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Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 10:24 AM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4425 John Wright                                Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.001 164.15     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.101    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J DeBusk    ) 0.006  9.906  0.006   
 Qualified:             #1  9.906  0.006                     Bye

Wright with the bye.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 460P Mike Pevey                           4175 Travis Salter                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.930 158.28                     0.020  9.970 165.05
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.030             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Sandlin   ) 0.013  9.872 -0.028      (V Arnold    ) 0.014  9.959  0.059
 Qualified:            #16  9.872 -0.028                        #8  9.959  0.059

Salter with a slight starting line advantage, but Pevey gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 464Q Austin Williams                         7 Vernon Rowland               
E2                   0.000  9.877 157.21     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.900 157.10
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.023             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Brinkley  ) 0.024  9.899 -0.001      (T Pollard   ) 0.003  9.920  0.020
 Qualified:            #12  9.899 -0.001                        #4  9.920  0.020

Williams with a perfect light, but took too much stripe to give Rowland the win, who had a great light and ran dead-on with a zero.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  130 Justin Lopes                         4290 John Leibham                 
E2                   0.067  9.891 155.61     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.924 154.00
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Buehring  ) 0.018  9.933  0.033      (G Slack     ) 0.006  9.895 -0.005
 Qualified:             #5  9.933  0.033                       #13  9.895 -0.005

Leibham with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4863 Mark Skipper Jr.                     5066 Mitch Withers                
E2                   0.028  9.886 156.15     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.902 161.05
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Haralson  ) 0.010  9.808 -0.092      (J Bunce     ) 0.029  9.960  0.060
 Qualified:            #17  9.808 -0.092                        #9  9.960  0.060

Withers with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Jim Capp                             461C Charlie Stewart              
E2                   0.014  9.889 167.80     ****WINNER****  0.013  9.972 148.66
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.011             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.072
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Van Winkle) 0.043  9.919  0.019      (Bye         ) 0.066 10.838  0.938
 Qualified:             #3  9.919  0.019                       #11 10.838  0.938

Stewart with a tick on the tree and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  475 Joseph Lokhaug                       4189 Alan Savage                  
E2                  -0.001  9.900 162.31     ****WINNER****  0.047  9.823 164.89
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Herberrt  ) 0.039  9.892 -0.008      (B Turner    ) 0.071  9.949  0.049
 Qualified:            #14  9.892 -0.008                        #6  9.949  0.049

Lokhaug is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 458C Jim Repka                            4866 John Salter                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  9.849 168.75                    -0.003  9.854 174.64
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.051             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Blackwell ) 0.017 10.253  0.353      (C Best      ) 0.029  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #10 10.253  0.353                        #2  9.914  0.014

Salter is a few ticks too quick and turns on the red light to give Repka the win, who had a great light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4109 Jordin Dewald                        3320 Nichole Stephenson           
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.948 147.97                     0.039  9.980 155.52
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.048             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.080
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Harper    ) 0.023  9.950  0.050      (L Neely     ) 0.026  9.877 -0.023
 Qualified:             #7  9.950  0.050                       #15  9.877 -0.023

Dewald with the starting line advantage and the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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