Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 15:00 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Tommy Phillips                       3305 Madison Ellison              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.022  9.035 148.20                     0.153 No Time      
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.135             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Laris     ) 0.003  8.921  0.021      (S Mingee    ) 0.029  8.903  0.003
E3    (G Caheely   ) 0.007  8.925  0.025      (T Kujawa    ) 0.040  8.902  0.002
E2    (A Richardson) 0.014  8.925  0.025      (J Elrod     ) 0.020  8.928  0.028
E1    (D Schmidt   ) 0.034  8.859 -0.041      (P Fisher    ) 0.009  8.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #25  8.859 -0.041                        #6  8.907  0.007

1:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,154 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Ellison is a little late off the line and then the dragster noses over and pulls over to the side.

Phillips takes the win and will be going to his 50th career final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  307 Tony Helms                           7192 Ryan Herem                   
E5                   0.001  8.862 168.28     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.955 164.01
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.038             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.001  8.882 -0.018      (J Collier   ) 0.027  8.903  0.003
E3    (M Eggleston ) 0.037  8.922  0.022      (D McIlvain  ) 0.030  8.915  0.015
E2    (B Folk      ) 0.023  8.862 -0.038      (T McMillen  ) 0.014  8.929  0.029
E1    (J Gerakaris ) 0.033  8.956  0.056      (M Grame     ) 0.005  8.948  0.048
 Qualified:            #15  8.956  0.056                       #14  8.948  0.048

Helms gets an almost perfect light but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

Herem takes the win and will be going to his 11th final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink