Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 13:33 PM Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7117 Roger Kato Bye
E2 ****WINNER**** -0.010 9.901 176.01
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Coleman ) 0.048 9.901 0.001
Qualified: #1 9.901 0.001 Bye
Bye run.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7890 Randy Fabbro 7673 Paul Wiechmann
E2 0.010 9.999 NS ****WINNER**** 0.009 10.008 131.29
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.099 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.108
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Boner ) 0.015 9.928 0.028 (T Parker ) 0.056 9.866 -0.034
Qualified: #9 9.928 0.028 #23 9.866 -0.034
Fabbro drives drives right across the lane and into the right lane before getting the Pinto
under control. Paul Wiechmann gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751X Kenny Snow 5911 Dennis Hay
E2 0.038 9.819 133.96 ****WINNER**** 0.050 9.876 171.58
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.081 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Wallace ) 0.117 9.840 -0.060 (G Cooke ) 0.162 10.210 0.310
Qualified: #29 9.840 -0.060 #15 10.210 0.310
Dennis Hay's MOV: Double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
79 Ryan Herem 7867 Dean Hall
E2 0.002 9.872 164.81 ****WINNER**** 0.019 9.897 175.48
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.028 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Huntington) 0.024 9.890 -0.010 (J Parrino ) 0.043 9.915 0.015
Qualified: #19 9.890 -0.010 #5 9.915 0.015
Dean Hall's MOV: Double breakout. Herem posts a two light to no avail.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7379 Randy Bowers 4175 Travis Salter
E2 0.050 9.447 152.26 ****WINNER**** 0.005 9.892 172.36
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.453 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Archambaul) 0.032 10.300 0.400 (S Williams ) 0.013 9.901 0.001
Qualified: #16 10.300 0.400 #2 9.901 0.001
Travis Salter gets away first and takes a decisive win. MOV: Double breakout.9:13 a.m.
Bower's Camaro may have lost the engine after the lights, as there is a wall of smoke. The car hit
the wall hard several times and continued on down to the sand trap at the end of the track and into
the net. It's reported that he contacted Salter's car too. He is out of the car and conscious. He
will be transported to a local medical facility for evaluation. No details on Salter's car damage,
if any.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3172 Leo Zynda 7585 Marko Perivolaris
E2 0.042 9.896 163.35 ****WINNER**** 0.017 9.914 170.58
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.014
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Pierce ) 0.001 9.931 0.031 (C Fishel ) 0.000 9.862 -0.038
Qualified: #10 9.931 0.031 #24 9.862 -0.038
10:02 a.m. Clean up has completed and we are back to racing.
Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.88
inches, adjusted altitude 2,046 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.Marko Perivolaris leave
first and gets the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0070 seconds (approximately 20 inches), opponent
broke out by just -0.004.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
729 Greg Ventura 7775 Karen Comstock
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 9.897 141.77 0.017 9.866 150.10
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.034
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Scarth ) 0.002 9.916 0.016 (R Willis ) 0.174 9.881 -0.019
Qualified: #6 9.916 0.016 #20 9.881 -0.019
Two good lights and Greg Ventura misses the index by -0.003 for the win. MOV: Double
breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3320 Nichole Stephenson 7061 Matt Blodgett
E2 0.090 9.938 156.63 ****WINNER**** 0.018 9.904 130.97
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.038 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.004
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Zak ) 0.072 9.869 -0.031 (M Boehner ) 0.030 9.926 0.026
Qualified: #22 9.869 -0.031 #8 9.926 0.026
Blodgett is away first and runs 0.004 to the index for the decisive win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7657 Loreen Rogers 761M Matt Treadway
E2 0.040 9.904 163.75 ****WINNER**** 0.014 9.904 151.00
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.004 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.004
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Beckstrom ) 0.048 10.064 0.164 (M Lang ) 0.021 9.848 -0.052
Qualified: #13 10.064 0.164 #27 9.848 -0.052
Nice eighteen package for Treadway and the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6363 Dave Holmes 7851 Robert Naber
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.018 9.898 149.93 0.026 9.892 164.21
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Kelly ) 0.020 9.898 -0.002 (D Keck ) 0.063 9.908 0.008
Qualified: #17 9.898 -0.002 #3 9.908 0.008
Just 0.006 difference in their ET's.Dave Holmes' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0020 seconds
(approximately 6 inches) in a double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7159 Dan Bain 769K Aaron Kinard
E2 -0.017 9.892 164.15 ****WINNER**** 0.020 9.901 161.19
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Zermeno ) 0.022 9.845 -0.055 (T Barton ) 0.011 10.076 0.176
Qualified: #28 9.845 -0.055 #14 10.076 0.176
Aaron Kinard runs one to the index and takes the win. MOV: opponent's red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7833 Dave Meziere 2 Chris Cannon
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.024 9.879 160.37 -0.003 10.324 122.60
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.021 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.424
Prior rounds:
E1 (E DeStaute ) 0.010 9.849 -0.051 (K Mostowich ) 0.024 9.972 0.072
Qualified: #26 9.849 -0.051 #12 9.972 0.072
Cannon goes red and Miezere goes on!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Jason Kenny 4934 Steve Collier
E2 -0.001 9.943 143.25 ****WINNER**** 0.000 9.901 164.47
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.043 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.001
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Cordeiro ) 0.020 9.874 -0.026 (M Wiblishous) 0.052 9.918 0.018
Qualified: #21 9.874 -0.026 #7 9.918 0.018
Kenny is red and Collier goes to round three. He has a perfect light and then runs 0.001 to the
index! Stellar!!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7809 Val Torres 605 Mike Ferderer
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 9.912 160.14 0.021 9.989 175.32
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.012 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.089
Prior rounds:
E1 (E Olpin ) 0.010 9.933 0.033 (E Kowalski ) 0.021 9.861 -0.039
Qualified: #11 9.933 0.033 #25 9.861 -0.039
Just 0.002 difference in RT's and Val Torres takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
574 Kevin Wright 569 Michael Miller
E2 -0.008 9.901 167.74 ****WINNER**** 0.011 9.893 144.18
S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 0.001 S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.007
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Parsons ) 0.003 9.898 -0.002 (J Phillippi ) 0.017 9.914 0.014
Qualified: #18 9.898 -0.002 #4 9.914 0.014
Another red light! Wright this time by just -0.008 and then he runs 0.001 to the index.
OUCH!Miller gets the win.
10:13 a.m.
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