Sat, 02 Nov 2019, 18:00 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Evan Kowalski                          42 Jim Capp                     
E5   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.066 158.11                     0.048 10.037 162.90
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.016            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Giacone   ) 0.011 10.054  0.004                     0.022 10.097  0.047
E3    (T Parker    ) 0.031 10.053  0.003      (G Ventura   ) 0.004 10.075  0.025
E2    (B Preszler  ) 0.012 10.043 -0.007      (N Brungardt ) 0.043  9.983 -0.067
E1    (D Hall      ) 0.007 10.030 -0.020      (Bye         ) -0.018 10.087  0.037
 Qualified:            #35 10.030 -0.020                       #19 10.087  0.037

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 28.00 inches, adjusted altitude 3,520 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Kowalski with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  512 Rodger Sauder                          26 Ray Miller III               
E5                   0.002 10.047 155.31     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.048 160.75
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.003            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Archambaul) 0.002 10.050  0.000      (K Burnett   ) 0.014 10.077  0.027
E3    (M Boner     ) 0.006 10.070  0.020      (B Barnhart  ) 0.012 10.043 -0.007
E2    (R Herem     ) 0.009 10.100  0.050      (M Ferderer  ) 0.014 10.049 -0.001
E1    (L Bradshaw  ) 0.015 10.058  0.008      (J Kenny     ) 0.019 10.046 -0.004
 Qualified:             #5 10.058  0.008                       #30 10.046 -0.004

Sauder with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Miller III the win. He will have a bye into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 735 Steve Williams               
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.000  9.997 176.12
                                                   S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.053
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (V Arnold    ) 0.022 10.039 -0.011
E3                                           (V Torres    ) 0.031 10.019 -0.031
E2                                           (C Maddox    ) 0.009 10.292  0.242
E1                                           (M Wiblishous) -0.002 10.064  0.014
 Qualified:                                                       #6 10.064  0.014

Williams with the bye, he will face Kowalski in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink