Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 20:17 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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
4521 Gary Free 419 Mallori Rodgers
E3 0.007 10.031 157.83 ****WINNER**** 0.047 9.957 159.19
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.131 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.057
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Parfait ) 0.018 9.918 0.018 (T Salter ) 0.013 9.862 -0.038
E1 (S Carter ) 0.022 9.992 0.092 (K Raftery ) 0.078 9.900 0.000
Qualified: #28 9.992 0.092 #2 9.900 0.000
7:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent,
barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 2,899 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.Free gets
the advantage off the line but can't run the number.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
498V Vernon Rowland 340W Rodney Benson
E3 0.031 9.906 158.91 ****WINNER**** 0.008 9.917 156.86
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.006 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.017
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Green ) 0.017 9.928 0.028 (T Stewart ) 0.012 9.903 0.003
E1 (J Ross ) 0.009 9.919 0.019 (J Virgadamo ) 0.041 9.943 0.043
Qualified: #14 9.919 0.019 #22 9.943 0.043
Benson gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
426J Jay Bunce 4577 Chris Eidson
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.044 9.925 149.51 0.081 9.898 161.07
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.025 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Lopez ) 0.008 9.929 0.029 (S Turnbough ) 0.029 9.932 0.032
E1 (C Henderson ) 0.023 9.968 0.068 (J Collier ) 0.017 9.878 -0.022
Qualified: #26 9.968 0.068 #35 9.878 -0.022
Bunce gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4761 Tommy Maedgen 4376 Jim Cappiello
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.027 9.901 154.85 0.024 9.885 159.10
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.001 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015
Prior rounds:
E2 (H Laris ) 0.018 9.895 -0.005 (E McDow ) 0.037 9.896 -0.004
E1 (A Savage ) 0.026 9.891 -0.009 (K Collier ) 0.023 9.949 0.049
Qualified: #34 9.891 -0.009 #25 9.949 0.049
Cappiello gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
412C Leonard Greathouse 484 Larry Blankenship
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.036 20.599 31.94 -0.002 9.924 143.63
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 10.699 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.024
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Herem ) 0.004 9.902 0.002 (C Pullen ) 0.007 9.952 0.052
E1 (J Ivey ) 0.071 9.944 0.044 (B Wood ) 0.007 9.899 -0.001
Qualified: #23 9.944 0.044 #32 9.899 -0.001
Blankenship just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Greathouse.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
45 Steve Collier 394 Troy Coughlin Jr
E3 0.024 9.927 167.22 ****WINNER**** 0.025 9.914 164.63
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.027 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.014
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Turner ) 0.015 9.943 0.043 (S Williams ) 0.009 9.907 0.007
E1 (P Gehan ) 0.014 9.922 0.022 (J Lokhaug ) 0.019 9.909 0.009
Qualified: #16 9.922 0.022 #7 9.909 0.009
Not much difference off the line, Coughlin gets the stripe and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4618 Christopher Best 4425 John Wright
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.907 152.47 0.037 9.942 155.54
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.007 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.042
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Richardson) 0.029 9.874 -0.026 (R Warren ) 0.025 9.896 -0.004
E1 (J Salter ) 0.011 9.919 0.019 (J DeBusk ) 0.034 9.927 0.027
Qualified: #12 9.919 0.019 #20 9.927 0.027
Best gets the holeshot and moves on to the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4311 Jeff Lopez 498K Rustin Mayse
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.007 9.914 155.76 0.020 9.924 147.44
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.014 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.024
Prior rounds:
E2 0.015 9.906 0.006 (V Harmon ) 0.023 9.863 -0.037
E1 (M McGlothin ) 0.019 9.900 0.000 (K Purvis ) 0.019 9.973 0.073
Qualified: #1 9.900 0.000 #27 9.973 0.073
Lopez gets a great light and puts together a .021 package to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4674 Heidi Robison 2459 Tommy Turner
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.028 9.905 163.47 0.026 9.923 172.06
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.005 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.023
Prior rounds:
E2 (L Trahan Jr ) 0.031 9.898 -0.002 (J Franklin ) 0.133 9.852 -0.048
E1 (C Vang ) 0.031 9.936 0.036 (C Waggoner J) 0.131 9.919 0.019
Qualified: #21 9.936 0.036 #13 9.919 0.019
Robison is a couple of ticks behind off the line but runs the number and takes the
win.
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