Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 08:40 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator 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
        Bye                                 701 John Calvert                 
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.024 10.151 126.27
                                                  A/S  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.141
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (M Johnston  ) 0.013 10.193  0.053
E2                                           (C Langdon   ) 0.013 10.185  0.075
E1                                           (M Alley     ) 0.048 10.305  0.165
 Qualified:                                                       #2 10.080 -1.170

5:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,351 feet, track temperature 59 degrees.

Calvert with the Competition Bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6791 Tom Gaynor                           7911 Clark Holroyd                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.062 10.735 122.42                     0.070 10.388 122.50
       D/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.015           A/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-): -0.032
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Wann      ) 0.078 10.756 -0.014      (M Faul      ) 0.009 10.422  0.042
E2    (T Gaynor    ) 0.113 10.740  0.020      (R Hall      ) 0.054 10.467 -0.023
E1    (B Cunningham) -0.016 10.754  0.004      (D Holder    ) 0.095 10.396 -0.904
 Qualified:             #6 10.714 -1.136                       #44 10.364 -0.936

Tom Gaynor wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                           7375 Ken Etter                    
E4                   0.087 10.010 131.41     ****WINNER****  0.051 11.171 116.88
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.02 (+/-): -0.010           F/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Ancona    ) 0.064 10.016  0.006      (D Geary     ) 0.115 11.168  0.028
E2    (K Dupre     ) 0.069 10.020  0.020      (R Pauley    ) 0.020 11.114 -0.006
E1    (V Hobbs     ) 0.076 10.050  0.030      (T Janes     ) 0.020 11.169 -0.011
 Qualified:            #52 10.023 -0.877                       #37 11.176 -0.974

Ken Etter wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                           796 Tony Hewes                   
E4                   0.031 12.107 107.34     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.820 121.84
       L/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-):  0.057           D/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Moreno    ) 0.021 12.065  0.025      (B Phillips  ) 0.033 10.849  0.059
E2    (C Norton    ) 0.033 12.009 -0.051      (J Wayne Tota) 0.038 10.800  0.060
E1    (W Libby     ) 0.057 12.103 -0.067      (G Torres    ) 0.038 10.876 -0.974
 Qualified:            #51 12.105 -0.895                       #25 10.804 -1.046

Close RT's and a close finish! Tony Hewes' MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7220 Jeff Huffman                            7 Dan Fletcher                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.555 123.66                     0.036 10.551 123.51
        B/S  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.005           A/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Machael   ) 0.024 10.583  0.003                           No Time      
E2    (J Schloe    ) 0.078 10.606  0.066                           No Time      
E1    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.059 10.595  0.005                           No Time      
 Qualified:            #40 10.541 -0.959                       #99 No Time      

Jeff Huffman wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T700 Paul Cannan                             2 Toby Lang                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.224 117.94                     0.052 11.786 110.54
       A/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.074           G/SA  Dial: 11.73 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Miller    ) -0.003 10.159 -0.021      (J Durham    ) 0.014 11.774  0.004
E2    (K Thomas    ) 0.049 10.171  0.001      (B DeArmond  ) 0.022 11.736 -0.004
E1    (S Hook      ) 0.055 10.217  0.017      (D Gibson    ) 0.013 11.825  0.035
 Qualified:            #16 10.207 -1.093                       #86 12.232 -0.068

Paul Cannan's MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 24 inches).

5:37 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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