Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 21:45 PM Super Comp Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 508 Jeremy Demers                
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.015  8.912 180.98
                                                   S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (J Fuesting  ) 0.012  8.900  0.000
E2                                           (M Eggleston ) 0.009  8.898 -0.002
E1                                           (M Maier     ) 0.003  8.920  0.020
 Qualified:                                                       #9  8.920  0.020

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.53 inches, adjusted altitude 2,638 feet.

Demers with the bye into the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   39 Jacob Elrod                           330 Lynn Ellison                 
E4                  -0.006  8.945 169.70     ****WINNER****  0.047  8.879 174.75
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.045             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hughes    ) 0.010  8.923  0.023      (D Meyer     ) 0.004  8.943  0.043
E2    (T Sullivan  ) 1.882  9.009  0.109      (S Stone     ) 0.017  8.920  0.020
E1    (B Cassin    ) 0.012  8.832 -0.068      (S Cook      ) 0.022  8.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #25  8.832 -0.068                        #4  8.909  0.009

Elrod goes red to give Ellison the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   54 Austin McClure                         36 Bob Prose                    
E4                   0.000  8.925 172.14     ****WINNER****  0.008  8.904 170.00
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.025             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Isenhower ) 0.019  8.919  0.019      (Bye         ) 0.004  8.925  0.025
E2    (D Higgins   ) 0.006  8.904  0.004      (L Zynda III ) 0.015  8.873 -0.027
E1    (C Tucker    ) 0.032  8.947  0.047      (J Beckman   ) 0.019  8.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #18  8.947  0.047                        #2  8.906  0.006

McClure with a perfect light, but Prose with a great light chases him down for the win. Bob Prose's MOV: 0.0131 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Ellison in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Christopher Dodd                     5545 Gary Stinnett                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.022  8.908 175.07                     0.011  8.933 184.25
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.008             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Bogacki   ) 0.009  8.899 -0.001      (M Green     ) 0.016  8.934  0.034
E2    (K Fuesting  ) 0.000  8.909  0.009      (K Collier   ) 0.013  8.897 -0.003
E1    (J Sikish    ) 0.009  8.930  0.030      (J Gerakaris ) 0.017  8.894 -0.006
 Qualified:            #11  8.930  0.030                       #20  8.894 -0.006

Stinnett with the starting line advantage, but Dodd chased him down for the win. He will face Demers in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink