.025      (J Perry     ) 0.023  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:             #6  9.925  0.025                       #17  9.887 -0.013
Jensen with a tick advantage on the tree, but Miller gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1490 Rich Price                   
E2                                            ****WINNER**** -0.010  9.903 166.50
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (T Barnes    ) 0.020  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.903  0.003
Price with the bye...

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