Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 15:27 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Trevor Larson                          10 Gary Stinnett                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.016  8.926 168.60                     0.032  8.922 178.02
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Nichols   ) 0.013  8.909  0.009      (D Narusiewic) 0.012  8.898 -0.002
E3    (N Folk      ) 0.012  8.901  0.001      (J Pratt     ) 0.004  8.908  0.008
E2    (T Parker    ) 0.009  8.919  0.019      (T Dahlberg  ) 0.016  8.899 -0.001
E1    (J Lehrke    ) 0.026  8.908  0.008      (C Anderson  ) 0.016  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #7  8.908  0.008                       #12  8.919  0.019

2:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 3,282 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Larson gets the win by about 3 feet,

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jeremy Demers                        3387 Jeff Beckman                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.009  8.949 170.04                     0.029  8.948 171.05
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.049             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.001  8.898 -0.002      (C Bishop    ) 0.030  8.890 -0.010
E3    (M Grame     ) 0.029  8.882 -0.018      (T Giese     ) 0.026  8.895 -0.005
E2    (T Locke     ) 0.022  8.893 -0.007      (J Hoss      ) 0.017  8.946  0.046
E1    (K Dyck      ) 0.012  8.908  0.008      (J Thompson  ) 0.016  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #8  8.908  0.008                       #13  8.919  0.019

Demers gets the win by about 5 feet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink