Mon, 11 Mar 2013, 17:07 PM A FUEL Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in A FUEL at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series 2013, 55th Annual March Meet:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7777 Bill Wayne                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.105  8.860  94.56     
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Davenport ) 0.058  6.435 197.45   
E1    (M Pawluk    ) 0.366  7.122 150.78   
 Qualified:             #2  6.424 208.75                     Bye

1:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.49 inches, adjusted altitude 1,419 feet.

Wayne has the bye run to the finals. He launches hard and then shut off after the 330 lights.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  713 Jerry Kumre Jr                        750 Darrell Waters               
E3                   0.070 10.804  71.74     ****WINNER****  0.071  6.355 220.98
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Cobari    ) -0.002  6.599 199.70      (J Harless   )       No Time      
E1    (M Burns     ) 0.060  6.474 202.21                     0.126  6.404 219.94
 Qualified:             #3  6.440 204.26                        #1  6.376 218.80

Waters is the son of famous Famoso racer Tony Waters.

They leave just 0.001 apart, but Kumre shakes and spins before the 330 lights. Waters makes the fastest pass of the weekend on his wat to the final round.

Darrell Waters' incremental times: 60ft-1.064 sec., 330ft-2.754, 660ft-4.140/176.53 mph, 1,000ft-5.338.

1:51 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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