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Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 02:36 PM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations
By Darryl Jackman





POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 714K Scott Kelley                         7952 Bill Riddle                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.793 119.06                     0.050 11.051 121.57
      SS/EX  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.143           GT/GA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.581
 Qualified:            #64  9.687 -0.513                       #76 17.577  6.377
10:55 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,266 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

We finally get around to the first round of Super Stock. Kelly with the light and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7185 Dave Bridgewater                     5200 Abe Loewen                   
E1                   0.089 10.148 129.97     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.544 131.82
      SS/GA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-): -0.002          SS/EM  Dial: 9.49 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #62 10.290 -0.560                       #43  9.520 -0.830
Abe Loewen wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tim Hall                             7350 Bob Bales                    
E1                   0.120 10.578 121.84     ****WINNER****  0.070  9.928 118.55
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.348          GT/DA  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.078
 Qualified:            #26 10.297 -1.003                       #75 12.427  1.627
Hall turned right at the hit and the win goes to Bales.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5440 Gene Bichlmeier                        61 Brad Plourd                  
E1                   0.100 10.265 116.69     ****WINNER****  0.034  9.076 129.80
       GT/I  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.005          SS/AM  Dial: 9.07 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:            #36 10.321 -0.929                       #74  9.744  0.444
Brad Plourd wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7257 Brett Brown                          7411 Gary Tackett                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048 11.509 111.83                     0.048  9.049 144.33
      SS/MA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-):  0.019          SS/CM  Dial: 9.00 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #57 11.548 -0.602                       #47  9.069 -0.731
Tacket had to wait forever but still can't catch Brown.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  640 Don Thomas                           7056 Frank Grossi                 
E1                   0.069  9.721 136.11     ****WINNER****  0.059  9.327 135.17
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-): -0.039           GT/AA  Dial: 9.35 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #44  9.975 -0.825                       #27  9.402 -0.998
Frank Grossi wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7441 Staci Smith                          714E Bob Earleywine               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  9.621 138.66                    -0.052  9.962 134.94
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -0.029            SS/H  Dial: 9.98 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:             #9  9.698 -1.102                       #79 27.860 17.060
Staci Smith wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Chuck Stubeck                        5453 Bob Sherwood                 
E1                  -0.016  9.651 135.70     ****WINNER****  0.178  9.537 103.45
      SS/FA  Dial: 9.61 (+/-):  0.041           SS/AM  Dial: 8.50 (+/-):  1.037
 Qualified:            #28  9.753 -0.997                       #58  8.700 -0.600
Bob Sherwood wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7629 Joe Faherty                          7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.115  9.158 152.16                    -0.041  9.431 139.50
      SS/AH  Dial: 8.78 (+/-):  0.378           GT/BA  Dial: 9.42 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #33  8.801 -0.949                       #14  9.479 -1.071
Joe Faherty wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5629 Ritch Ahrens                         7171 Fred Moreno                  
E1                   0.089  9.877 126.35     ****WINNER****  0.066  9.785 131.01
      GT/EA  Dial: 9.79 (+/-):  0.087           SS/GA  Dial: 9.72 (+/-):  0.065
 Qualified:            #10  9.855 -1.095                        #7  9.733 -1.117
Fred Moreno's MOV: 0.0452 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  737 Shane Studley                           9 Tony Mandella                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  9.906 131.46                     0.052  9.699 137.36
      GT/TB  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.026           GT/CA  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:             #3  9.958 -1.192                       #31  9.738 -0.962
Shane Studley's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6846 Byron Setters                        1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                   0.076  9.410 133.39     ****WINNER****  0.060  9.244 141.13
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.38 (+/-):  0.030           SS/AS  Dial: 9.21 (+/-):  0.034
 Qualified:            #15  9.481 -1.069                       #63  9.367 -0.533
Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                       7312 George Stassi                
E1                   0.048  9.846 133.79     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.817 134.15
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.85 (+/-): -0.004           GT/DA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #55 10.057 -0.643                       #34  9.854 -0.946
George Stassi wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           6777 Rick Paton                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  9.783 125.94                     0.185  8.906 149.58
      SS/HA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.033           SS/BS  Dial: 8.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:             #8  9.792 -1.108                       #41  9.075 -0.875
Wann takes advantage of Paton on the tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7432 Ryan Schloe                             4 Greg Luneack                 
E1                  -0.010 10.518 126.09     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.827 121.21
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-): -0.072          SS/KA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #52 10.611 -0.689                       #68 11.120 -0.430
Greg Luneack wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7420 Eddie Leabo                          6032 Jody Lang                    
E1                   0.095 10.272 129.28     ****WINNER****  0.032 11.066 108.84
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-):  0.002          GT/JA  Dial: 11.03 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #20 10.305 -1.045                       #71 11.251 -0.349
Jody Lang's MOV: 0.0294 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  709 Doug Broaddus                        7228 Bill Blakeney                
E1                   0.058  9.331 133.95     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.032 126.21
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.28 (+/-):  0.051           SS/HA  Dial: 10.02 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #11  9.309 -1.091                       #42 10.060 -0.840
Great light for Blakeney.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7772 Wayne Taylor                         7854 Ryan McClanahan              
E1                   0.023 10.461 125.86     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.551 135.58
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.241          SS/BM  Dial: 8.43 (+/-):  0.121
 Qualified:            #82 28.650 17.300                        #5  8.483 -1.167


