Sat, 17 Jul 2010, 01:44 PM Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7257 Brett Brown                          7702 Mike Graham                  
E1                   0.047 11.530 112.94     ****WINNER****  0.041 10.074 123.37
      SS/MA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.020          GT/FA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #37 11.582 -0.268                       #12 10.117 -0.683

9:52 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 908 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Mike Graham leaves with a huge wheelstand and wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 787E Dennis Paz                           7797 Don Keen                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052 11.593 103.47                     0.026 10.816 117.37
      GT/MA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-):  0.023          SS/LA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:            #43 11.594 -0.156                       #18 10.861 -0.589

Dennis Paz wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7511 Ted Seipel                           7391 John Winslow Jr.             
E1                   0.017 11.068 120.11     ****WINNER****  0.086  9.890 131.02
      SS/KA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.082          GT/TA  Dial: 9.94 (+/-): -0.050
 Qualified:            #45 11.171 -0.079                       #20  9.963 -0.587

Great RT for Seipel and he loses to Winslow on a double breakout

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Bill Chaffin                          730 John Calvert                 
E1                  -0.500 14.500 101.99     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.667 128.70
      SS/BX  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  4.300           SS/G  Dial: 9.80 (+/-): -0.133
 Qualified:            #31 10.171 -0.379                        #6  9.666 -0.784

John Calvert wins on a -0.500 red light by Chaffin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jim Rau                              7612 Mike Blackstone              
E1                  -0.006 11.271 118.36     ****WINNER****  0.089  9.041 147.88
      GT/KA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.121          SS/BS  Dial: 8.91 (+/-):  0.131
 Qualified:            #34 11.139 -0.311                        #9  8.929 -0.721

Mike Blackstone wins on a -0.006 red light by Rau.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  666 Steve Hanby                          7006 Bruce Lippstreu              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051 10.931 114.86                     0.014 10.204 131.48
      SS/KA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.021          GT/FA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.134
 Qualified:            #35 10.959 -0.291                       #10 10.102 -0.698

Lippstreu gits a great starting line advantage and then the car stumbles to give the car length win to Hanby.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6549 Terry Anderson                       7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E1                   0.045 10.261 126.46     ****WINNER****  0.095  9.850 131.50
       SS/H  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.009          GT/DA  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #40 10.301 -0.199                       #15  9.830 -0.670

Bob Fordyce wins on a -0.009 breakout by Anderson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7550 Gary Williams                        7980 Steve Wann                   
E1                   0.046 11.374 114.23     ****WINNER****  0.109  9.958 124.84
      SS/MA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-): -0.106          SS/IA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #33 11.516 -0.334                        #8  9.944 -0.756

Steve Wann gets the front end of the Barracuda way up into the air and wins on a big breakout by Williams.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5462 Scott Pearson                        7350 Bob Bales                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030 10.770 118.77                     0.056  9.690 131.65
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-): -0.010          GT/CA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-): -0.060
 Qualified:            #41 10.811 -0.189                       #16  9.772 -0.628

Scott Pearson gets the starting line advantage wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  712 Don Durham                            601 Cody Lane                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026 10.339 127.09                     0.101  8.887 136.39
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-): -0.001          SS/BS  Dial: 8.99 (+/-): -0.103
 Qualified:            #25 10.357 -0.543                       #50 11.138  1.488

Lane is late off the line and Don Durham wins on a double-breakout. Only -0.001 for Durham.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  670 Alan Falcone                         7728 Joel Larkin                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.083  9.582 134.28                     0.029 10.379 126.03
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.57 (+/-):  0.012           SS/IA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.079
 Qualified:             #5  9.613 -0.787                       #30 10.309 -0.391

Larkin gets the starting line advantage but Alan Falcone has the better package. MOV: 0.0132 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7952 Bill Riddle                          6104 Brad Plourd                  
E1                   0.070 10.432 126.25     ****WINNER****  0.049  8.697 151.34
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-): -0.018          SS/AM  Dial: 8.71 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:            #24 10.504 -0.546                       #49  9.429  0.429

0.012 to 0.015 lights!Brad Plourd wins on a double-breakout. -0.013 to -0.018

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  785 Tony Mandella                        1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.895 133.45                     0.012  9.370 138.86
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.87 (+/-):  0.025           SS/AS  Dial: 9.34 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #19  9.913 -0.587                       #44  9.481 -0.119

Tony Mandella leaves 0.002 later than Fletcher and gets the close win. MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7304 Tom Armanino                         714E Bob Earleywine               
E1                  -0.045 10.833 121.42     ****WINNER****  0.129  9.946 132.74
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.833           SS/H  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #47 10.784  0.184                       #22  9.935 -0.565

Bob Earleywine wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 752A Josh Edwards                         7228 Bill Blakeney                
E1                   0.126 No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.009  9.976 129.06
      SS/GM  Dial: 9.35 (+/-): 90.649           SS/GA  Dial: 9.98 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:             #1  9.383 -0.967                       #26 10.016 -0.534

Blakeney goes red by -0.009, but get a reprieve, as Edwards car goes wacky and crosses the centerline.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 Dave Raybourn                        7185 Dave Bridgewater             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.143  8.575 152.43                    -0.035 10.240 127.64
      SS/AH  Dial: 8.62 (+/-): -0.045           SS/GA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #17  8.700 -0.600                       #42 10.366 -0.184

Dave Raybourn wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Tim Smith                            1089 Stephen Negrini              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  9.975 111.62                     0.074 17.823  42.88
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.175           SS/BS  Dial: 9.39 (+/-):  8.433
 Qualified:            #14  9.828 -0.672                       #39  9.439 -0.211

Looks like there may be some Stuff in the left lane.

10:19 a.m. That took some time to get remedied...

Negrini gets the TransAm way up in the air and has the car make a hard move towards the centerline when it comes down. He has to lift.

Smith gets an easy one.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5231 Grant Singer                            1 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                   0.098 12.287  64.92     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.734 152.61
      SS/BS  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  2.637           SS/BS  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -0.916
 Qualified:            #28  9.200 -0.450                        #3  8.775 -0.875

Heads up race and DeFrank takes no prisoners with a great RT and numbers better than his qualifying times.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7439 Jim Sherry                           6777 Rick Paton                   
E1                  -0.024 10.150 130.13     ****WINNER****  0.091  8.646 144.97
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-): -0.060          SS/AS  Dial: 8.80 (+/-): -0.154
 Qualified:            #29 10.239 -0.411                        #4  8.804 -0.796

Rick Paton wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7390 John Winslow                           79 Brad Rounds                  
E1                   0.097 10.605 121.83     ****WINNER****  0.047  9.178 138.71
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-): -0.075          SS/TB  Dial: 9.19 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #32 10.705 -0.345                        #7  9.190 -0.760

Brad Rounds wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Ryan McClanahan                      6021 Mark Faul                    
E1                   0.038  8.470 147.55     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.597 123.27
      SS/BM  Dial: 8.50 (+/-): -0.030           GT/FA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:            #21  8.627 -0.573                       #46 10.794 -0.006

Faul gets a nice advantage off the line and wins on a double breakout

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                            7005 Mark Vieira                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054 10.954 102.94                     0.438  8.525 153.54
      GT/JA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.164          SS/AH  Dial: 8.58 (+/-): -0.055
 Qualified:            #36 11.019 -0.281                       #11  8.614 -0.686

Vieira's Hemi is almost a bulb late, so Lang dumps early for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  734 Richard Pinoski                      4688 Mike Cotten                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.143 127.74                     0.029 10.080 123.73
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.033          SS/JA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #27 10.135 -0.515                        #2 10.044 -0.956

Richard Pinoski's MOV: 0.0162 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Chuck Stubeck                        7031 Gregg Luneack                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.740 128.42                     0.056 10.734 119.68
      SS/FA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-): -0.010           SS/KA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-): -0.036
 Qualified:            #13  9.769 -0.681                       #38 10.995 -0.255

Great light for Stubeck and he wins on a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7074 Tom Watts                             707 James Butler                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.112 10.343 125.89
       SS/F  Dial: 10.35 (+/-): 89.649          GT/TB  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.063
 Qualified:            #48 10.645  0.295                       #23 10.303 -0.547

Watts is a NO Show and Butler gets a free pass to the next round.

10:28 a.m.

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