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Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 16:07 PM

Super Gas Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Gas at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 N518 Rick Swank                           349J Joey Shipp                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.903 152.61                     0.035  9.858 159.97
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.003             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Quinn     ) 0.007  9.840 -0.060                     0.002  9.904  0.004
E3    (D Poitier   ) 0.008  9.924  0.024      (J Harper    ) 0.000  9.859 -0.041
E2    (L Freer     ) 0.077  9.912  0.012      (J Williams  ) 0.029  9.920  0.020
E1    (S Mackie    ) 0.034  9.960  0.060      (D Morris    ) 0.027  9.936  0.036
 Qualified:            #22  9.960  0.060                       #11  9.936  0.036

4:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 1,239 feet.

Swank gets out of the gate first and takes the win with a .006 package. He will have a bye into the final round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2456 Christopher Williams                 2329 Ricky Hall                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.006  9.906 175.16                     0.003  9.841 145.99
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.006             S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-): -0.059
 Prior rounds:
E4    (W Morgan    ) 0.017  9.896 -0.004      (M Butcher   ) 0.006  9.938  0.038
E3                   0.008  9.907  0.007      (J Tankersley) 0.000  9.924  0.024
E2    (J Warren    ) 0.045  9.901  0.001      (S Adcock    ) 0.012  9.934  0.034
E1    (A Prose     ) 0.050  9.910  0.010      (H Borger    ) 0.007  9.934  0.034
 Qualified:             #2  9.910  0.010                        #9  9.934  0.034

Hall gets a small advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Williams.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Jason Kenny                                Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.932 168.20     
         S/G Index: 9.90 (+/-):  0.032    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Furr      ) 0.006  9.929  0.029   
E3    (T Turner    ) 0.005  9.936  0.036   
E2    (R Aldrich   ) 0.057 10.004  0.104   
E1    (R Houston   ) 0.004  9.916  0.016   
 Qualified:             #4  9.916  0.016                     Bye

Kenny will take on Williams in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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