Sun, 19 Sep 2021, 15:18 PM Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 13th annual DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1351 Craig Porter                         2893 David Morris                 
E5                   0.024 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.038  9.875 171.21
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 80.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Hall      ) 0.020  9.902  0.002                     1.008 11.121  1.221
E3    (J Anderson  ) 0.033  9.922  0.022      (B Weaver    ) 0.031  9.978  0.078
E2    (A Prose     ) 0.001  9.891 -0.009      (G Slack     ) 0.020  9.914  0.014
E1    (J Woeber    ) 0.015  9.963  0.063      (L Neely     ) 0.026  9.955  0.055
 Qualified:            #17  9.963  0.063                       #15  9.955  0.055

3:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 3,056 feet.

Porter gets out of the gate first but take too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2318 John Taylor                          1990 Iggie Boicesco               
E5                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.261 14.397  67.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): 90.099             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  4.497
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Ramsey    ) 0.013  9.923  0.023      (S Furr      ) 0.023  9.902  0.002
E3    (J Kenny     ) 0.026  9.881 -0.019      (S Lawton    ) 0.008  9.919  0.019
E2    (B Upton     ) 0.008  9.882 -0.018      (J Labbous   ) 0.016  9.902  0.002
E1    (H Borger    ) 0.021  9.929  0.029      (D Mathauser ) 0.012  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #11  9.929  0.029                        #6  9.914  0.014

Taylor rolled the beams and received no time.

Boicesco will take on Morris in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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