Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 06:01 PM Summit Super Pro Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit Super Pro at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7376 Dan Beebe                            4510 Brian Hughes                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.089 158.24                     0.024  7.803 164.79
       SPRO  Dial: 8.06 (+/-):  0.029            SPRO  Dial: 7.82 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:             #7  0.007   NS                          #2  0.002   NS  

Beebe with the better light and Hughes broke out trying to chase him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 159X Bob Maclosky                         T508 Rodney Thompson              
E1                   0.018  7.646 173.32     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.905 166.85
       SPRO  Dial: 7.62 (+/-):  0.026            SPRO  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:             #3  0.003   NS                          #6  0.006   NS  

Maclosky with the better light, but Thompson takes the win by 0.0177 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He will face Beebe in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6121 Brad Vinje                           C308 Ron Baisden                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006 10.517 142.43                     0.043 10.142 129.94
       SPRO  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.087           SPRO  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.052
 Qualified:             #4  0.004   NS                          #5  0.005   NS  

Vinje with a great light and the takes a close win. Brad Vinje's MOV: 0.0025 seconds (approximately 6 inches). He will face Lloyd in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                2869 Ray Lloyd                    
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.015 10.260 131.68
                                                 SPRO  Dial: 10.24 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:                                                       #1  0.001   NS  

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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