Sat, 13 Oct 2018, 20:42 PM Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1155 Tom Stalba                              2 John Labbous Jr.             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.901 164.23                     0.012  8.915 172.96
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Morris    ) 0.017  8.926  0.026      (L Freer     ) 0.002  8.948  0.048
E2    (M Strassweg ) 0.021  8.912  0.012      (C Watts     ) 0.017  8.921  0.021
E1    (B Wheeler   ) 0.011  8.913  0.013      (T Hunter    ) 0.015  8.939  0.039
 Qualified:             #6  8.913  0.013                       #17  8.939  0.039

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.35 inches, adjusted altitude 1,643 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Labbous with the starting line advantage, but Stalba chased him sown for the win in a close one. Tom Stalba's MOV: 0.0038 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2908 Corey Manuel                         399F Zack Fisher                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.002  8.893 173.18                     0.019  8.843 177.11
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.007             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.057
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Garretson ) 0.015  8.923  0.023      (T Caheely   ) 0.006  8.908  0.008
E2    (F Genovesi  ) 0.010  8.892 -0.008      (D Bisbano   ) 0.014  8.945  0.045
E1    (Z Evans     ) 0.015  8.894 -0.006      (Bye         ) 0.009  8.847 -0.053
 Qualified:            #25  8.894 -0.006                       #28  8.847 -0.053

Manuel with a near perfect light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 152 Anthony Fetch                
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.061  8.905 174.57
                                                   S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (B Upton     ) 0.025  8.910  0.010
E2                                           (J Flynn     ) 0.002  8.926  0.026
E1                                           (C Cox-Walter) 0.030  8.966  0.066
 Qualified:                                                      #22  8.966  0.066

Fetch with the bye he will face Stalba in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  170 Alan O'Brien                         1958 Lee Ream                     
E4                   0.041  8.958 169.47     ****WINNER****  0.001  8.938 168.98
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.058             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Roberts   ) 0.009  8.911  0.011      (T Denton    ) 0.021  8.922  0.022
E2    (M Robilotto ) 0.004  8.940  0.040      (K Woeber    ) 0.012  8.907  0.007
E1    (C Fuller    ) 0.008  8.913  0.013      (F DiBartolom) 0.005  8.919  0.019
 Qualified:             #5  8.913  0.013                        #9  8.919  0.019

Ream with a near perfect light and the win. Ream will face Manuel in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink