Sat, 13 Feb 2010, 01:42 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, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7700 Larry Maxwell                        7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E3                   0.226 15.499  73.29     ****WINNER****  0.084 10.950 105.94
       F/SA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-):  4.519           E/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.120
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Mangus    ) 0.070 11.191 -0.659      (L Norton    ) 0.028 10.814  0.044
E1    (D Clarke    ) 0.069 11.012  0.022      (D Cyr       ) 0.067 10.827  0.047
 Qualified:            #17 10.972 -0.878                        #7 10.761 -0.939

10:32 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,159 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Maxwell is way late and then just motors on down the track. Glasbrenner gets the free pass to round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                           1595 Lloyd MacKay                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.138 10.211 117.18                    -0.003 10.913 122.13
       A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.111           C/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Keen      ) -0.052 10.108  0.008      (B Nelson    ) 0.002 11.022  0.172
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.100 10.192  0.092      (S Hagberg   ) 0.010 10.917  0.037
 Qualified:            #10 10.086 -0.914                       #59 10.842 -0.558

John Shaul wins on a -0.003 red light by MacKay.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3384 Mike McGinley                        6780 Eric Waldo                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.072 12.171 107.62                     0.053 10.862 123.02
       N/SA  Dial: 12.16 (+/-):  0.011            C/S  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Flett     ) 0.018 12.192  0.062      (G Humrichous) 0.010 10.834  0.044
E1    (A Miller    ) 0.041 12.148  0.008      (S Burton    ) 0.001 10.940  0.150
 Qualified:             #9 12.080 -0.920                       #58 10.777 -0.573

Mike McGinley's MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Brad Burton                          6723 Gary Waldo                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.778 120.61                     0.038 11.087 119.73
       E/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.008            E/S  Dial: 11.13 (+/-): -0.043
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Calvert   ) 0.034 10.739 -0.001      (T Hembree   ) 0.017 11.103  0.023
E1    (J Jerome    ) 0.057 10.816  0.046      (W Libby     ) 0.049 11.191  0.101
 Qualified:             #3 10.731 -0.969                       #52 11.036 -0.614

Brad Burton wins on a breakout.

Brad Burton's package: 0.016.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1547 Jack Matyas                           776 Doug Lambeck                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.084 10.972 107.75                     0.102 10.418 128.08
       E/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.052           A/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.268
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Loge      ) 0.059 10.888  0.038      (D Kuhnhoff  ) 0.049 10.189  0.099
E1    (D Bridgewate) 0.036 11.111  0.241      (C Langdon   ) 0.022 10.210  0.110
 Qualified:            #18 10.839 -0.861                        #8 10.076 -0.924

Well, thats odd! Lambeck is late and then slows.

Matyas gets an easy one.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5300 Al Corda                              778 Jimmy Defrank                
E3                  -0.019 10.591 127.62     ****WINNER****  0.062 10.530 112.73
       C/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.011           B/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.120
 Prior rounds:
E2    (I Johns     ) 0.031 10.565  0.025      (J Lang      ) 0.006 10.395  0.045
E1    (C Jimerfield) 0.043 10.604  0.044      (T Janes     ) 0.053 10.490  0.130
 Qualified:            #21 10.550 -0.850                       #11 10.347 -0.903

Jimmy Defrank wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           7787 Dick Dreher                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.079 10.875 120.76                     0.083 10.850 123.23
       D/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.045           C/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Gilley    ) 0.049 10.797  0.007      (R Pauley    ) 0.051 10.766 -0.634
E1    (G Torres    ) 0.115 10.813 -0.737      (M Ann Method) 0.112 10.941  0.031
 Qualified:            #36 10.789 -0.761                       #65 10.885 -0.515

Combined age of the two drivers: 126! So, so lights and a close finish: Jim Meador's MOV: 0.0096 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

Jim Meador's package: 0.124. Dick Dreher's package: 0.133.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Brian McClanahan                      713 Jim Durham                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.100 132.09                     0.029 11.150 114.79
       A/SA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.010           F/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Huffman   ) 0.044 10.066  0.016      (L Peterson  ) 0.022 11.110  0.020
E1    (C Smith     ) 0.008 10.088  0.048      (R Warter    ) 0.025 11.063 -0.017
 Qualified:             #4 10.034 -0.966                       #34 11.076 -0.774

Another good race and Brian McClanahan gets the win. MOV: 0.0205 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7854 Ryan McClanahan                      1117 Wayne Totaro                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.829 130.35                     0.068 10.392 127.35
      AA/SA  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.019            B/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Perrone   ) 0.026  9.985  0.195      (C Coulter   ) 0.035 10.482  0.132
E1    (D Forester  ) 0.006  9.889  0.089      (A Denysenko ) -0.021 10.368 -0.002
 Qualified:            #22  9.764 -0.836                       #12 10.361 -0.889

Bid wheels up leave for Totaro, but Ryan takes the seven inch win with a better RT

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                       7784 Paul Wong                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.404 117.97                     0.082 11.155 114.63
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.034           F/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Pond      ) 0.032 10.473  0.183      (J Waldo     ) 0.012 11.143  0.003
E1    (C Norton    ) 0.019 10.308  0.008      (J Irving    ) -0.044 11.174  0.054
 Qualified:            #74 10.463 -0.137                       #44 11.134 -0.716

Michael Iacono's MOV: 0.0252 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

10:39 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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