Sat, 26 Jun 2010, 08:32 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series,
Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3582 John Lovins 5 Dustan Lowell
E3 0.026 12.394 105.04 ****WINNER**** 0.065 11.055 111.66
M/SA Dial: 12.46 (+/-): -0.066 F/SA Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.055
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Duell ) 0.052 12.460 0.000 (J Carnero ) 0.096 11.099 0.009
E1 (M Truman ) 0.011 12.472 0.012 (R Wilkes ) 0.044 11.167 0.037
Qualified: #49 12.484 -0.366 #42 11.370 -0.480
8:21 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent,
barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,825 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.Welcome to
day three and round three of Stock. We may be fighting weather this afternoon, but conditions are
great now.
Dustan Lowell wins on a double-breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2124 Jeff Strickland 3125 Joey Wilkes
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.027 10.702 119.44 0.072 10.742 122.93
A/SA Dial: 10.72 (+/-): -0.018 E/SA Dial: 10.80 (+/-): -0.058
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Ronzello ) 0.002 10.785 0.025 (J Dinkel ) 0.034 11.007 0.207
E1 (L Zane ) 0.004 10.752 -0.008 (J Adkinson ) 0.084 10.764 -0.066
Qualified: #59 11.046 0.046 #5 10.831 -0.869
Almost identical and a side by side race to the finish line. Another double breakout and
Strickland gets the nod.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1945 Ed Fernandez 751 Ben Wenzel
E3 -0.031 19.190 64.58 ****WINNER**** 0.035 10.503 125.47
T/SA Dial: 13.87 (+/-): 5.320 C/S Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.017
Prior rounds:
E2 0.065 13.879 -0.031 (J Perrone ) 0.040 10.570 -0.010
E1 (D Fezell ) 0.085 13.904 0.904 (B Kenney ) 0.029 10.731 0.211
Qualified: #32 13.863 -0.537 #9 10.544 -0.806
Ben Wenzel wins on a red light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4888 Luke Bogacki 2 Anthony Fetch
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.006 10.565 117.86 0.041 10.927 106.96
AA/SA Dial: 10.53 (+/-): 0.035 D/SA Dial: 10.91 (+/-): 0.017
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Boudreau ) 0.051 10.566 0.006 (M Antrobius ) 0.034 10.950 0.010
E1 (W Mc Cracken) 0.010 10.627 0.027 (R Rodgers ) 0.065 10.876 0.066
Qualified: #60 10.772 0.172 #37 11.035 -0.515
We finally get a "legal" race. Bogacki takes a great 0.006 RT to the three foot win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3022 Jennifer McCormack 2020 Brenda Grubbs
E3 0.084 11.683 109.91 ****WINNER**** 0.029 10.715 123.25
I/SA Dial: 11.79 (+/-): -0.107 C/SA Dial: 10.74 (+/-): -0.025
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Monahan ) 0.102 11.598 -0.702 (G Parker ) 0.001 10.794 0.034
E1 (H Updike ) 0.118 11.978 0.258 (C Stephenson) 0.008 10.785 0.015
Qualified: #31 11.754 -0.546 #23 10.751 -0.649
Brenda Grubbs wins on a double-breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2885 David Rampy 1962 Billy Leber
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.038 11.278 115.22 -0.015 10.814 122.10
F/SA Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.032 D/SA Dial: 10.82 (+/-): -0.006
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Marcinowsk) 0.033 11.376 0.006 (J Mc Cormack) 0.033 10.849 0.009
E1 (J Marshall ) 0.043 11.387 0.037 (P Downing ) 0.016 10.926 0.106
Qualified: #35 11.334 -0.516 #43 11.075 -0.475
David Rampy wins on a -0.015 red light by Leber.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1136 Peter Biondo 3852 Dave Edwards
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.010 10.500 124.06 0.076 10.484 126.10
B/SA Dial: 10.47 (+/-): 0.030 C/SA Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.036
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Richardson) 0.016 10.529 0.029 (J Bailey ) 0.062 10.520 -0.050
E1 (D Kincaid ) 0.021 10.520 -0.730 (T Rambo ) 0.098 10.701 0.141
Qualified: #15 10.507 -0.743 #7 10.577 -0.823
Biondo cards a 0.010 light and wins on Edwards' breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
39 Tim Gillespie 198 Steve Szupka
E3 0.000 11.147 114.33 ****WINNER**** 0.006 11.641 112.88
F/SA Dial: 11.18 (+/-): -0.033 J/SA Dial: 11.66 (+/-): -0.019
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Wolfe ) 0.039 11.184 0.004 (C Holbrook ) 0.037 11.708 0.038
E1 (R Garvey ) 0.053 11.207 -0.643 (E Wallace ) 0.000 11.668 0.008
Qualified: #25 11.212 -0.638 #17 11.729 -0.721
Gillespie cuts a perfect light and then loses to Szupka on a double breakout. Ouch!
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