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7670 Tibor Kadar                           712 Don Durham                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.120 17.756  50.31                    -0.082 10.419 126.72
      SS/GM  Dial: 9.50 (+/-):  8.256           GT/HA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.009
 Qualified:            #77 21.549 10.849                       #40 10.465 -0.885
Tibor Kadar wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  751 Joe Schweigert                        347 Angelo DeCarlo               
E1                  -0.043 10.470 128.55     ****WINNER**** -0.003  9.919 131.88
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.020          SS/IA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #46 10.532 -0.768                       #22  9.964 -1.036
Angelo DeCarlo wins on a red light after both racers leave early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4911 Gary Hansen                          7797 Don Keen                     
E1                  -0.054 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.127 10.626 123.53
      SS/EA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-): 89.969          SS/LA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-): -0.034
 Qualified:            #69 10.245 -0.405                       #13 10.670 -1.080
Hanson redlighted, crossed the centerline with wheels up and then blew up the engine...next? Tough way to end a long four day wait to race. The quiet win goes to Keen.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                            7360 Mike Loge                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.616 141.22                     0.175 11.027 119.20
      SS/CM  Dial: 8.51 (+/-):  0.106           SS/KA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:             #2  8.574 -1.226                       #65 11.038 -0.512
Bo Butner's MOV: 0.0718 seconds (approximately 13 feet). Loge was a wee bit tardy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7401 Darren Smith                           75 Brad Rounds                  
E1                   0.058  9.560 134.04     ****WINNER****  0.028  9.240 135.73
      SS/FA  Dial: 9.52 (+/-):  0.040           SS/TB  Dial: 9.18 (+/-):  0.060
 Qualified:             #4  9.574 -1.176                       #23  9.231 -1.019
Brad Rounds' MOV: 0.0107 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  761 John Schiess                         7101 Bill Chaffin                 
E1                   0.023  9.538 127.68     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.210 122.48
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.55 (+/-): -0.012           SS/BX  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #39  9.659 -0.891                       #54 10.202 -0.648
Bill Chaffin wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  797 Joe Kohorst                             2 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                   0.065  9.901 134.39     ****WINNER****  0.019  8.696 148.79
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.051           SS/AM  Dial: 8.66 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #53  9.877 -0.673                       #61  8.722 -0.578
Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: 0.0616 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7568 Bryan Broaddus                         74 Mark Faul                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.105 146.04                     0.051 10.184 126.40
      SS/BA  Dial: 9.06 (+/-):  0.045           GT/EA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #19  9.148 -1.052                       #78 28.000 17.050
Bryan Broaddus' MOV: 0.0194 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  721 Rick Houser                          7607 Jack Bystrom                 
E1                   0.094  8.916 152.55     ****WINNER****  0.140  9.705 131.52
      SS/AH  Dial: 8.64 (+/-):  0.276           SS/FA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.055
 Qualified:            #18  8.692 -1.058                       #37  9.837 -0.913
Houser spun the tires hard at the hit and couldn't catch Bystrom.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 723C Nick Czuczko                         7728 Joel Larkin                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017 16.089  60.32                    -0.049 10.388 128.86
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  6.189           SS/IA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #66  9.905 -0.495                       #56 10.366 -0.634
Nick Czuczko wins on a red light but almost threw it away as he came THIS close to crossing the stripe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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