Sat, 13 Feb 2010, 12:46 PM Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6766 Bob Mazzolini                        5200 Abe Loewen                   
E2                   0.102  9.305 142.81     ****WINNER****  0.092  9.408 142.37
      SS/AS  Dial: 9.28 (+/-):  0.025           SS/EM  Dial: 9.40 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Earleywine) 0.039  9.497  0.187      (B Butner    ) 0.012  9.439  0.019
 Qualified:            #68  9.283 -0.317                       #48  9.368 -0.582

9:19 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,876 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Two not so good lights, but a close finish. Abe Loewen's MOV: 0.0277 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6340 Jim Storms                           4688 Mike Cotten                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.178 132.90                     0.036 10.089 129.35
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-): -0.012          SS/JA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Loge      ) 0.173 10.287  0.057      (G Williams  ) 0.006 10.120  0.000
 Qualified:            #25 10.185 -0.715                        #5 10.076 -0.924

Jim Storms wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  670 Alan Falcone                         7980 Steve Wann                   
E2                  -0.010  9.719 136.43     ****WINNER****  0.086 No Time      
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.70 (+/-):  0.019           SS/HA  Dial: 9.72 (+/-): 90.279
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.037  9.737  0.017      (B Blakeney  ) 0.027  9.879 -0.721
 Qualified:            #27  9.704 -0.696                        #7  9.693 -0.907

Not Falcone's day, as Wann takes the easy. Wann's car breaks a few feet off the line and stops on the track, as Falcone goes red by -0.010 in the other lane.

Luck is good!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7257 Brett Brown                          714K Scott Kelley                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056 11.412 116.58                    -0.096 10.645 125.76
      SS/MA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-):  0.032          SS/BX  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.095
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Bichlmeier) 0.022 11.503  0.113      (B Sherwood  ) 0.189 11.384  0.834
 Qualified:            #59 11.391 -0.459                       #79 10.709  0.159

Kelly unique little VW Fastback is all over the lane at the green after a big red light.

Brown gets a free one!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tim Hall                              640 Don Thomas                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.596 123.10                     0.087  9.828 129.92
      SS/KA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.036          GT/CA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.011 10.602  0.012      (C Stubeck   ) 0.043  9.997  0.167
 Qualified:            #30 10.562 -0.688                       #49  9.821 -0.579

Tim Hall wins on a -0.002 breakout by Thomas.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  730 John Calvert                         6322 Gary Howe                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083 10.272 136.93                    -0.008 11.246 116.10
       SS/G  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.462            SS/N  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Watts     ) 0.068 11.075  1.125      (G Singer    ) 0.024 11.309  0.069
 Qualified:            #39  9.811 -0.639                       #19 11.193 -0.757

Carvert spins and wins, as the normal wheel up leave doesn't happen. Howe had already gone red by -0.008.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7391 John Winslow Jr.                     7171 Fred Moreno                  
E2                   0.129  9.872 131.91     ****WINNER****  0.044  9.794 130.72
      GT/TA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-): -0.018           SS/GA  Dial: 9.73 (+/-):  0.064
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.006 10.097  0.207      (D Mason     ) 0.065 10.088  0.368
 Qualified:            #31  9.876 -0.674                       #11  9.713 -0.837

Winslow is late and then breaks out. Moreno goes on to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7451 Glenn Snow                            734 Richard Pinoski              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.051  9.975 119.01                     0.169 10.112 129.67
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.91 (+/-):  0.065           SS/HA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Studley   ) 0.039 10.024  0.094      (D Smith     ) 0.166 10.089 -0.171
 Qualified:            #47  9.910 -0.590                       #67 10.278 -0.322

Snows car makes a hard move towards the tree at the green, but he reels it in and takes the win, after Pinoski is late.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7185 Dave Bridgewater                     7772 Wayne Taylor                 
E2                   0.095 10.204 128.03     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.350 129.87
      SS/GA  Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.036          GT/IA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mandella  ) 0.036 10.235  0.025      (T Armanino  ) 0.078 10.374  0.054
 Qualified:            #65 10.179 -0.371                        #6 10.290 -0.910

Wayne Taylor has a 0.009 light and wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7267 Larry Scarth                          600 Jeff Lane                    
E2                   0.039 11.100 120.67     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.831 154.39
      SS/KA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-): -0.040          SS/BS  Dial: 8.85 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Paton     ) 0.013 11.172  0.012      (C Rayburn   ) 0.064  8.959  0.009
 Qualified:            #74 11.097 -0.153                       #15  8.846 -0.804

Big difference in dial ins and Jeff Lane wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Jeff Taylor                            76 Bill Chaffin                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.295 123.54                     0.017 No Time      
      SS/DM  Dial: 9.14 (+/-):  0.155           SS/BX  Dial: 10.19 (+/-): 89.809
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Martin    ) 0.020  9.192  0.042      (M Graham    ) 0.130 10.385  0.215
 Qualified:            #43  9.129 -0.621                       #63 10.141 -0.409

Chaffin has engine problems at the shift and glides over to the guard rail and stops.

Free ticket to round three for Taylor.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6104 Brad Plourd                          7056 Frank Grossi                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001  8.647 150.36                     0.028  9.163 142.69
      SS/AM  Dial: 8.63 (+/-):  0.017           GT/AA  Dial: 9.16 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Bales     ) 0.311 13.876  5.276      (B Riddle    ) 0.078  9.200  0.040
 Qualified:            #61  8.567 -0.433                        #2  9.072 -1.028

Big wheels up leave for Plourd, after a super 0.001 RT. He chases Grossi down for the tree foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Brad Rounds                          7025 Tim Smith                    
E2                   0.551  9.336 142.79     ****WINNER****  0.034  9.861 120.60
      SS/TB  Dial: 9.29 (+/-):  0.046           GT/DA  Dial: 9.73 (+/-):  0.131
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Cyr       ) 0.073  9.370 -0.010      (A Emmer     ) 0.030  9.773  0.033
 Qualified:            #36  9.293 -0.657                       #16  9.721 -0.779

Rounds is asleep at the switch and watches Smith take the easy win. Smith dumps on the top end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                            3012 Jeremy Duncan                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.845 112.97                     0.041  9.357 143.84
      GT/IA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.055          GT/CA  Dial: 9.32 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Fordyce   ) 0.049 10.862  0.082                     -0.002 16.484  6.704
 Qualified:            #60 10.741 -0.459                        #1  9.294 -1.106

Close finish: Jody Lang's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1638 Ron Morehead                         6021 Mark Faul                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.982 125.71                    -0.002 10.142 116.00
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-): -0.048          GT/DA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Peterson  ) 0.024 10.115  0.115      (S Smith     ) 0.032 10.129  0.059
 Qualified:            #33  9.984 -0.666                       #52 10.003 -0.497

Another big left lane wheelstand for Morehead, but Faul goes red by -0.002 in the other lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7797 Don Keen                                1 Jimmy DeFrank                
E2                   0.083 10.827 122.29     ****WINNER****  0.028  8.741 151.37
      SS/LA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.017          SS/CM  Dial: 8.70 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mason     ) 0.050 10.842  0.012      (T Anderson  ) 0.017  8.995  0.295
 Qualified:            #32 10.782 -0.668                       #12  8.671 -0.829

Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: 0.0314 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1150 Billy Leber                          7312 George Stassi                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.365 123.13                    -0.018 17.959  59.90
      SS/TB  Dial: 9.27 (+/-):  0.095           SS/HA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  7.789
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Little    ) 0.024  9.283  0.013      (D Lux       ) 0.009 10.205  0.015
 Qualified:            #42  9.327 -0.623                       #62 10.169 -0.431

Stassi red lights and then breaks. Leber has a nice 0.015 light for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7390 John Winslow                            8 Michael Iacono               
E2                   0.148 10.648 122.91     ****WINNER****  0.043 10.045 122.97
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.068          GT/DA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-):  0.155
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A De Carlo  ) 0.022 10.607  0.057      (H Sorensen  ) 0.025  9.939  0.059
 Qualified:            #53 10.554 -0.496                       #34  9.835 -0.665

Winslow's Hemi goes right to the center line right after the tree and he has to horse the big car back into the groove. Nice save and he almost catches Iacono.

Michael Iacono's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jim Rau                              7919 Clark Holroyd                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050 10.960 121.32                    -0.035 11.343 115.06
      GT/KA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.020          SS/LA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-): -0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Blackstone) 0.002 10.977  0.007      (B Lippstreu ) 0.003 11.490  0.040
 Qualified:            #56 10.968 -0.482                       #76 11.461  0.011

Jim Rau wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  712 Don Durham                             75 Ryan McClanahan              
E2                  -0.500 10.325 128.25     ****WINNER****  0.035  8.691 131.14
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-):  0.055          SS/BM  Dial: 8.54 (+/-):  0.151
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Moreno    ) 0.017 10.337  0.067      (J Bystrom   ) 0.018  8.687  0.117
 Qualified:            #38 10.249 -0.651                       #57  8.727 -0.473

Last pair of the round and it's over quickly, as Durham goes red by a full light!

Easy win for Private Ryan...

9:43 a.m.

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