Sun, 12 Oct 2008, 04:16 PM Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1046 Tom Sheehan                          1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                  -0.004 10.486 110.91     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.349 124.03
      GT/IA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.136          SS/AS  Dial: 9.27 (+/-):  0.079
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Worner    ) 0.009 10.364  0.034      (J Santangelo) 0.027  9.283  0.043
E3    (S Simmons   ) 0.049 10.348 -0.002      (M Iacono    ) 0.030  9.279  0.039
E2    (M Lyons     ) 0.025 10.363  0.003      (P Biondo    ) 0.021  9.237 -0.003
E1    (J Sepanek   ) 0.020 10.364  0.014      (N Hall      ) 0.024  9.357  0.087
 Qualified:             #5 10.381 -1.119                       #48  9.270 -0.630

3:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,320 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Sheehan goes red and Fletcher goes to yet another final round, seeking his 54th win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1984 Jim Harrington                        176 Joseph Franco III            
E5                   0.034  9.970 121.75     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.116 125.79
      SS/DM  Dial: 9.87 (+/-):  0.100           GT/GA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Hochrun   ) 0.011  9.871  0.021      (F Aragona Jr) 0.057 10.104 -1.096
E3    (J Spell     ) 0.053  9.872  0.012      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.021 10.250  0.150
E2    (E Newton    ) 0.026  9.834 -0.006      (B Lee       ) 0.021 10.088  0.008
E1    (M Alvey     ) 0.031  9.887  0.017      (L Jewell    ) 0.054 10.090  0.000
 Qualified:            #60 10.966  0.916                        #9 10.110 -1.090

Franco laid a light on Harrington and will face Fletcher in the final round. Joseph Franco III's package: 0.033.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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