Sat, 14 Nov 2009, 12:48 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6730 Jim Waldo                             737 Dwight Machael               
E3                  -0.011 11.311  88.63     ****WINNER****  0.054 10.561 125.31
        A/S  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  1.181           B/SA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-): -0.029
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Lang      ) 0.022 10.191  0.001      (N Stephenson) 0.005 10.635  0.005
E1    (K Thomas    ) 0.021 10.264  0.054      (B McClanahan) 0.006 10.617  0.017
 Qualified:            #10 10.179 -1.071                       #37 10.606 -0.944

8:35 a.m.Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,001 feet, track temperature 63 degrees.

Dwight Machael wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                           6261 Larry Peterson               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.122  9.923 132.65                    -0.018 10.438 124.78
      AA/SA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-): -0.007            B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Mandella  ) 0.018 10.060  0.070      (G Humrichous) 0.062 10.523  0.043
E1    (T Janes     ) 0.023 10.021  0.081      (C Hanson    ) 0.046 10.480  0.010
 Qualified:            #36  9.950 -0.950                        #9 10.471 -1.079

John Shaul wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5300 Al Corda                             7500 Doug Holder                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.608 124.69                    -0.077 15.107  74.26
       C/SA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-): -0.002          AA/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  4.757
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Allen     ) 0.086 10.646  0.006      (J Schloe    ) 0.052 10.460  0.090
E1    (L Mac Kay   ) 0.036 10.726 -0.974      (M Stephenson) 0.069 10.579  0.179
 Qualified:            #17 10.648 -1.052                       #62 10.374 -0.526

Big wheelstand and then lots of smoke from out the back of Holder's Camaro from start to well past the finish line. Looks like a multi-bagger clean up. ...and on another red light to boot!

Nice 0.013 light for Corda and he tests his dial to miss by -0.002.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5680 Marlene Nelson                       4783 Rusty Hall                   
E3                   0.010 12.209 107.11     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.635 120.80
       I/SA  Dial: 12.25 (+/-): -0.041           C/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Drucker   ) 0.074 12.251 -0.029      (S Wann      ) 0.024 10.677  0.007
E1    (D Bridgewate) 0.047 12.293 -0.007      (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.019 10.681  0.031
 Qualified:            #69 12.277 -0.323                        #6 10.602 -1.098

9:22 a.m. ...Well, that took a while. About 55 minutes!!

Rusty Hall runs 0.005 to his dial and wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7307 Jeff Jerome                          6300 Glenn Person                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010 11.325 115.98                     0.045 10.738 119.77
       G/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-):  0.005           C/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Doolittle ) 0.048 11.346 -0.044      (G Emmons    ) 0.000 10.509 -1.191
E1    (V Torres Jr ) 0.025 11.411  0.051      (S Tramm     ) 0.021 10.768  0.008
 Qualified:            #32 11.343 -0.957                       #23 10.667 -1.033

Jeff Jerome's MOV: 0.0385 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1962 Billy Leber                          7593 Richie Pauley                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.372 115.47                     0.104 10.691 117.14
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.082           C/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hill      ) 0.025 10.344  0.014      (G Waldo     ) 0.023 10.690  0.010
E1    (B Stewart   ) 0.005 10.372  0.052      (P Wong      ) 0.032 10.678  0.028
 Qualified:            #67 10.491 -0.409                       #22 10.662 -1.038

Billy Leber's MOV: 0.0432 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Caroline Jimerfield                    75 Kyle Rizzoli                 
E3                   0.091 12.124 108.82     ****WINNER****  0.014 10.315 115.51
       J/SA  Dial: 12.16 (+/-): -0.036           A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Smith     ) 0.015 12.219  0.029      (M Ann Method) 0.030 10.368  0.028
E1    (L Lindholm  ) 0.093 12.208 -0.002      (G Reimer    ) 0.000 10.475  0.155
 Qualified:            #61 12.184 -0.566                       #34 10.347 -0.953

Nice wheels up leave for Rizzoli and he wins on a breakout by Jimerfield.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  776 Doug Lambeck                           61 Jody Lang                    
E3                  -0.023 10.367 126.32     ****WINNER****  0.003 12.918  89.65
       A/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.007           N/SA  Dial: 12.71 (+/-):  0.208
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Thomson   ) 0.023 10.495  0.075      (J Emmons    ) 0.023 12.751  0.001
E1    (L Glasbrenne) 0.033 10.471  0.051      (D Keen      ) 0.018 12.805  0.055
 Qualified:            #39 10.386 -0.914                       #66 12.890 -0.410

A rare red light for Lambeck!

Great 0.003 light for Lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  660 Dallas Glenn                            4 Jimmy DeFrank                
E3                  -0.012 10.552 113.36     ****WINNER****  0.064 10.161 115.31
       B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.132          AA/SA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.131
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Blake     ) 0.045 10.405 -0.025      (T Hembree   ) 0.026 10.073 -0.007
E1    (J Durham    ) 0.008 10.518  0.088      (D Dickens   ) 0.064 10.228  0.138
 Qualified:             #2 10.372 -1.178                       #47 10.075 -0.825

Last pair and Jimmy DeFrank wins on a red light.

9:27 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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