Sun, 15 May 2016, 14:08 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 4 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
 2958 Sherman Adcock                       2908 Corey Manuel                 
E4                   0.031  9.918 155.72     ****WINNER****  0.037  9.903 144.01
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Anspach   ) 0.020  9.919  0.019      (R Price     ) 0.011  9.949  0.049
E2    (S Furr      ) 0.003  9.928  0.028      (H Laris     ) 0.017  9.870 -0.030
E1    (T Ewing     ) 0.008  9.915  0.015      (R Maggart   ) 0.004  9.928  0.028
 Qualified:             #4  9.915  0.015                        #7  9.928  0.028

2:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,183 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Adcock gets the holeshot but Manuel takes the stripe and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2771 Ray Miller                           233A Chuck Trotter                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.026  9.883 162.67                     0.018  9.863 163.73
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lynch     ) 0.018  9.879 -0.021      (J Jensen    ) 0.017  9.936  0.036
E2    (J Jensen    ) 0.019  9.898 -0.002      (B Weaver    ) 0.008  9.906  0.006
E1    (D Gibbs Jr  ) 0.001  9.925  0.025      (R Gregorski ) 0.034  9.974  0.074
 Qualified:             #6  9.925  0.025                        #9  9.974  0.074

Trotter gets out of the gate first but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3604 Rusty Cook                            251 Gus Upshaw                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.888 174.48                    -0.003 11.282  88.71
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  1.382
 Prior rounds:
E3    (V Harmon    ) 0.024  9.939  0.039      (S Brinkley  ) 0.019  9.901  0.001
E2    (A Reed      ) -0.012  9.973  0.073      (D Seidel    ) 0.017  9.922  0.022
E1    (C Watts     ) 0.017  9.952  0.052      (G Quinn     ) 0.006  9.854 -0.046
 Qualified:             #8  9.952  0.052                       #22  9.854 -0.046

Upshaw leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Cook

In the next round it will be Manuel vs. Miller and Cook will have a bye into the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink