Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 15 May 2021, 12:10 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green



CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2833 Billy Upton                          2211 Howard Day                   
E2   ****WINNER****  1.021  9.908 169.38                     0.177  8.677 171.55
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -1.223
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Helms     ) 0.002  9.934  0.034      (B Weaver    ) 0.016  9.882 -0.018
 Qualified:             #8  9.934  0.034                       #20  9.882 -0.018
Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 30.29 inches, adjusted altitude 1,355 feet.

Day with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Upton the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 243X Christopher Lewis                    1396 Dale Koncen                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.880 159.87                     0.030  9.870 161.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.087  9.891 -0.009      (H Borger    ) 0.009  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #14  9.891 -0.009                        #2  9.903  0.003
Lewis with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2001 Johnny Cobb                          2409 Jonathan Anderson            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.127 10.007 158.50                    -0.008  9.945 150.87
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.107             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Debottis  ) -0.006 10.041  0.141      (K Rhoton    ) 0.028  9.867 -0.033
 Qualified:            #12 10.041  0.141                       #24  9.867 -0.033
anderson goes red to give Cobb the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 X256 Ernie Knight                         P209 Tim Powell                   
E2                   0.014  9.898 138.74     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.913 174.44
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Lawton    ) 0.011  9.884 -0.016      (J Woeber    ) 0.011  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #18  9.884 -0.016                        #6  9.917  0.017
Knight with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Powell the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 389A Larry Bernshausen                    2318 John Taylor                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.881 151.34                    -0.003  9.839 154.88
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.019             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.061
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Griffith  ) 0.009  9.867 -0.033      (D Mathauser ) 0.039  9.995  0.095
 Qualified:            #23  9.867 -0.033                       #11  9.995  0.095
Taylor goes red to give Bernshausen the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2927 Michael Harris                       3372 Steve Hoyt                   
E2                   0.037  9.901 148.84     ****WINNER****  0.035  9.902 173.01
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Adcock Jr ) 0.001  9.944  0.044      (J Houston   ) 0.024  9.879 -0.021
 Qualified:             #9  9.944  0.044                       #21  9.879 -0.021
Hoyt with a couple tick son the tree and runs dead-on with a two for the win in a close one. Harris runs dead-on with a one in the losing effort. Steve Hoyt's MOV: 0.0011 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Jerry Heffelfinger                   109E Bill Trum                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  9.894 154.21                     0.044  9.888 145.59
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Harrison  ) 0.003  9.901  0.001      (L Freer     ) 0.026  9.899 -0.001
 Qualified:             #1  9.901  0.001                       #13  9.899 -0.001
Heffelfinger with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2508 Jim Perry                            182C Michael Handras              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.912 168.20                     0.040  9.910 173.45
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Gallucci  ) 0.015  9.890 -0.010      (S Santovenia) 0.001  9.905  0.005
 Qualified:            #17  9.890 -0.010                        #5  9.905  0.005
Perry with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3604 Rusty Cook                           2325 Dorius Poitier               
E2                   0.000  9.894 162.65     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.896 160.23
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Morris    ) 0.019  9.891 -0.009      (B Nuzzo     ) 0.016  9.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #15  9.891 -0.009                        #3  9.903  0.003
Cook with a perfect light, but took too much stripe to give Poitier the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2418 Bobby Tolley                         2469 Jeff Jensen                  
E2                  -0.010 10.013 139.73     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.926 167.01
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.113             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Ramsey    ) 0.002  9.870 -0.030      (R Homan     ) 0.011  9.945  0.045
 Qualified:            #22  9.870 -0.030                       #10  9.945  0.045
tolley goes red to give Jensen the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 David Dahlem                         N518 Rick Swank                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.894 158.67                     0.040  9.880 155.29
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Forbes    ) 0.021  9.891 -0.009      (G Slack     ) 0.016  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #16  9.891 -0.009                        #4  9.904  0.004
Dahlem with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3320 Nichole Stephenson                     15 Tom Stalba Jr.               
E2                   0.013  9.898 158.95     ****WINNER****  0.036  9.910 154.02
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.002             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Haas      ) 0.019  9.933  0.033      (T Barton    ) 0.011  9.884 -0.016
 Qualified:             #7  9.933  0.033                       #19  9.884 -0.016
Stephenson with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Stalba Jr. the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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