Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 18:14 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7566 Ray Cordeiro                         6173 Ken Mostowich                
E4                   0.080  9.911 159.04     ****WINNER****  0.043  9.944 158.65
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Kinard    ) 0.000  9.932  0.032      (M Boehner   ) 0.001  9.927  0.027
E2    (J Parrino   ) 0.044  9.942  0.042      (B Pierce    ) 0.019  9.950  0.050
E1    (P Zak       ) 0.044  9.914  0.014      (C Henderson ) 0.040 10.069  0.169
 Qualified:             #5  9.914  0.014                       #13 10.069  0.169

4:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,287 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Winner gets the bye run to the final round.

Cordeiro is late and Mostowich isn't!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7439 Clint Fishel                           56 Rick Cates                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.090 10.087 129.89                     0.024 10.787 129.82
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.187             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.887
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Dennis    ) 0.014  9.925  0.025      (J Denton    ) 0.030 10.794  0.894
E2    (J Calton    ) 0.036  9.946  0.046      (M Perivolari) 0.061 10.837  0.937
E1    (T Barton    ) 0.052  9.908  0.008      (D Anderson  ) 0.021 10.871  0.971
 Qualified:             #3  9.908  0.008                       #17 10.871  0.971

Cates slows after a much better RT.

Fishel gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  574 Kevin Wright                         6350 Ron MacKenzie                
E4                   0.045  9.912 166.85     ****WINNER****  0.035  9.908 155.90
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Wiblishous) 0.015  9.904  0.004      (M Blodgett  ) 0.042  9.900  0.000
E2    (S Williams  ) 0.001  9.894 -0.006      (T Larson    ) 0.015 10.193  0.293
E1    (H Tucker    ) 0.026  9.938  0.038      (E Prenevost ) 0.038  9.843 -0.057
 Qualified:             #7  9.938  0.038                       #21  9.843 -0.057

Wright is working on a double in SC,but he is a little late and can't match Ron MacKenzies numbers. MOV: 0.0148 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

He faces Fishel in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink