Sun, 29 Oct 2017, 17:13 PM Super Gas Round 6 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 6 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
 731K Tanner Hiatt                         7712 Bernie Polvadore             
E6   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.056 148.38                     0.026 10.046 165.94
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.006            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E5    (C Maddox    ) 0.015 10.058  0.008                     0.021 10.156  0.106
E4    (L Rogers    ) 0.004 10.073  0.023      (J Galati    ) 0.017 10.078  0.028
E3    (M Philbrick ) 0.008 10.052  0.002      (B Preszler  ) 0.005 10.034 -0.016
E2    (G Brown     ) 0.007 10.058  0.008      (S Skaggs    ) 0.004 10.038 -0.012
E1    (B Botelho   ) 0.050 10.072  0.022      (M Blodgett S) 0.041 10.097  0.047
 Qualified:            #14 10.072  0.022                       #21 10.097  0.047

2:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,685 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Hiatt gets out of the gate first and has a .019 package to take the win.

Tanner Hiatt's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0030 seconds (approximately 9 inches), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7809 Val Torres                                 Bye
E6   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.044 166.50     
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.006   
 Prior rounds:
E5    (G Turczyn Jr) 0.017  9.988 -0.062   
E4    (M Perivolari) 0.018 10.061  0.011   
E3    (B Johnson   ) 0.021 10.057  0.007   
E2                   0.012 10.059  0.009   
E1    (L Parfait   ) 0.021 10.050  0.000   
 Qualified:             #1 10.050  0.000                     Bye

Torres will take on Hiatt in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink