Sat, 10 Jul 2010, 10:40 PM Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Jackie Alley                         6064 Steve Schwab                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033 16.607  39.37                    -0.096 11.042 120.65
      SS/DA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  6.957           SS/LA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Johnston  ) 0.024  9.605  0.015      (R Youngblood) 0.117 11.025 -0.025
 Qualified:            #11  9.591 -0.609                       #19 11.101 -0.349

7:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,473 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Schwab red lights and give a free pass to round three to Alley.

She has problems after the lights and stops on the track. The announcer says that the rear end is history.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  604 Troy Olsonawski                      6383 Shawn Blair                  
E2                   0.043 11.589 111.56     ****WINNER****  0.035 10.627 116.22
      SS/NA  Dial: 11.54 (+/-):  0.049          SS/JA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.083 11.529  0.029      (S Cour      ) 0.036 10.585  0.035
 Qualified:            #10 11.533 -0.617                       #18 10.615 -0.385

7:29 p.m. It took awhile to get the car off the track, but we are finally back to racing. Olsonawski will get almost a one second head start over Blair.

Shawn Blair runs 0.007 to the dial in for the win. MOV: 0.0501 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  670 Alan Falcone                         6340 Jim Storms                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.106  9.621 137.30                    -0.009 10.260 129.78
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.60 (+/-):  0.021           GT/GA  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kost      ) 0.010  9.589  0.009      (M Faul      ) 0.024 10.234  0.014
 Qualified:             #2  9.620 -0.780                        #9 10.266 -0.634

Alan Falcone wins on a -0.009 red light by Storms.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6066 Terry Johnson                           1 Jimmy DeFrank                
E2                  -0.099 11.372 117.26     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.900 135.32
      SS/LA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-):  0.002          SS/CM  Dial: 8.75 (+/-):  0.150
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Booker    ) 0.474 11.642  0.312      (S Hanby     ) 0.028  8.730  0.010
 Qualified:            #27 11.404 -0.046                        #5  8.781 -0.719

Johnson goes red and DeFrank will take the easy win to face McKinney in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                             785 Tony Mandella                
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.059  9.138 123.70                    -0.018 10.013 128.30
      SS/BS  Dial: 8.92 (+/-):  0.218           GT/DA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.083
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Loge      ) 0.037  8.873 -0.017      (B Plourd    ) 0.045  9.888 -0.012
 Qualified:             #7  8.960 -0.690                       #14  9.952 -0.548

Another red light. This time by Mandella.

Lane will face Blair in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Ryan McClanahan                      6842 Dan Cyr                      
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  8.639 135.16                    -0.032  9.629 137.60
      SS/BM  Dial: 8.51 (+/-):  0.129           SS/CS  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): -0.051
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Pearson   ) 0.030  8.489 -0.021      (J Hill      ) 0.239 12.772  3.132
 Qualified:             #8  8.535 -0.665                       #15  9.779 -0.521

Even more red and McClanahan goes to the next round.

He race Alley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6153 Rick Pike                            6566 Mike Nottingham              
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.098  9.783 135.27
      SS/NA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): 87.849          SS/EA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-): -0.567
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lang      ) 0.035 11.410 -0.020      (R Stults    ) 0.091  9.766  0.016
 Qualified:             #6 11.453 -0.697                       #13  9.797 -0.553

Pike is a No Sow, so Nottingham will match up with Falcone later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6002 Rick McKinney                
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.002 10.830 120.61
                                                SS/KA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.420
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Isherwood ) 0.017 10.804  0.034
 Qualified:                                                      #16 10.809 -0.441

Bye Run for McKinney. He'll race DeFrank in round three.

7:36 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ]

Nov 06- LAS VEGAS - Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations
Nov 06- LAS VEGAS - Competition Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations
Nov 06- LAS VEGAS - Top Dragster Final, Round 5 Eliminations
Nov 05- POMONA 2 - Event Preview
Nov 02- LAS VEGAS - Summary of Eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car
Nov 02- LAS VEGAS - Summary of Eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster
Nov 02- LAS VEGAS - Summary of Eliminations in Competition Eliminator
Nov 02- LAS VEGAS - Summary of Eliminations in Super Stock
Nov 02- LAS VEGAS - Summary of Eliminations in Stock Eliminator
Nov 02- LAS VEGAS - Summary of Eliminations in Super Gas