Sun, 01 Jul 2018, 22:37 PM Super Gas Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

WEST LEBANON, N.Y. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Lebanon Valley Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1915 Ray Sawyer                           1583 Chuck Rothermel              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.878 171.53                     0.033  9.872 159.39
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J MacLean   ) 0.035  9.915  0.015      (M Moniz     ) 0.037  9.975  0.075
E1    (T Goldman   ) 0.014  9.917  0.017      (R Anderson  ) 0.002  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:             #4  9.917  0.017                        #8  9.934  0.034

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Rothermel was a little bit quicker off the starting line but was too quick to the finish line. He broke out and let Sawyer take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Stephen Paquin                       1155 Rick Homan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.930 155.62                    -0.030  9.900 145.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Carter    ) 0.004  9.932  0.032      (K Bowers    ) 0.001  9.890 -0.010
E1    (K Robb      ) 0.011  9.907  0.007      (D Allen     ) 0.012  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:             #3  9.907  0.007                        #9  9.934  0.034

Homan went red, Paquin got the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1354 Jeffrey Keyuk                        109G Mac Starks                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.921 130.95                     0.021 10.097 148.86
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.197
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Kenny     ) 0.036  9.919  0.019      (L Antonellis) 0.011 10.026  0.126
E1    (K Carey     ) 0.004  9.957  0.057      (A Owens     ) 0.020 10.012  0.112
 Qualified:            #11  9.957  0.057                       #16 10.012  0.112

Starks was quicker at the starting line but slower on the track. Keyuk took the win and will be back in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1990 Iggie Boicesco                       1368 Richard Stroud               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.895 161.52                     0.052  9.862 147.03
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Sawyer    ) 0.012  9.904  0.004      (L Pinto     ) 0.024  9.889 -0.011
E1    (J Juliano   ) 0.022  9.860 -0.040      (M Lang      ) 0.022  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #19  9.860 -0.040                        #5  9.917  0.017

Boicesco was quicker at the tree and played the stripe better to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 182C Michael Handras                        17 Justin Lopes                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.973 152.13                     1.210 64.999   NS  
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.073             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 55.099
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Nuzzo     ) 0.025  9.941  0.041                     0.016  9.951  0.051
E1    (J Gallucci  ) 0.033  9.926  0.026      (D Lafleur   ) 0.012  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:             #6  9.926  0.026                        #1  9.901  0.001

Lopes had problems with his car. It was late getting off the starting line and he just cruised down the track when it finally got moving.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink