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Sun, 22 May 2016, 10:28 AM

Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 4 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
  543 Craig Maddox                         5952 Corey Bentley                
E4                   0.021  9.930 153.47     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.933 144.41
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Carter    ) 0.005  9.907  0.007      (J Landholm  ) 0.042  9.906  0.006
E2    (J Bowman    ) 0.017  9.889 -0.011      (T Chaffin   ) 0.030  9.924  0.024
E1    (J Peterson  ) 0.027 10.081  0.181      (J Repka     ) 0.018  9.954  0.054
 Qualified:            #24 10.081  0.181                       #20  9.954  0.054

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,502 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Bentley with the slight starting line advantage and the win in close one. Corey Bentley's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 5 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Todd Heins                           5388 Bruce Johnson                
E4                   0.054  9.954 155.78     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.949 156.94
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.054             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.049
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Domingues ) 0.047  9.920  0.020      (K Kuehn     ) 0.031  9.917  0.017
E2    (J Lewis     ) 0.028  9.909  0.009      (E Enders    ) 0.034  9.895 -0.005
E1    (R Ropwan    ) 0.015  9.899 -0.001      (J Bunce     ) 0.048  9.930  0.030
 Qualified:            #26  9.899 -0.001                       #15  9.930  0.030

Johnson with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Bentley in the semifinal.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5090 Duane Kohl                           5278 Todd Nielsen                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.906 161.73                     0.043  9.853 163.18
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.047
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Wagner    ) 0.016  9.916  0.016      (R Cates     ) 0.013  9.915  0.015
E2    (R Schaffer  ) 0.021 10.502  0.602      (B Harris    ) 0.021  9.906  0.006
E1    (D Nelson    ) 0.014  9.902  0.002      (G Hollst Jr ) 0.033  9.912  0.012
 Qualified:             #4  9.902  0.002                        #8  9.912  0.012

Kohl with a great light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4311 Jeff Lopez                            404 Lanny Maples                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.881 155.01                    -0.013  9.920 159.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Siffring  ) 0.034  9.924  0.024      (T Nicholson ) 0.027  9.928  0.028
E2    (K Moore     ) 0.014  9.909  0.009      (A Gavlovsky ) 0.010  9.935  0.035
E1    (D Swinehart ) 0.028  9.941  0.041      (K Sanders   ) 0.026  9.969  0.069
 Qualified:            #17  9.941  0.041                       #21  9.969  0.069

Maples goes red and Lopez with a great light and the win. He will face Kohl in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink