Fri, 14 Nov 2008, 12:08 PM
Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th
annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7980 Steve Wann 7010 Duane Dickens
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 10.814 108.73 0.035 10.782 118.42
E/SA Dial: 10.78 (+/-): 0.034 B/SA Dial: 10.66 (+/-): 0.122
Qualified: #5 10.804 -1.196 #40 10.640 -0.910
8:31 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent,
barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,562 feet, track temperature 66 degrees.Dickens has
the best light, but slows on the top end. Wann goes on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6273 Angela Bushmaker 1044 John Shaul
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 12.016 108.42 0.044 10.046 126.39
K/SA Dial: 12.01 (+/-): 0.006 A/SA Dial: 10.07 (+/-): -0.024
Qualified: #37 12.004 -0.946 #2 10.071 -1.229
Breakout win for Bushmaker.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7500 Doug Holder 6300 Glenn Person
E1 -0.005 15.500 50.78 ****WINNER**** -0.024 10.616 122.41
A/SA Dial: 10.74 (+/-): 4.760 C/SA Dial: 10.61 (+/-): 0.006
Qualified: #50 10.540 -0.760 #15 10.647 -1.053
Double red light win for Person.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
754 Lindy Lindholm 600 Jeff Lane
E1 0.011 12.608 103.89 ****WINNER**** 0.067 10.566 122.43
O/SA Dial: 12.65 (+/-): -0.042 C/SA Dial: 10.58 (+/-): -0.014
Qualified: #43 12.614 -0.836 #8 10.542 -1.158
Double breakout win for Lane.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
11 Lee Zane 763 Kelly Pott
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.007 10.940 121.23 -0.174 11.923 106.53
D/SA Dial: 10.97 (+/-): -0.030 K/S Dial: 12.25 (+/-): -0.327
Qualified: #28 10.847 -1.003 #63 12.387 -0.463
Pott is waaay early to give the red light win to Zane. Zane took a run at the green and misses
by -0.007.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5306 Johnny Diekema 7355 Chad Loge
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 10.726 119.92 0.055 10.754 123.05
B/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): 0.026 C/SA Dial: 10.67 (+/-): 0.084
Qualified: #56 10.865 -0.685 #21 10.671 -1.029
Finally, we get a race! Similar RT's and almost a car length win for Diekema.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7962 George Thomson 7911 Clark Holroyd
E1 0.094 11.507 112.80 ****WINNER**** 0.048 10.315 123.22
F/SA Dial: 11.65 (+/-): -0.143 A/SA Dial: 10.31 (+/-): 0.005
Qualified: #60 11.624 -0.526 #25 10.292 -1.008
Breakout win for Holroyd.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
777 Earl Blake 4783 Rusty Hall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 11.272 116.14 0.069 10.791 120.67
F/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): 0.022 C/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): 0.091
Qualified: #39 11.240 -0.910 #4 10.501 -1.199
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6360 Bill Bushmaker 7857 John S Gray
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 11.634 112.58 0.022 12.023 105.82
I/SA Dial: 11.61 (+/-): 0.024 H/SA Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.047
Qualified: #30 11.603 -0.997 #65 12.059 -0.391
Breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
741 John Irving 6730 Jim Waldo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.036 11.200 117.19 0.055 10.220 129.95
E/SA Dial: 11.19 (+/-): 0.010 A/S Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.020
Qualified: #48 11.214 -0.786 #13 10.190 -1.060
...again!
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7593 Richie Pauley 703V Nicholas Verlingo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.205 10.593 121.76 0.124 11.216 117.89
C/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -1.107 C/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.484
Qualified: #33 10.739 -0.961 #68 11.381 -0.319
Heads up and no one wants the green. Pauley wins the slow race.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5680 Marlene Nelson 7007 Roger Bedford
E1 0.018 12.268 106.61 ****WINNER**** 0.098 10.553 124.69
I/SA Dial: 12.28 (+/-): -0.012 B/SA Dial: 10.54 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #67 12.260 -0.340 #32 10.585 -0.965
Breakout win for Bedford.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3231 Harry Doolittle 7031 Greg Luneack
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 12.151 108.43 -0.007 10.400 127.58
N/SA Dial: 12.14 (+/-): 0.011 A/SA Dial: 10.41 (+/-): -0.010
Qualified: #6 12.112 -1.188 #41 10.422 -0.878
Luneack misses the green by -0.007 to give the win to Doolittle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7700 Larry Maxwell 67 Tom Gaynor
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 11.246 116.65 0.097 10.967 118.95
F/SA Dial: 11.18 (+/-): 0.066 C/SA Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.033
Qualified: #18 11.110 -1.040 #53 11.011 -0.689
Breakout. [I think I see a pattern here!]
