Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 15 May 2016, 14:40 PM

Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe



COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp 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
   25 Tyler Caheely                        2537 Joe Tankersley               
E5                   0.014  8.880 176.44     ****WINNER****  0.020  8.886 157.01
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.020             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.019  8.934  0.034      (S Vandewalke) 0.031  8.892 -0.008
E3    (D Schmidt   ) 0.015  8.917  0.017      (R Cook      ) 0.011  8.910  0.010
E2    (R Miller Jr ) 0.010  8.883 -0.017      (K Brannon   ) 0.020  8.910  0.010
E1    (J Stahl     ) 0.014  8.924  0.024      (T Denton    ) 0.029  8.910  0.010
 Qualified:             #9  8.924  0.024                        #5  8.910  0.010
2:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.27 inches, adjusted altitude 2,249 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Caheely 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
  170 Alan O'Brien                         4754 Billy Torrence               
E5                   0.035  8.968 169.83     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.926 177.35
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.068             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Maltba    ) 0.026  8.790 -0.110      (S Langdon   ) 0.039  8.902  0.002
E3                   0.045  8.826 -0.074      (R Richardson) 0.010  8.902  0.002
E2    (T Helms     ) 0.006  8.896 -0.004      (R Laris     ) 0.005  8.854 -0.046
E1    (K Woeber    ) 0.035  8.932  0.032      (M Tedesco   ) 0.001  8.931  0.031
 Qualified:            #14  8.932  0.032                       #13  8.931  0.031
Torrence gets out of the gate first and takes the win.

It will be Tankersley vs. Torrence in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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