Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 06:50 PM
Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 5 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
785 Tony Mandella 7025 Tim Smith
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.037 9.698 135.63 0.027 9.720 135.36
GT/DA Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.802 GT/DA Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.780
Prior rounds:
E4 (S Hanby ) 0.008 9.904 0.004 (D Paz ) 0.023 9.783 -0.017
E3 (D Durham ) 0.012 9.860 -0.020 0.028 9.777 -0.723
E2 (B Rounds ) 0.030 9.986 0.016 (R Pinoski ) 0.037 9.917 0.087
E1 (D Fletcher ) 0.015 9.895 0.025 (S Negrini ) 0.059 9.975 0.175
Qualified: #19 9.913 -0.587 #14 9.828 -0.672
3:44 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent,
barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,035 feet. Heads up run for the finals.
Smith gets
a little advantage, but Mandella gets back in front for the close win.
Tony Mandella's MOV:
0.0122 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Tony Mandella's package: -0.802.
Tim Smith's package: -0.780.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5 Jody Lang 1 Jimmy DeFrank
E5 0.066 10.790 116.47 ****WINNER**** 0.020 8.818 141.62
GT/JA Dial: 10.73 (+/-): 0.060 SS/BS Dial: 8.78 (+/-): 0.038
Prior rounds:
E4 (S Wann ) 0.063 10.764 -0.026 0.042 8.789 -0.861
E3 (A Falcone ) 0.033 10.778 -0.012 (M Faul ) 0.027 8.711 0.001
E2 (J Butler ) 0.047 11.094 0.174 (B Fordyce ) 0.046 8.845 0.035
E1 (M Vieira ) 0.054 10.954 0.164 (G Singer ) 0.027 8.734 -0.916
Qualified: #36 11.019 -0.281 #3 8.775 -0.875
DeFrank gets his chance to double up at Infineon with a near car length win. He gets a better
RT and chases down Lang for the win.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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