Sun, 6 Nov 2005, 07:59 PM Super Comp Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Comp at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Kevin Kleineweber                    7840 Gary Forkner                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.026  8.932 157.37                    -0.016  8.916 174.01
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.032             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Quigley   ) 0.031  8.911  0.011      (R Souza     ) 0.016  8.889 -0.011
E3    (V Torres Jr ) 0.048  8.865 -0.035      (R Erks      ) 0.026  8.922  0.022
E2    (B Plourd    ) 0.015  8.907  0.007      (B Duncan    ) 0.010  8.867 -0.033
E1    (K Quinlan   ) 0.014  8.956  0.056      (L Davidson  ) 0.028  8.933  0.033
 Qualified:            #32  8.956  0.056                       #29  8.933  0.033

4:52 p.m.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Thomas Bayer                         4754 Billy Torrence               
E5                   0.034  8.875 157.25     ****WINNER****  0.029  8.903 171.55
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-): -0.025             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Lucy      ) 0.035  8.952  0.052      (G Krause    ) 0.011  8.923  0.023
E3    (D LoCascio  ) 0.022  8.830 -0.070      (M Mustard   ) 0.010  8.938  0.038
E2    (D Hall      ) 0.000  8.887 -0.013      (C McNicol   ) 0.020  8.916  0.016
E1    (T Fuller    ) 0.020  8.896 -0.004      (J Morgan    ) 0.023  8.917  0.017
 Qualified:            #41  8.896 -0.004                       #15  8.917  0.017

Torrence will race Kleineweber in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5265 Max Tafoya Jr                         731 Rick Beckstrom               
E5                   0.044  8.940 175.07     ****WINNER****  0.002  8.942 172.43
        S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.040             S/C Index: 8.90 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Souza     ) 0.013  9.027  0.127      (R Naber     ) 0.036  8.898 -0.002
E3    (L Johnson   ) 0.008  8.875 -0.025      (A Kenny     ) 0.272  8.893 -0.007
E2    (J Brand     ) 0.018  8.936  0.036      (R Cracraft  ) 0.001  8.882 -0.018
E1    (L Figueroa  ) 0.009  8.924  0.024      (G Boutte    ) 0.007  8.929  0.029
 Qualified:            #22  8.924  0.024                       #25  8.929  0.029

Rick Beckstrom's MOV: 0.0400 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He earns a bye to the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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