Sat, 15 Nov 2008, 01:00 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
        Bye                                6261 Larry Peterson               
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.023 10.553 123.35
                                                 B/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.997
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (B Unkefer   ) 0.069 10.535 -0.015
E2                                           (A Bushmaker ) 0.121 10.573 -0.017
E1                                           (J Mozeris   ) 0.061 10.603  0.083
 Qualified:                                                      #20 10.521 -1.029

9:51 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,320 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Peterson opens the round with a single.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                        5306 Johnny Diekema               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.905 119.69                     0.124 10.658 123.85
       C/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.005           B/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Holroyd   ) 0.029 10.828  0.088      (B Bushmaker ) 0.018 10.757  0.057
E2    (C Battis    ) 0.078 10.935  0.085      (D Keen      ) 0.041 10.775  0.025
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.028 10.688 -1.012      (C Loge      ) 0.051 10.726  0.026
 Qualified:            #34 10.739 -0.961                       #56 10.865 -0.685

Johnston with a much better light and he puts Diekema in the box. That also gives Johnston a bye into the semis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                        11 Lee Zane                     
E4                   0.100 10.996 119.41     ****WINNER****  0.024 11.052 118.61
       E/SA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-):  0.016           D/SA  Dial: 10.97 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Person    ) 0.069 10.980  0.000      (D Lambeck   ) 0.036 11.236  0.316
E2    (H Doolittle ) 0.084 11.041 -0.029      (J DeFrank   ) 0.017 10.989  0.029
E1    (C Jimerfield) 0.029 11.080  0.050      (K Pott      ) -0.007 10.940 -0.030
 Qualified:            #24 10.982 -1.018                       #28 10.847 -1.003

Lee Zane's MOV: 0.0102 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jody Lang                            703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.003 12.396  96.85                     0.040 11.403 114.63
       M/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-):  0.036           E/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Irving    ) 0.038 12.326 -0.014      (V Torres Jr ) 0.013 11.436  0.026
E2    (E Blake     ) 0.042 12.563  0.183      (R Schloe    ) 0.033 11.556  0.096
E1    (C Echmalian ) 0.035 12.459  0.079      (P Cannan    ) 0.036 11.436 -0.034
 Qualified:            #57 12.527 -0.623                       #70 11.767 -0.233

LAng with yet another national event round win and a match up with Zane in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7941 Tony Janes                           7007 Roger Bedford                
E4                   0.056 12.462 105.25     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.584 123.28
       K/SA  Dial: 12.48 (+/-): -0.018           B/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Wong      ) 0.009 12.461  0.001      (S Wann      ) 0.044 10.563  0.013
E2    (A Durham    ) 0.056 12.559 -0.011      (J Jerome    ) 0.027 10.601  0.001
E1    (J Meador    ) 0.032 12.477  0.007      (M Nelson    ) 0.098 10.553  0.013
 Qualified:            #62 12.465 -0.485                       #32 10.585 -0.965

Bedford breaks Janes out and sets up a match between he and Peterson in round 5. That's all for Stock round 4.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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