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7784 Paul Wong 6570 Toby Lang
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 10.786 119.22 0.017 11.833 108.07
C/SA Dial: 10.79 (+/-): -0.004 G/SA Dial: 11.88 (+/-): -0.047
Qualified: #36 10.751 -0.949 #71 12.264 -0.036
Double breakout win for Wong after a 0.001 RT.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1547 Jack Matyas 7881 Chris Denton
E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.069 12.129 111.34
E/SA Dial: 12.00 (+/-): 87.999 J/SA Dial: 12.17 (+/-): -0.041
Qualified: #23 10.981 -1.019 #58 12.127 -0.623
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7053 Bernie Cunningham 74 Andy Durham
E1 -0.020 10.912 116.91 ****WINNER**** -0.007 10.413 125.27
C/SA Dial: 10.94 (+/-): -0.028 B/SA Dial: 10.44 (+/-): -0.027
Qualified: #44 10.882 -0.818 #9 10.407 -1.143
Double red light win for Durham.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5717 Bobby DeArmond 6780 Eric Waldo
E1 -0.070 9.964 131.65 ****WINNER**** 0.025 10.758 124.78
AA/SA Dial: 9.92 (+/-): 0.044 B/S Dial: 10.73 (+/-): 0.028
Qualified: #12 9.833 -1.067 #47 10.692 -0.808
Waldo gets the free pass to round two, as DeArmond red lights.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7002 Jim Meador 7941 Tony Janes
E1 0.064 10.807 120.26 ****WINNER**** 0.032 12.477 103.45
D/SA Dial: 10.81 (+/-): -0.003 K/SA Dial: 12.47 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #27 10.846 -1.004 #62 12.465 -0.485
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7243 Joe Mozeris 6261 Larry Peterson
E1 0.049 11.418 112.35 ****WINNER**** 0.061 10.603 123.52
F/SA Dial: 11.42 (+/-): -0.002 B/SA Dial: 10.52 (+/-): 0.083
Qualified: #55 11.464 -0.686 #20 10.521 -1.029
Mozeris misses his dial by -0.002 to give the win to Peterson.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5217 Tim Mosbek 1962 Billy Leber
E1 0.027 10.601 122.92 ****WINNER**** 0.019 10.542 120.20
B/SA Dial: 10.56 (+/-): 0.041 AA/SA Dial: 10.51 (+/-): 0.032
Qualified: #29 10.550 -1.000 #64 10.479 -0.421
Billy Leber's MOV: 0.0176 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7650 Doug Gibson 776 Doug Lambeck
E1 0.054 12.004 110.38 ****WINNER**** 0.033 10.372 123.49
J/SA Dial: 12.02 (+/-): -0.016 A/SA Dial: 10.34 (+/-): 0.032
Qualified: #54 12.062 -0.688 #19 10.263 -1.037
Lambeck with the breakout win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7004 Curtis Coulter 7432 Ryan Schloe
E1 -0.085 10.824 124.69 ****WINNER**** 0.092 11.444 115.22
D/S Dial: 10.75 (+/-): 0.074 F/SA Dial: 11.51 (+/-): -0.066
Qualified: #17 10.757 -1.043 #52 11.450 -0.700
Schloe gets the red light win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
770 John Ancona 6464 Brian Engelking
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.004 10.857 103.52 0.078 11.790 112.12
C/SA Dial: 10.81 (+/-): 0.047 F/SA Dial: 11.75 (+/-): 0.040
Qualified: #31 10.705 -0.995 #66 11.766 -0.384
Good light and the win for Ancona.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
75 Don Keen 7003 John Schloe
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 10.542 126.82 -0.061 10.677 123.05
B/S Dial: 10.59 (+/-): -0.048 D/SA Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.023
Qualified: #38 10.566 -0.934 #3 10.645 -1.205
Keen gets the red light win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7523 Bryan Phillips 5319 Bob Unkefer
E1 -0.038 10.921 119.79 ****WINNER**** 0.051 11.632 114.21
E/SA Dial: 10.94 (+/-): -0.019 H/SA Dial: 11.63 (+/-): 0.002
Qualified: #11 10.920 -1.080 #46 11.640 -0.810
