Sun, 5 Oct 2008, 09:46 PM Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA, Third annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7451 Glenn Snow                            761 John Schiess                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.119 10.571 112.27                    -0.013 11.441  83.84
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.271          GT/CA  Dial: 9.64 (+/-):  1.801
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.000 10.332 -0.618      (B Chaffin   ) 0.044  9.704  0.044
E1    (R Cruzen    ) 0.077 10.377 -0.003      (T Albritton ) 0.007  9.655  0.005
 Qualified:            #39 10.331 -0.619                        #5  9.621 -1.079

6:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.69 inches, adjusted altitude 2,769 feet, track temperature 96 degrees. Last class for today.

Red light win for Snow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7775 Brian Weber                            61 Alan Falcone                 
E3                  -0.001 10.670 124.64     ****WINNER****  0.076  9.705 136.52
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.000          GT/CA  Dial: 9.70 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Bell      ) 0.002 10.726  0.036      (W Taylor    ) 0.078  9.740  0.020
E1    (D Kennedy   ) 0.000 10.795  0.125      (T Hall      ) 0.038  9.750  0.030
 Qualified:            #46 10.655 -0.545                       #13  9.701 -0.999

It's almost dark with no track lighting and the yellow lights must look as bib as a trash can lid. Weber misses the green by -0.001.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  640 Don Thomas                           7670 Tibor Kadar                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042  9.907 134.12                     0.008  9.512 134.54
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.007           GT/AA  Dial: 9.47 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Bystrom   ) 0.049  9.919  0.019      (F Moreno    ) 0.056  9.486 -0.004
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.040  9.926  0.006      (B Plourd    ) 0.024  9.489  0.039
 Qualified:            #23  9.886 -0.914                       #16  9.413 -0.987

Don Thomas' MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 3 inches).Don Thomas' package: 0.049.
Tibor Kadar's package: 0.050.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 714E Bob Earleywine                       7350 Bob Bales                    
E3                  -0.036 10.065 133.05     ****WINNER****  0.053  9.900 134.14
       SS/H  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  0.015          GT/BA  Dial: 9.84 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.083 10.030 -0.050      (T Mandella  ) 0.123  9.839 -0.001
E1    (F Grossi    ) 0.020 10.121  0.021      (S Wann      ) 0.121  9.904  0.024
 Qualified:            #28 10.009 -0.791                       #35  9.833 -0.717

Bales gets the red light win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                            7026 Dan Mason                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 11.208 111.64                     0.057  9.724 139.40
      GT/JA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.018          GT/BA  Dial: 9.70 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Smith     ) 0.044 11.193  0.013      (E Leabo     ) 0.043  9.726  0.026
E1    (B Rounds    ) 0.046 11.235  0.035      (G Tackett   ) 0.029  9.707 -0.003
 Qualified:            #47 11.130 -0.470                       #14  9.558 -0.992

Lang gets a good light and a 1/2 a car length win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7629 Joe Faherty                           600 Jeff Lane                    
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.048  9.095 128.58
      SS/AH  Dial: 8.89 (+/-): 91.109           SS/BS  Dial: 8.98 (+/-):  0.115
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mason     ) 0.008  8.949  0.079      (D Raybourn  ) 0.043  9.141  0.111
E1    (B Cunningham) 0.057  8.973  0.053      (J Mendoza   ) 0.026 10.172  0.972
 Qualified:            #24  8.868 -0.882                        #4  8.861 -1.089

Faherty times out and Lane gets the free pass to round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6021 Mark Faul                            7474 Justin Lamb                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.375 128.20                     0.022  9.137 144.09
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.015          SS/AS  Dial: 9.12 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Zavala    ) 0.024 10.406  0.006      (D Broaddus  ) 0.033  9.148  0.018
E1    (M Vieira    ) 0.023 10.414  0.004      (B McClanahan) 0.028  9.176  0.046
 Qualified:            #36 10.311 -0.639                       #29  9.112 -0.788

Last pair for today and a close race to the finish line. Mark Faul's MOV: 0.0059 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

6:41 p.m. That's all for the day and we will start again at 9:00am PDT on Monday.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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