Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 11 Nov 2023, 13:16 PM

Super Gas Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 58th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 683 Rob Willis                   
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.004  9.945 170.99
                                                   S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (R Dew       ) 0.010  9.902  0.002
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.902  0.002
Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,822 feet.

Willis with a great light on the bye run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5252 Trevor Larson                        7471 Kim Will                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  9.900 159.29                     0.049  9.913 153.65
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.000             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Boner     ) 0.015  9.929  0.029      (B Botelho   ) 0.008  9.885 -0.015
 Qualified:            #14  9.929  0.029                       #28  9.885 -0.015
Larson with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a zero for the win. Larson wins the Super Gas Championship with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Mike Boehner                           63 George Scott                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.912 151.89                     0.012  9.935 172.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.012             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Meserve   ) 0.001  9.937  0.037      (R Herem     ) -0.006  9.908  0.008
 Qualified:            #18  9.937  0.037                        #4  9.908  0.008
Boehner with the starting line advantage and the win. Mike Boehner's MOV: 0.0117 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 701Y Steve Parsons                        7332 Larry Bradshaw               
E2                   0.012  9.906 172.08     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.901 173.49
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Whitfield ) -0.011 10.633  0.733      (D Mitchell  ) 0.028  9.924  0.024
 Qualified:            #25 10.633  0.733                       #11  9.924  0.024
Bradshaw with a great light and the win. Larry Bradshaw's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 D774 Ryan Giacone                         751X Kenny Snow                   
E2                   0.000  9.897 160.90     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.935 136.76
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Bothe     ) 0.006  9.936  0.036      (L Rogers    ) 0.017  9.907  0.007
 Qualified:            #17  9.936  0.036                        #3  9.907  0.007
Giacone with a perfect light, but takes a little too much stripe to give Snow the win, he had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  729 Greg Ventura                            5 Mike Wiblishouser            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.926 151.94                     0.050  9.895 169.38
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.026             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Martin    ) 0.002  9.899 -0.001      (J Parrino   ) 0.053  9.925  0.025
 Qualified:            #26  9.899 -0.001                       #12  9.925  0.025
Ventura with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5500 Edwinn Olpin                          638 Dale Dryden                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.884 175.82                    -0.028  9.927 157.32
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.016             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Beckwith  ) 0.031  9.909  0.009      (J Galati    ) 0.023  9.946  0.046
 Qualified:             #5  9.909  0.009                       #19  9.946  0.046
Dryden goes red to give Olpin the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7227 Gary Hasselbrock                     7544 Brad Pierce                  
E2                   0.066  9.901 163.93     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.913 140.34
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.001             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Langan    ) 0.008 10.394  0.494      (M Lang      ) 0.022  9.919  0.019
 Qualified:            #24 10.394  0.494                       #10  9.919  0.019
Pierce with a perfect light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5132 Dennis Keck                          7457 John Sapone                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  9.904 160.92                     0.029  9.929 152.37
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Dolezal   ) 0.001 10.008  0.108      (E Destaute  ) 0.013  9.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #23 10.008  0.108                        #9  9.916  0.016
Sapone with the starting line advantage, but Keck runs dead-on for the win in a close one. Dennis Keck's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7000 John McKoane                         7117 Roger Kato                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.922 161.48                    -0.023  9.925 176.26
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.022             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Mignacca  ) 0.042  9.909  0.009      (L Scarth    ) 0.004  9.955  0.055
 Qualified:             #6  9.909  0.009                       #20  9.955  0.055
Kato goes red to give McKoane the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Jesse Serna                           690 Terry Wilcox                 
E2                   0.080  8.576 157.71     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.875 165.29
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -1.324             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Fabbro    ) 0.021  9.880 -0.020      (E Kowalski  ) 0.041  9.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #29  9.880 -0.020                       #15  9.933  0.033
Wilcox with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6173 Ken Mostowich                         672 Curt Geise                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002  9.907 153.51                     0.006  9.906 177.84
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Blodgett  ) 0.037  9.957  0.057      (M Yeager    ) 0.013  9.910  0.010
 Qualified:            #21  9.957  0.057                        #7  9.910  0.010
A couple great lights with Mostowich having a near perfect light for the win in a close one. Ken Mostowich's MOV: 0.0039 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 711G Christopher Naffziger                 735 Steve Williams               
E2                   0.009  9.896 172.01     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.919 173.74
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.004             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Thompson  ) 0.019  9.935  0.035      (D Butler    ) 0.023  9.904  0.004
 Qualified:            #16  9.935  0.035                        #2  9.904  0.004
Naffziger with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Williams the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   13 Jason Kenny                          7809 Val Torres                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.967 144.98                    -0.002  9.902 162.78
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.067             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gotts     ) 0.024  9.887 -0.013      (P Wiechmann ) 0.020  9.926  0.026
 Qualified:            #27  9.887 -0.013                       #13  9.926  0.026
Torres is a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Kenny the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6012 Dave Burden                          714E Bob Earleywine               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028  9.920 154.88                     0.058  9.897 154.90
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.020             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bustamante) 0.008  9.914  0.014      (J Denton    ) 0.021  9.958  0.058
 Qualified:             #8  9.914  0.014                       #22  9.958  0.058
Burden with the starting line advantage and the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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