Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 14:12 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green



ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                4311 Jeff Lopez                   
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.015  9.906 161.56
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (M McGlothin ) 0.019  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.900  0.000
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 29.41 inches, adjusted altitude 2,741 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Lopez with the bye. Jeff Lopez's package: 0.021.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  496 Eddie McDow                          4376 Jim Cappiello                
E2                   0.059  9.890 162.94     ****WINNER****  0.037  9.896 168.89
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lewis     ) 0.028  9.914  0.014      (K Collier   ) 0.023  9.949  0.049
 Qualified:             #8  9.914  0.014                       #25  9.949  0.049
Cappiello with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4480 Val Harmon                           498K Rustin Mayse                 
E2                   0.008  9.844 159.82     ****WINNER****  0.023  9.863 149.65
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.056             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Choate    ) 0.063  9.915  0.015      (K Purvis    ) 0.019  9.973  0.073
 Qualified:            #10  9.915  0.015                       #27  9.973  0.073
Harmon with a great light. but took too much stripe to give Mayse the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 490F Jeff Franklin                        2459 Tommy Turner                 
E2                   0.139  9.830 137.51     ****WINNER****  0.133  9.852 173.45
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.070             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Wright    ) 0.056 10.080  0.180      (C Waggoner J) 0.131  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #30 10.080  0.180                       #13  9.919  0.019
Turner with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Steve Williams                        394 Troy Coughlin Jr             
E2                   0.025  9.873 167.80     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.907 161.71
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.027             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Tatum     ) 0.028  9.945  0.045      (J Lokhaug   ) 0.019  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #24  9.945  0.045                        #7  9.909  0.009
Coughlin Jr with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Travis Salter                         419 Mallori Rodgers              
E2                  -0.010  9.870 155.85     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.862 163.10
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Haas      ) 0.011  9.926  0.026      (K Raftery   ) 0.078  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #19  9.926  0.026                        #2  9.900  0.000
Salter goes red and Rodgers gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 417B Leonard Trahan                       4674 Heidi Robison                
E2                   0.054  9.851 150.26     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.898 166.72
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.049             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Enders    ) 0.052  9.903  0.003      (C Vang      ) 0.031  9.936  0.036
 Qualified:             #4  9.903  0.003                       #21  9.936  0.036
Robison with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 340W Rodney Benson                        7543 Todd Stewart                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.903 158.97                     0.011  9.947 175.68
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Virgadamo ) 0.041  9.943  0.043      (C Mundt     ) 0.052  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #22  9.943  0.043                        #5  9.904  0.004
Stewart with a tick advantage on the tree, but Benson gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4582 Roger Warren                         4425 John Wright                  
E2                   0.013  9.890 157.85     ****WINNER****  0.025  9.896 168.64
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Collier   ) 0.033  9.903  0.003      (J DeBusk    ) 0.034  9.927  0.027
 Qualified:             #3  9.903  0.003                       #20  9.927  0.027
Warren with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Wright the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4291 Conner Pullen                         484 Larry Blankenship            
E2                   0.056  9.875 166.52     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.952 132.04
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Allen     ) 0.007  9.921  0.021      (B Wood      ) 0.007  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:            #15  9.921  0.021                       #32  9.899 -0.001
Blankenship with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4618 Christopher Best                     2920 Edmond Richardson            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.874 153.75                     0.020  9.866 156.81
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Salter    ) 0.011  9.919  0.019      (J Richey    ) 0.028 10.037  0.137
 Qualified:            #12  9.919  0.019                       #29 10.037  0.137
Richardson with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Best the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 412C Leonard Greathouse                   7192 Ryan Herem                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.902 138.05                     0.033  9.920 174.48
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ivey      ) 0.071  9.944  0.044      (J Adkins    ) 0.021  9.908  0.008
 Qualified:            #23  9.944  0.044                        #6  9.908  0.008
Greathouse with as great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Steve Collier                        T475 Bryon Turner                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.943 167.47                    -0.034  9.724 136.30
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.043             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.176
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Gehan     ) 0.014  9.922  0.022      (J Repka     ) 0.025  9.894 -0.006
 Qualified:            #16  9.922  0.022                       #33  9.894 -0.006
Turner goes red and Collier gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   48 Robby Lopez                          426J Jay Bunce                    
E2                   0.000  9.937 150.78     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.929 157.63
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.037             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Porter    ) 0.020  9.914  0.014      (C Henderson ) 0.023  9.968  0.068
 Qualified:             #9  9.914  0.014                       #26  9.968  0.068
Lopez with a perfect light and the win in close one. Jay Bunce's MOV: 0.0002 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 449B Lloyd Parfait                        4521 Gary Free                    
E2                   0.022  9.878 156.99     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.918 161.38
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Phillips  ) 0.019  9.918  0.018      (S Carter    ) 0.022  9.992  0.092
 Qualified:            #11  9.918  0.018                       #28  9.992  0.092
Free with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4456 Drew Green                           498V Vernon Rowland               
E2                  -0.002  9.880 139.59     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.928 159.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Peppler   ) 0.006  9.899 -0.001      (J Ross      ) 0.009  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #31  9.899 -0.001                       #14  9.919  0.019
Green is just a couple tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4761 Tommy Maedgen                        4369 Holden Laris                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.895 153.79                     0.023  9.890 165.64
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Savage    ) 0.026  9.891 -0.009      (R Rowan     ) 0.012  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #34  9.891 -0.009                       #17  9.924  0.024
Maedgen with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 454J Scott Turnbough                      4577 Chris Eidson                 
E2                   0.035  9.935 148.38     ****WINNER****  0.029  9.932 149.38
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Sullivan  ) 0.039  9.925  0.025      (J Collier   ) 0.017  9.878 -0.022
 Qualified:            #18  9.925  0.025                       #35  9.878 -0.022
Eidson with the starting line advantage and the close win. Chris Eidson's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 24 inches).

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