Sat, 13 Nov 2004, 10:05 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  611 Cal Method                              6 Lee Zane
E3                   0.042 11.331 -0.009     ****WINNER****  0.008 11.833 -0.007
       G/SA  Dial: 11.34                         K/SA  Dial: 11.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Fletcher  ) 0.028 11.397  0.047      (K Helms     ) 0.012 11.819 -0.061
E1    (J Durham    ) 0.032 11.353  0.053      (E Snow Sr   ) 0.024 11.883  0.033
 Qualified:            #19 11.268 -1.032                       #27 11.952 -0.998

6:52 p.m. Method breaks out to open Stock round 3. Zane goes on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7733 Ken Passerby                           33 Clint Blezien
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.962  0.002                     0.044 12.046 -0.044
       I/SA  Dial: 11.96                        F/FIA  Dial: 12.09
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Waldo     ) 0.014 12.031  0.091      (L Glasbrenne) 0.035 12.165  0.105
E1    (S Carr      ) 0.005 11.928 -0.002      (B DeArmond  ) 0.060 12.074  0.054
 Qualified:            #60 12.228 -0.372                       #36 12.040 -0.910

Passerby gets a breakout win over Blezien.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    7 Jody Lang                            6780 Eric Waldo
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024 12.380 -0.030                     0.015 10.680 -0.040
       M/SA  Dial: 12.41                          C/S  Dial: 10.72
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Harper    ) 0.032 12.524  0.094      (R Painter   ) 0.013 10.752  0.092
E1    (A Corda     ) 0.006 12.394  0.024      (J Hefler    ) 0.034 10.651  0.001
 Qualified:            #48 12.362 -0.788                       #25 10.642 -1.008

Another breakout goes to J. Lang.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3231 Harry Doolittle                      6570 Toby Lang
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027 12.446  0.016                     0.048 11.684 -0.006
      H/FIA  Dial: 12.43                         F/SA  Dial: 11.69
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J McCormack ) 0.042 12.436  0.056      (T Hall      ) 0.016 11.754  0.054
E1    (L Norton    ) 0.067 12.351  0.041      (G Luneack   ) 0.029 11.681  0.051
 Qualified:             #8 12.347 -1.103                       #63 12.004 -0.146

This time T. Lang comes up short. Doolittle gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7911 Clark Holroyd                        6730 Jim Waldo
E3                   0.025 10.419 -0.021     ****WINNER****  0.064 10.289 -0.011
       B/SA  Dial: 10.44                         A/FI  Dial: 10.30
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Wong      ) 0.077 10.503  0.043      (T Janes     ) 0.131 10.311  0.021
E1    (B Cunningham) 0.074 10.436  0.026      (D Holder    ) 0.003 10.352  0.072
 Qualified:             #7 10.417 -1.133                       #31 10.270 -0.980

Another breakout win goes to J. Waldo.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7593 Richard Pauley                       6029 Jan Leatherman
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.713 -0.017                    -0.025 11.641  0.011
       C/SA  Dial: 10.73                         I/SA  Dial: 11.63
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Huffman   ) 0.118 11.190  0.460      (K Etter     ) 0.025 11.657  0.067
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.048 10.732  0.042      (L Belden    ) 0.043 11.592  0.032
 Qualified:            #26 10.699 -1.001                       #18 11.565 -1.035

Leatherman goes red and Pauley goes on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7516 Bob Mulry                               5 Brad Plourd
E3                   0.078 12.061  0.021     ****WINNER****  0.048 10.786  0.016
       J/SA  Dial: 12.04                        B/FIA  Dial: 10.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Bridgewate) 0.072 12.121  0.081      (J Irving    ) 0.046 10.782  0.032
E1    (J Emmons    ) 0.008 12.056  0.016      (B Fulper    ) 0.038 10.717  0.007
 Qualified:            #53 12.020 -0.730                       #30 10.719 -0.981

Brad Plourd's MOV: 0.0351 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   76 Curtis Coulter                       7071 Jesse Adams
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.959 -0.001                     0.040 11.451 -0.059
        D/S  Dial: 10.96                        C/FIA  Dial: 11.51
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Meador    ) 0.029 10.966  0.086      (G Person    ) 0.080 11.691  0.231
E1    (J Schloe    ) 0.008 10.936  0.066      (H Thompson J) 0.064 11.560  0.050
 Qualified:            #35 10.867 -0.933                       #59 11.460 -0.540

Coulter takes the breakout win to close the session. That's all from Pomona for the evening as the curfew is not in effect.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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