Sun, 05 Sep 2021, 18:22 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4311 Jeff Lopez                            394 Troy Coughlin Jr             
E5                   0.011  9.921 143.47     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.908 160.12
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.021             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Dahlem    ) 0.015  9.877 -0.023      (T Stalba    ) 0.001  9.900  0.000
E3    (A Haas      ) 0.026  9.916  0.016      (M Cole      ) 0.005  9.938  0.038
E2    (L Schreiner ) 0.019  9.925  0.025      (M Jirousek  ) 0.010  9.889 -0.011
E1    (T Millwood  ) 0.039  9.894 -0.006      (S Zoll      ) 0.052  9.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #50  9.894 -0.006                       #26  9.917  0.017

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,744 feet.

Lopez with the starting line advantage, but Coughlin Jr. run dead-on with an eight for the win in a close one. Troy Coughlin Jr's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3394 Tim Gillespie                          19 Darren Wood                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.944 148.49                     0.073  9.966 144.98
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.044             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.066
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Jensen    ) 0.022  9.931  0.031      (N Vrooman   ) 0.026  9.912  0.012
E3    (A Bush      ) 0.002  9.912  0.012      (T Smith     ) 0.051  9.897 -0.003
E2    (L Roedel    ) 0.001  9.935  0.035      (J Demers    ) 0.000  9.844 -0.056
E1    (B Wood      ) 0.017  9.938  0.038      (J Repka     ) 0.061  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #38  9.938  0.038                       #34  9.933  0.033

Gillespie with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Jason Kenny                          2920 Edmond Richardson            
E5                  -0.017 10.008 143.05     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.923 144.55
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.108             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Fitzpatric) 0.003  9.927  0.027      (A Benner    ) 0.021  9.966  0.066
E3    (J Shipp     ) 0.048  9.907  0.007                     0.013  9.972  0.072
E2    (J Harper    ) 0.023  9.948  0.048      (B Locke     ) 0.006  9.886 -0.014
E1    (C Cummings  ) 0.015  9.888 -0.012      (G Hillyer   ) 0.020  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #52  9.888 -0.012                       #28  9.919  0.019

Kenny goes red to give Richardson the win. He will face Coughlin Jr. in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                3575 Paul Brown                   
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.030  9.925 157.48
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (J Swan      ) 0.018  9.891 -0.009
E3                                           (R Givins    ) 0.054  9.887 -0.013
E2                                           (C Maddox    ) 0.021  9.860 -0.040
E1                                           (L Zynda     ) 0.067  9.913  0.013
 Qualified:                                                      #22  9.913  0.013

Brown with the bye and he will face Gillespie in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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