Sun, 26 Feb 2017, 17:04 PM Super Gas Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 6 eliminations in Super Gas 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
  550 Ed Olpin                             769K Aaron Kinard                 
E6                  -0.007  9.907 173.36     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.909 157.43
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E5    (C Plaizier  ) 0.022  9.901  0.001      (M Perivolari) 0.009  9.925  0.025
E4    (R Nygaard   ) 0.020  9.901  0.001                     0.000  9.898 -0.002
E3    (M Wiblishous) 0.013  9.916  0.016      (B Dennis    ) -0.005  9.892 -0.008
E2    (T Larson    ) 0.001  9.887 -0.013      (R Naber     ) 0.001  9.953  0.053
E1    (P Prange    ) 0.020  9.894 -0.006      (E Hutchinson) 0.014  9.921  0.021
 Qualified:            #25  9.894 -0.006                        #8  9.921  0.021

3:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 2,730 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Kinard has five prior wins with two in SG. Olpin has four wins with one in SG. He had a double up win at the recent Pomona race.

Olpin goes red by -0.007 to give the win to Kinard. He posts a nice 23 package, running 0.009 to the index.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink