Sun, 29 Sep 2019, 15:34 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 5 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
  330 Lynn Ellison                           36 Bob Prose                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.908 170.36                     0.019  8.910 173.56
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.008             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Elrod     ) 0.047  8.879 -0.021      (A McClure   ) 0.008  8.904  0.004
E3    (D Meyer     ) 0.004  8.943  0.043      (Bye         ) 0.004  8.925  0.025
E2    (S Stone     ) 0.017  8.920  0.020      (L Zynda III ) 0.015  8.873 -0.027
E1    (S Cook      ) 0.022  8.909  0.009      (J Beckman   ) 0.019  8.906  0.006
 Qualified:             #4  8.909  0.009                        #2  8.906  0.006

2:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 95 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 3,685 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Ellison gets out of the gate first and puts together a .019 package to take the win.

Lynn Ellison's MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Ellison is going to his 14th final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   43 Christopher Dodd                      508 Jeremy Demers                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.897 181.13                     0.018  8.873 179.54
         S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Stinnett  ) 0.022  8.908  0.008                     0.015  8.912  0.012
E3    (J Bogacki   ) 0.009  8.899 -0.001      (J Fuesting  ) 0.012  8.900  0.000
E2    (K Fuesting  ) 0.000  8.909  0.009      (M Eggleston ) 0.009  8.898 -0.002
E1    (J Sikish    ) 0.009  8.930  0.030      (M Maier     ) 0.003  8.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #11  8.930  0.030                        #9  8.920  0.020

Dodd gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

Dodd will be going to his third final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink