Sun, 11 Nov 2018, 18:40 PM Super Gas Final, Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 6 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
  729 Greg Ventura                         7117 Roger Kato                   
E6                   0.004  9.897 144.03     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.945 174.98
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E5    (M Blodgett  ) 0.024  9.897 -0.003      (M Perivolari) 0.025  9.900  0.000
E4                   -0.117  9.898 -0.002      (D Hall      ) 0.035  9.940  0.040
E3    (M Treadway  ) 0.009  9.916  0.016      (P Wiechmann ) 0.021  9.919  0.019
E2    (K Comstock  ) 0.023  9.897 -0.003                     -0.010  9.901  0.001
E1    (L Scarth    ) 0.002  9.916  0.016      (R Coleman   ) 0.048  9.901  0.001
 Qualified:             #6  9.916  0.016                        #1  9.901  0.001

3:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,622 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Kato already has two prior runner-ups and Ventura has three wins with one in SG.

Great four light for Ventura, but he is just -0.003 too quick to give the win to Kato.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink