Mon, 30 Oct 2023, 12:58 PM Super Gas Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4797 Bill Dennis                            75 Mark Yeager                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.997 163.65                    -0.002 10.098 176.01
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.053            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Dalrymple ) 0.004 10.044 -0.006      (R Kato      ) 0.019 10.061  0.011
E2    (M Perivolari) 0.007 10.047 -0.003      (J Serna     ) 0.001 10.057  0.007
E1    (M Philbrick ) 0.021 10.025 -0.025      (R Dew       ) 0.021 10.074  0.024
 Qualified:            #28 10.025 -0.025                       #16 10.074  0.024

9:47 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 53 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 30.31 inches, adjusted altitude 1,611 feet.

Yeager just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Dennis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7918 Mike Utley                           6563 Chris Cannon                 
E4                   0.049 10.099 153.75     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.109 163.81
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.049            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.059
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Bain      ) 0.022 10.120  0.070      (E Kowalski  ) 0.022 10.048 -0.002
E2    (G Boven     ) 0.020 10.055  0.005      (R Giacone   ) 0.024 10.053  0.003
E1    (J Dalrymple ) 0.037 10.059  0.009      (B Morris    ) 0.016 10.044 -0.006
 Qualified:             #6 10.059  0.009                       #26 10.044 -0.006

Cannon gets the holeshot and holds off Utley for the win.

Cannon will take on Dennis in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  672 Curt Geise                           7969 Darryl Mitchell              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.054 168.89                     0.031  9.984 159.14
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.004            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-): -0.066
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Cates     ) 0.048 10.055  0.005      (D Bustamante) 0.010 10.115  0.065
E2    (L Meserve   ) 0.023 10.067  0.017      (S Williams  ) 0.028  9.957 -0.093
E1    (M Boner     ) 0.034 10.028 -0.022      (R Cordeiro  ) 0.020  9.983 -0.067
 Qualified:            #27 10.028 -0.022                       #31  9.983 -0.067

Geise with the advantage off of the line;Mitchell breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  729 Greg Ventura                         7809 Val Torres                   
E4                   0.016 10.101 147.78     ****WINNER****  0.000 10.073 150.11
         S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.051            S/G Index: 10.05 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Unruh     ) 0.004 10.056  0.006      (M Boehner   ) 0.020 10.043 -0.007
E2    (M Blodgett  ) 0.048 10.074  0.024      (P Prange    ) 0.013 10.073  0.023
E1    (M Van Winkle) 0.005 10.068  0.018      (D Dolezal   ) 0.018 10.061  0.011
 Qualified:            #13 10.068  0.018                        #9 10.061  0.011

Torres is perfect off of the line and takes the stripe for the win with a .023 package.

Torres will take in Geise in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink