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Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 19:17 PM

Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations
By David Gerard





POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                5600 Michael Mans                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.030 17.173  70.95
                                                SS/CS  Dial: 9.55 (+/-):  7.623
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (G Tackett   ) 0.057  9.384  0.004
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.266 -1.034
3:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,685 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Bye run for Mans to round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 714E Bob Earleywine                        640 Don Thomas                   
E2                   0.092  9.958 131.24     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.106 125.66
      SS/HA  Dial: 9.84 (+/-):  0.118           GT/EA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Chaffin   ) -0.053  9.913  0.113      (M Cotten    ) 0.044 10.032  0.002
 Qualified:            #23  9.791 -0.809                       #40 10.002 -0.648
Thomas gets a strong leave and Earleywine slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         7111 Jon Irving                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.709 138.39                    -0.017 11.409 102.28
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-): -0.051           SS/MA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.219
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Janes     ) 0.046  9.767  0.057      (R Jones     ) 0.034 11.125 -0.005
 Qualified:            #16  9.655 -0.845                       #32 11.127 -0.723
Peter Biondo wins on Jon Irving's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  714 Scott Kelley                         7350 Bob Bales                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  9.926 129.59                     0.103  9.867 130.35
      SS/EX  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.076           GT/CA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.217
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Kenney    ) 0.075  9.781 -0.019      (L Mattingly ) -0.032  9.717  0.127
 Qualified:            #36  9.803 -0.697                       #19  9.575 -0.825
Bales is slow off the line and has smoke out from underneath the car all the way down the track. No "Stuff" though.

Kelly gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4466 Robert Cruzen                          22 Jeff Adkinson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.348 140.88                     0.026  8.628 158.78
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.33 (+/-):  0.018           SS/CM  Dial: 8.57 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Angeles Pa) 0.014  9.432 -0.668      (D Keen      ) 0.027  8.546  0.016
 Qualified:            #20  9.280 -0.820                        #4  8.513 -0.987
Nice light for Cruzen and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7432 Ryan Schloe                           347 Angelo DeCarlo               
E2                   0.136 10.571 124.61     ****WINNER****  0.088  9.834 129.77
      GT/IA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.061          SS/HA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Thomson   ) 0.085 10.513  0.063      (T Hall      ) 0.040  9.809  0.039
 Qualified:            #29 10.434 -0.766                       #13  9.740 -0.860
Schloe is late and gives the win to DeCarlo.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7248 Larry Kelley                          574 David Bogner                 
E2                   0.283 11.042 112.62     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.773 124.61
      SS/VX  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.192          SS/CS  Dial: 9.57 (+/-):  0.203
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Roddel    ) 0.042 11.451  0.551      (A Peterson  ) 0.024  9.532  0.002
 Qualified:            #35 10.903 -0.697                       #18  9.472 -0.828
Bogner keeps his hopes alive, as Kelly is way late. He gets the bye run next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1595 Lloyd MacKay                         4118 Pete Peery                   
E2                   0.018 10.755 121.87     ****WINNER****  0.069  9.909 133.34
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.005          GT/FA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Wesolowski) 0.016 10.725  0.005      (J Winslow Sr) 0.070  9.959  0.079
 Qualified:            #54 10.675 -0.325                        #5  9.858 -0.942
Pete Peery runs 0.009 to his dial and wins on Lloyd MacKay's -0.005breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Tony Mandella                         624 Don Little                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.706 136.66                    -0.017 10.027 130.43
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.71 (+/-): -0.004           GT/FA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.016  9.734  0.064      (L Scarth    ) 0.026  9.997  0.027
 Qualified:            #31  9.667 -0.733                       #15  9.946 -0.854
Tony Mandella wins on Don Little's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Bill Blakeney                        7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089 10.104 128.70                    -0.025  9.539 138.48
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-): -0.006          GT/BA  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Smith     ) 0.198 10.072  0.042      (M Johnston  ) -0.007  9.500  0.010
 Qualified:            #42 10.005 -0.595                       #25  9.469 -0.781
Bill Blakeney wins on Bob Fordyce's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Chuck Stubeck                        213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E2                   0.484 11.322  85.42     ****WINNER****  0.008  9.640 114.86
      SS/FA  Dial: 9.67 (+/-):  1.652           SS/AS  Dial: 9.31 (+/-):  0.330
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Riddle    ) 0.042  9.644  0.014      (G Tims      ) 0.074  9.243 -0.027
 Qualified:            #10  9.577 -0.873                       #59  9.394 -0.206
Anthony Bertozzi cuts a nice 0.008 light and gets the easy win, as Stubeck slows.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6611 Steve Kelly                          6521 Charlene Gullett             
E2                   0.055 10.544 121.90     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.518 124.58
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.026          GT/JA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.042 10.528 -0.002      (B Brown     ) 0.005 10.479  0.029
 Qualified:            #61 10.754 -0.146                       #12 10.437 -0.863
Charlene Gullett wins on Steve Kelly's breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Abe Loewen                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.760 137.53                     0.023  9.407 139.36
      SS/FM  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.020           SS/CM  Dial: 9.41 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Pinoski   ) 0.112  9.709 -0.001      (D Nelson    ) 0.011  9.401  0.031
 Qualified:            #11  9.630 -0.870                       #60  9.337 -0.163
Abe Loewen cuts a 0.010 light and wins on Dan Fletcher's -0.003 breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7185 Dave Bridgewater                     7171 Fred Moreno                  
E2                   0.005 10.168 128.65     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.690 135.84
      SS/GA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-): -0.382          SS/GA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-): -0.860
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Bystrom   ) 0.023 10.260  0.000      (L Zavala    ) 0.086  9.681  0.011
 Qualified:            #55 10.230 -0.320                        #6  9.625 -0.925
Heads-up! Bridgewater cuts a great 0.005 light, but it's not enough.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6032 Jody Lang                               1 Ryan McClanahan              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.836 118.14                     0.011  8.546 158.04
      GT/KA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.026          SS/BM  Dial: 8.51 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Etter     ) 0.022 10.782  0.012      (R Pike      ) -0.008  8.568 -0.002
 Qualified:            #50 11.044 -0.406                       #33  8.489 -0.711
Jody Lang gets a 0.003 advantage on his 0.008 light and takes the close win. MOV: 0.0135 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7378 Jimmy DeFrank                        7056 Frank Grossi                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049 11.493  83.13                    -0.001  9.520 122.88
      SS/BS  Dial: 8.71 (+/-):  2.783           GT/AA  Dial: 9.35 (+/-):  0.170
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Stassi Jr ) 0.026 10.541  1.861      (B McClanahan) 0.025  9.340  0.010
 Qualified:             #8  8.744 -0.906                       #24  9.299 -0.801
Jimmy DeFrank wins on Frank Grossi's -0.001 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7759 Dick Clark                           7401 Darren Smith                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.026  9.399 138.93
       GT/L  Dial: 11.30 (+/-): 88.699          GT/AA  Dial: 9.40 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Mason     ) 0.019 11.058  0.248      (T Seipel    ) 0.014  9.413  0.043
 Qualified:            #47 10.789 -0.511                       #30  9.345 -0.755
Clark is a no show. Smith gets the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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