Another red light. "The Unk" runs 0.002 to his dial-in.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7155 Leo Glasbrenner 730 Caroline Jimerfield
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 11.080 112.51 0.062 12.244 109.72
E/SA Dial: 11.03 (+/-): 0.050 J/SA Dial: 12.20 (+/-): 0.044
Qualified: #24 10.982 -1.018 #59 12.207 -0.543
Leo Glasbrenner's MOV: 0.0274 seconds (approximately 4 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
727 Mike Johnston 6821 Mark Faul
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 10.688 124.35 0.003 10.775 122.44
C/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -1.012 C/SA Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.925
Qualified: #34 10.739 -0.961 #69 11.399 -0.301
Heads up! Faul with the RT advantage and Johnson with the top end advantage.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
43 Austin Ford 778 Jimmy DeFrank
E1 -0.018 11.112 118.53 ****WINNER**** 0.027 10.376 126.80
E/SA Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.058 B/SA Dial: 10.40 (+/-): -0.024
Qualified: #45 11.187 -0.813 #10 10.446 -1.104
DeFrank is running Super Stock too and needs to go rounds. Ford gives him some practice with an
easy win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7411 Jon Irving 720 Carl Battis
E1 0.098 12.397 105.15 ****WINNER**** 0.013 10.294 123.23
M/SA Dial: 12.39 (+/-): 0.007 A/SA Dial: 10.28 (+/-): 0.014
Qualified: #51 12.402 -0.748 #16 10.248 -1.052
Irving runs closer to his dial, but Battis has the better package.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
780V Val Torres Jr 704 Joe Accardo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 11.424 103.89 0.197 10.687 121.94
D/SA Dial: 11.32 (+/-): 0.104 C/SA Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.063
Qualified: #61 11.327 -0.523 #26 10.696 -1.004
Accardo is late off the line and breaks out too. Torres Jr. goes to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
T700 Paul Cannan 703D Kyle Rizzoli
E1 -0.072 10.207 129.98 ****WINNER**** 0.036 11.436 114.85
A/SA Dial: 10.23 (+/-): -0.023 E/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.034
Qualified: #35 10.343 -0.957 #70 11.767 -0.233
Cannan goes red and Rizzoli goes on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3 Jody Lang 779 Chuck Echmalian
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 12.459 96.39 0.172 11.329 113.49
M/SA Dial: 12.38 (+/-): 0.079 G/SA Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.011
Qualified: #57 12.527 -0.623 #22 11.278 -1.022
Lang with a big starting line advantage to push Echmalian out on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7098 Kevin Dupre 66 Kelly Thomas
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.029 11.083 105.69 0.062 12.370 101.41
F/SA Dial: 11.01 (+/-): 0.073 M/SA Dial: 12.28 (+/-): 0.090
Qualified: #7 10.970 -1.180 #42 12.295 -0.855
Kevin Dupre's MOV: 0.0501 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7131 Don Forester 5300 Al Corda
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 11.964 109.88 No Time
M/SA Dial: 11.92 (+/-): 0.044 AA/SA Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999
Qualified: #1 11.910 -1.240 #49 10.127 -0.773
Jerome gets a single to round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7131 Don Forester Bye
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.038 11.964 109.88
M/SA Dial: 11.92 (+/-): 0.044
Qualified: #1 11.910 -1.240 Bye
Last pair of round one! Forester gets the Bye win.8:55 a.m.
Timing data courtesy of
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