Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 08:30 PM Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock 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
 5830 Dennis Nelson                           2 Jimmy DeFrank                
E5                  -0.048 10.784 121.57     ****WINNER****  0.021  8.839 138.14
      GT/LA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-): -0.016          SS/BS  Dial: 8.76 (+/-):  0.079
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Paton     ) 0.075 10.829  0.009      (D Mason     ) -0.007  8.853  0.093
E3    (S Cour      ) 0.000 10.846  0.026      (S Wann      ) -0.006  8.873  0.093
E2    (B Leber     ) 0.013 10.847  0.017      (B Cunningham) 0.038  8.851  0.071
E1    (F Grossi    ) 0.030 10.900  0.040      (J Larkin    ) 0.063  8.811 -0.009
 Qualified:            #16 10.843 -1.007                       #14  8.911 -1.039

5:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,217 feet.

Jimmy DeFrank wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7350 Bob Bales                            7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.695 134.66                     0.032  9.920 133.66
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.66 (+/-):  0.035           GT/TA  Dial: 9.91 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E4                   -0.094  9.686 -0.044      (D Thomas    ) 0.096  9.910 -0.040
E3    (S Kelley    ) 0.010  9.851  0.121      (B Dennis    ) 0.021  9.955 -0.015
E2    (B Butner    ) 0.039  9.734  0.004      (M Johnston  ) 0.131 10.074  0.104
E1    (B Chaffin   ) 0.049  9.776  0.026      (J Emmons    ) 0.008  9.997 -0.003
 Qualified:            #20  9.739 -0.961                       #44 10.077 -0.773

Terrific 0.005 light for Bales and a close finish. Bob Bales' MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 5 inches). He gets the bye run to the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6032 Jody Lang                    
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.042 10.868 109.03
                                                GT/IA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.868
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (R McClanahan) 0.030 10.898  0.118
E3                                           (R Cruzen    ) 0.009 10.816 -0.004
E2                                           (T Mandella  ) 0.015 10.823  0.003
E1                                           (D Keen      ) 0.038 10.830 -0.020
 Qualified:                                                      #59 10.966 -0.534

Bye run.

5:24 p.m. In round six: Lang races DeFrank and Bales gets the bye run to the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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