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Sun, 22 May 2016, 09:26 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Frank Nichols                        5887 Rick Cates                   
E2                   0.014  9.930 157.95     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.906 159.46
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Wood      ) 0.013  9.875 -0.025      (G Cooper    ) 0.004  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:            #31  9.875 -0.025                       #16  9.931  0.031

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,607 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Cates gets a couple ticks on the starting line and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5388 Bruce Johnson                         430 Erica Enders                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.895 163.47                    -0.019  9.959 162.02
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bunce     ) 0.048  9.930  0.030      (R Benne     ) 0.045  9.879 -0.021
 Qualified:            #15  9.930  0.030                       #30  9.879 -0.021

Enders goes red and Johnson gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5152 Al Gavlovsky                          404 Lanny Maples                 
E2                   0.036  9.917 136.98     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.935 152.33
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Wright    ) 0.017  9.902  0.002      (K Sanders   ) 0.026  9.969  0.069
 Qualified:             #6  9.902  0.002                       #21  9.969  0.069

Maples with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Lanny Maples' MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 20 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5877 Robby Schaffer                       5090 Duane Kohl                   
E2                   0.015 10.842 106.36     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.502 123.71
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.942             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.602
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Ottilie   ) 0.024  9.953  0.053      (D Nelson    ) 0.014  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #19  9.953  0.053                        #4  9.902  0.002

Schaffer with the starting line advantage and then has problems and Kohl gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5251 Tim Nicholson                        4376 Jim Cappiello                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.920 108.13                     0.023  9.959 135.56
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hill      ) 0.017  9.926  0.026      (D Friis     ) 0.031  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:            #14  9.926  0.026                       #29  9.887 -0.013

8:04 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,297 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.

Super Gas round two continued. Tim Nicholson's MOV: 0.0538 seconds (approximately 11 feet). He'll face Maples in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5756 Chuck Collins                        5379 Jeff Landholm                
E2                   0.059  9.889 168.05     ****WINNER****  0.040  9.891 155.72
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warren    ) 0.009  9.925  0.025      (K Hildahl   ) 0.041  9.889 -0.011
 Qualified:            #13  9.925  0.025                       #28  9.889 -0.011

Jeff Landholm's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0170 seconds (approximately 4 feet) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5770 Jarod Bowman                          543 Craig Maddox                 
E2                   0.012  9.883 161.40     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.889 157.23
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.017             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Herrman   ) 0.025  9.912  0.012      (J Peterson  ) 0.027 10.081  0.181
 Qualified:             #9  9.912  0.012                       #24 10.081  0.181

Craig Maddox's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 498K Rustin Mayse                         538X Casey Wagner                 
E2                   0.019  9.911 157.76     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.914 158.15
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Wettstein ) 0.018  9.890 -0.010      (S Carter    ) 0.038  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #27  9.890 -0.010                       #12  9.924  0.024

Casey Wagner's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 19 inches). He'll face Kohl in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5147 Steve Domingues                      5776 Craig Butler                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  9.885 150.75                     0.006  9.854 132.67
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Dahlberg  ) 0.006  9.901  0.001      (D Tool      ) 0.036  9.948  0.048
 Qualified:             #3  9.901  0.001                       #18  9.948  0.048

Steve Domingues' MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5045 Tobby Chaffin                        5952 Corey Bentley                
E2                   0.037  9.892 148.94     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.924 146.50
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Dennis    ) 0.024  9.902  0.002      (J Repka     ) 0.018  9.954  0.054
 Qualified:             #5  9.902  0.002                       #20  9.954  0.054

Chaffin took too much stripe. Bentley will face Landholm in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Todd Heins                           4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.909 156.97                     0.011  9.954 158.09
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.054
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Ropwan    ) 0.015  9.899 -0.001      (S Schultz   ) 0.014  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #26  9.899 -0.001                       #11  9.916  0.016

Todd Heins' MOV: 0.0286 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He'll face Domingues in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4956 Brandon Harris                       5278 Todd Nielsen                 
E2                   0.007  9.932 167.16     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.906 167.16
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Davin     ) 0.013  9.986  0.086      (G Hollst Jr ) 0.033  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:            #23  9.986  0.086                        #8  9.912  0.012

Todd Nielsen's MOV: 0.0126 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He'll face Cates in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4383 Trisha Allen                         5834 Jeremy Siffring              
E2                   0.055  9.981 150.50     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.971 147.17
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.081             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Pope      ) 0.010 10.182  0.282      (D Gamblin   ) 0.047  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #25 10.182  0.282                       #10  9.916  0.016

Jeremy Siffring's MOV: 0.0328 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5348 Kevin Moore                          4311 Jeff Lopez                   
E2                   0.022  9.926 157.58     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.909 146.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bain      ) 0.014  9.901  0.001      (D Swinehart ) 0.028  9.941  0.041
 Qualified:             #2  9.901  0.001                       #17  9.941  0.041

Jeff Lopez's MOV: 0.0251 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He'll face Siffring in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                4325 Larry Carter                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.084  9.898 154.88
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (H Robison   ) 0.056  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.900  0.000

Carter will race Maddox in round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5934 Keith Kuehn                          4252 Tony Gray                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  9.902 152.14                           No Time      
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Unruh     ) 0.014  9.903  0.003      (P Cambron   ) 0.037  9.978  0.078
 Qualified:             #7  9.903  0.003                       #22  9.978  0.078

Gray was a no show. Kuehn will face Johnson in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink