Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 03 Oct 2020, 11:56 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green



MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5703 Keneth Sanders                       3696 Rudy Matthews                
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.060  9.991 113.10                           No Time      
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.091             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G White     ) 0.075  9.978  0.078      (J Demers    ) 0.009  9.909  0.009
 Qualified:            #16  9.978  0.078                        #4  9.909  0.009
Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 30.19 inches, track temperature 66 degrees.

Matthews left before the tree was activated to give Sanders the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A231 Ausby Brewington                     4355 Brad Garner                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.882 153.82                    -0.012  9.868 161.05
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.018             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Buttrum   ) 0.002  9.940  0.040      (V Arnold    ) 0.009  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #14  9.940  0.040                        #2  9.907  0.007
Garner goes red to give Brewington the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2342 Kenny Threatt                        4618 Christopher Best             
E2                   0.006  9.870 160.06     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.890 157.61
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Sikish    ) 0.025  9.916  0.016      (Bye         ) 0.004  9.897 -0.003
 Qualified:             #7  9.916  0.016                       #19  9.897 -0.003
Threat with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Best the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 N518 Rick Swank                           353A Larry Roedel                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.952 155.15                     0.008  9.881 144.09
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.052             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Tool      ) 0.011  9.947  0.047      (J Repka     ) 0.019  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #15  9.947  0.047                        #3  9.907  0.007
Roedel with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Swank the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 464Q Austin Williams                      525G Darryl Sutton                
E2                   0.015  9.935 154.81     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.903 159.51
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Elrod     ) 0.000  9.898 -0.002      (L Zynda III ) 0.058  9.911  0.011
 Qualified:            #18  9.898 -0.002                        #6  9.911  0.011
Sutton with a great light and the win, running dead-on with a three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jeremy Mason                         398F Joe Fisher                   
E2                   0.007  9.875 151.44     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.901 162.35
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Harper    ) 0.003  9.931  0.031      (S Udenberg  ) 0.025  9.887 -0.013
 Qualified:            #11  9.931  0.031                       #23  9.887 -0.013
Mason with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Fisher the win, who ran dead-on with a one.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Vernon Rowland                        130 Justin Lopes                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.887 159.68                     0.036  9.870 166.52
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.013             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Nicholson ) 0.015  9.909  0.009      (T Tiry      ) 0.042 10.156  0.256
 Qualified:             #5  9.909  0.009                       #17 10.156  0.256
Rowland with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3020 Dwight Nuest                          395 Alan Bush                    
E2                   0.047  9.867 150.87     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.902 165.19
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Shipp     ) 0.001  9.871 -0.029      (D Ellard    ) 0.015  9.931  0.031
 Qualified:            #24  9.871 -0.029                       #12  9.931  0.031
Bush with the starting line advantage and the win as he runs dead-on with a two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 395M Marcus Bush                           219 Jamie Southards              
E2                   0.006  9.876 156.73     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.885 156.90
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.024             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Elrod     ) 0.008  9.929  0.029      (C Root      ) 0.038  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:            #10  9.929  0.029                       #22  9.888 -0.012
They both take their time staging...Bush gets a great light, but takes too much stripe to give Southards the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2850 Timothy McClain                      3604 Rusty Cook                   
E2                   0.015  9.845 162.51     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.986 153.37
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.055             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.086
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Miller III) 0.009  9.923  0.023      (L Bernshause) 0.021  9.894 -0.006
 Qualified:             #8  9.923  0.023                       #20  9.894 -0.006
cook

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2850 Timothy McClain                      3604 Rusty Cook                   
E2                   0.015  9.845 162.51     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.986 153.37
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.055             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.086
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Miller III) 0.009  9.923  0.023      (L Bernshause) 0.021  9.894 -0.006
 Qualified:             #8  9.923  0.023                       #20  9.894 -0.006
Cook with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3320 Nichole Stephenson                   315L Bob Eaker                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  9.904 159.49                     0.002  9.995 142.69
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.095
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Shipp     ) 0.081  9.893 -0.007      (B Rachac    ) 0.021  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #21  9.893 -0.007                        #9  9.925  0.025
Eaker with a near perfect light, but Stephenson chased him dow for the win running dead-on with a four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      5830 Ryan Siffring                
E2                  -0.021  9.891 175.94     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.867 171.18
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Benson    ) 0.000  9.934  0.034      (P Smida     ) 0.036  9.900  0.000
 Qualified:            #13  9.934  0.034                        #1  9.900  0.000
Shipp goes red to give Siffring the win.

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