CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7826 Kyle Seipel 724P Seth Polvadore
E2 0.014 8.926 155.88 ****WINNER**** 0.006 8.900 165.88
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.026 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.000
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Ferre ) 0.022 8.933 0.033 (K Wright ) 0.003 8.904 0.004
Qualified: #18 8.933 0.033 #2 8.904 0.004
11:42 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent,
barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 1,570 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.Seth
Polvadore puts up a six light and then runs right on the index for the win. MOV: 0.0342 seconds
(approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
754 Mark Darsow 5270 Mark Potts
E2 -0.018 8.878 163.08 ****WINNER**** 0.018 8.904 169.61
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.022 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.004
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Mirizio ) 0.028 8.909 0.009 (B Halina ) 0.022 8.944 0.044
Qualified: #5 8.909 0.009 #21 8.944 0.044
Mark Potts runs 0.004 to the index. MOV: opponent's red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7280 Glenn Kern 4796 Bill Dennis
E2 0.094 8.947 160.14 ****WINNER**** 0.028 8.983 162.14
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.047 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.083
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Downing ) 0.000 8.929 0.029 (A Kinard ) 0.019 8.895 -0.005
Qualified: #14 8.929 0.029 #30 8.895 -0.005
Bill Dennis gets the big hole shot win. MOV: 0.0308 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
569 Greg Krause 5641 Ed Shaughnessy
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.020 8.950 178.61 0.021 8.828 157.98
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.050 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.072
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Crawford ) 0.033 8.932 0.032 (V Bolton ) 0.074 8.879 -0.021
Qualified: #16 8.932 0.032 #32 8.879 -0.021
Just one thousands difference in RT's and Greg Krause's MOV: Opponent broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7168 James Warden 7806 Dave Alves
E2 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.368 8.903 185.66
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.003
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Hamilton ) 0.010 8.905 0.005 (R McClanahan) 0.021 8.937 0.037
Qualified: #3 8.905 0.005 #19 8.937 0.037
Alves' dragster shutters through the lights and Warden gets the easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
L702 Rich Lash 7942 Thomas Bayer
E2 0.003 8.843 159.10 ****WINNER**** 0.010 8.955 148.59
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.057 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.055
Prior rounds:
E1 (N Markuson ) 0.188 8.932 0.032 (S Williams ) 0.010 8.901 0.001
Qualified: #17 8.932 0.032 #1 8.901 0.001
Two good lights and Thomas Bayer gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
U706 Nick Alejandre 5265 Cal Belden
E2 0.000 8.849 141.68 ****WINNER**** 0.028 8.935 168.20
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.051 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.035
Prior rounds:
E1 (A McKoane ) 0.028 8.949 0.049 (B Marcheski ) 0.018 8.914 0.014
Qualified: #23 8.949 0.049 #7 8.914 0.014
Alejandre has a perfect RT and then breaks out by a bunch,
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7585 Marko Perivolaris 3387 Jeff Beckman
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.014 8.861 184.67 -0.097 8.911 170.99
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.039 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.011
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Mayer ) 0.007 8.896 -0.004 (J Stewart ) 0.044 8.927 0.027
Qualified: #29 8.896 -0.004 #13 8.927 0.027
Marko Perivolaris' MOV: opponent's red light.Potts will be in the other lane next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
518 Mallory Reis 9 Trevor Larson
E2 0.006 8.873 175.96 ****WINNER**** 0.003 8.874 177.91
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.027 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.026
Prior rounds:
E1 (T McCann ) 0.026 8.925 0.025 (P Jaramillo ) 0.018 9.209 0.309
Qualified: #12 8.925 0.025 #28 9.209 0.309
A pair of terrific lights and just -0.001 difference to the index between them. Trevor Larson's
MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0020 seconds (approximately 6 inches) in a double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7851 Robert Naber 7062 Chris Lindsay
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.006 8.858 181.32 -0.003 8.818 170.13
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.042 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.082
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Meziere ) 0.035 8.915 0.015 (L Welfringer) 0.016 8.980 0.080
Qualified: #9 8.915 0.015 #25 8.980 0.080
Starting line duel! After a long wait Lindsey goes red by just -0.003. Naber has a stout six
light and will race Naber later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4405 Jim Berry 6173 Ken Mostowich
E2 -0.013 8.901 176.42 ****WINNER**** 0.005 8.876 175.75
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.001 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.024
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Burke ) 0.026 9.025 0.125 (M Whitten ) 0.037 8.921 0.021
Qualified: #27 9.025 0.125 #11 8.921 0.021
Ken Mostowich leaves with a nice five light. Berry misses the green and then runs 0.001 to the
index.He will race Alves later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7498 Steve Casner 7319 Tanner Haitt
E2 0.024 8.938 122.91 ****WINNER**** 0.008 8.903 163.65
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.038 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.003
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Foley ) 0.041 8.918 0.018 (F Jaramillo ) 0.007 9.002 0.102
Qualified: #10 8.918 0.018 #26 9.002 0.102
Tanner Haitt's MOV: 0.0515 seconds (approximately 9 feet).Tanner Haitt's package: 0.011. He
races Polvadore in round three.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7805 Gabriel Torres 71 Tanner Theobald
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.036 8.888 157.54 -0.007 8.899 164.87
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.012 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Proctor ) 0.022 8.931 0.031 (P Johnson ) 0.014 8.890 -0.010
Qualified: #15 8.931 0.031 #31 8.890 -0.010
Gabriel Torres' MOV: opponent's -0.007 red light.He faces Belden in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6917 Dick Vander Meer 7809 Val Torres
E2 0.001 8.879 172.81 ****WINNER**** 0.018 8.917 170.88
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.021 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.017
Prior rounds:
E1 (K Snow ) 0.031 8.940 0.040 (Z Meziere ) 0.017 8.908 0.008
Qualified: #20 8.940 0.040 #4 8.908 0.008
Val Torres' MOV: Opponent broke out after a 0.001 light.He will race Larson in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7855 Greg Boutte 423K Kendra Robinson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.012 8.909 174.73 0.006 8.873 176.05
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.009 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.027
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Hiatt ) 0.000 8.910 0.010 (C Babcock ) 0.005 8.947 0.047
Qualified: #6 8.910 0.010 #22 8.947 0.047
Greg Boutte's MOV: Opponent broke out after a six light.He faces Dennis later.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7151 Jeff Connelly 5696 Tom Dahlberg
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.007 8.890 175.75 -0.017 8.907 175.71
S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.010 S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 0.007
Prior rounds:
E1 (N Cobb ) 0.038 8.952 0.052 (Bye ) 0.000 8.914 0.014
Qualified: #24 8.952 0.052 #8 8.914 0.014
Jeff Connelly leaves with a seven light. MOV: opponent's red light.12:00 p.m. Krause will be
in the other lane later.
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