Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 22:19 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3558 Rob Kropfeld                         2318 John Taylor                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.009  9.920 161.21                     0.013  9.899 156.90
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Jensen    ) 0.008  9.932  0.032      (E Richardson) 0.002  9.912  0.012
E2    (M Withers   ) 0.005  9.909  0.009      (L Roedel    ) 0.033  9.920  0.020
E1    (L Bogacki   ) 0.007  9.909  0.009      (C Stewart   ) 0.024  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:             #7  9.909  0.009                       #25  9.888 -0.012

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 729 feet.

Kropfeld with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   33 Bob Locke                              43 Heidi Robison                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.914 160.33                     0.004  9.896 165.40
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.014             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Nuest     ) 0.018  9.884 -0.016      (D Kallish   ) 0.022  9.888 -0.012
E2    (L Schreiner ) 0.026  9.894 -0.006      (J Demers    ) 0.005  9.891 -0.009
E1    (J Sikish    ) 0.008  9.892 -0.008      (R Swank     ) 0.014  9.885 -0.015
 Qualified:            #23  9.892 -0.008                       #26  9.885 -0.015

Robison with a great light, but takes too much stripe to give Locke the win. He will face Kropfeld in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4919 Joe Harper                             10 Jeremy Mason                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.909 154.53                     0.021  9.892 150.98
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Shipp     ) 0.030  9.925  0.025      (J Repka     ) 0.027  9.892 -0.008
E2    (T Gillespie ) 0.028  9.972  0.072      (A Brewington) 0.018  9.922  0.022
E1    (V Rowland   ) 0.037  9.865 -0.035      (A Gavlovsky ) 0.001  9.906  0.006
 Qualified:            #27  9.865 -0.035                        #3  9.906  0.006

Mason with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Harper the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Patrick Debottis                           Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.885 12.609 110.18     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  2.709    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Bishop    ) 0.036  9.911  0.011   
E2    (C Best      ) 0.002  9.940  0.040   
E1    (K Huckstep  ) 0.017  9.923  0.023   
 Qualified:            #15  9.923  0.023                     Bye

Debottis with the bye and he will face Harper in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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