Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 14:26 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7712 Bernie Polvadore                           Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.156 144.50     
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.106   
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Galati    ) 0.017 10.078  0.028   
E3    (B Preszler  ) 0.005 10.034 -0.016   
E2    (S Skaggs    ) 0.004 10.038 -0.012   
E1    (M Blodgett S) 0.041 10.097  0.047   
 Qualified:            #21 10.097  0.047                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 4,253 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Polvadore with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  543 Craig Maddox                         731K Tanner Hiatt                 
E5                   0.020 10.054 156.94     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.058 147.62
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Keck      ) 0.011 10.091  0.041      (L Rogers    ) 0.004 10.073  0.023
E3                   0.004 10.054  0.004      (M Philbrick ) 0.008 10.052  0.002
E2    (B Wood      ) 0.014 10.054  0.004      (G Brown     ) 0.007 10.058  0.008
E1    (A Savage    ) 0.019 10.052  0.002      (B Botelho   ) 0.050 10.072  0.022
 Qualified:             #2 10.052  0.002                       #14 10.072  0.022

Hiatt with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Polvadore in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 767G Gerald Turczyn Jr.                   7809 Val Torres                   
E5                  -0.002 10.022 155.96     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.988 166.07
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.028            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.062
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Kelly     ) 0.028 10.062  0.012      (M Perivolari) 0.018 10.061  0.011
E3    (M Boner     ) -0.002 10.074  0.024      (B Johnson   ) 0.021 10.057  0.007
E2    (C Cannon    ) 0.009 10.067  0.017                     0.012 10.059  0.009
E1    (L Strauss   ) 0.020 10.072  0.022      (L Parfait   ) 0.021 10.050  0.000
 Qualified:            #13 10.072  0.022                        #1 10.050  0.000

Turczyn Jr. is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Torres the win. He will have a bye into the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink