Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 21:01 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator 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
 5680 Marlene Nelson                       7021 Steve Kathary                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.045 12.094 109.20                    -0.056 11.171 119.81
       I/SA  Dial: 12.10 (+/-): -0.006           E/SA  Dial: 11.06 (+/-):  0.111
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Mattingly ) 0.038 12.061 -0.039      (B Kenney    ) 0.031 10.981 -0.009
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.120 12.127  0.077      (B Gullett   ) 0.011 11.042  0.032
 Qualified:            #59 11.992 -0.308                       #36 10.949 -0.751

5:44 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,464 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Big red light for Kathary, so Nelson goes on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                          9 Dallas Glenn                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 11.170 114.28                     0.057 10.671 118.29
       F/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.010           C/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Corda     ) 0.044 11.102 -0.028                     0.037 10.638 -0.012
E1    (P Cannan    ) 0.013 11.188  0.048      (B Butner    ) 0.006 10.694  0.044
 Qualified:            #55 11.359 -0.491                       #32 10.588 -0.812

Michael Iacono ahs a twenty nine package and takes the win. MOV: 0.0293 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

He faces Nelson next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4234 Jeff Hefler                            71 Rusty Hall                   
E3                   0.014 15.952  55.34     ****WINNER****  0.046 11.131  80.27
       M/SA  Dial: 12.11 (+/-):  3.842           A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.911
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Waldo     ) 0.014 12.081  0.001      (L Glasbrenne) 0.069 10.221 -0.029
E1    (L Mattingly ) 0.006 12.149  0.049      (D Gibson    ) 0.044 10.258  0.018
 Qualified:            #35 12.060 -0.790                       #28 10.171 -0.829

Hefler slows and gives the easy win to Hall.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   26 Jeff Adkinson                           7 Ryan McClanahan              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024 10.589 111.97                     0.034  9.907 131.74
       C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.029          AA/SA  Dial: 9.87 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Pauley    ) 0.073 10.575 -0.825      (C Holroyd   ) 0.032  9.840 -0.010
E1    (D Moreno    ) 0.033 10.590  0.030      (B Cunningham) -0.009  9.866 -0.054
 Qualified:            #15 10.495 -0.905                       #52 10.006 -0.594

Jeff Adkinson gets a 0.010 starting line advantage and then the win. MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                            701 John Calvert                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.754 115.29                     0.057 10.339 125.41
       D/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.034           A/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.109
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Gilley    ) 0.060 10.709  0.029      (E Waldo     ) 0.022 10.237  0.017
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.055 10.733  0.003      (T Lang      ) 0.102 10.238  0.018
 Qualified:            #23 10.686 -0.864                       #31 10.186 -0.814

Calvert slows and gives Meador the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                        6360 Bill Bushmaker               
E3                   0.054  9.537 124.21     ****WINNER****  0.092 11.849 111.46
      AA/SA  Dial: 9.43 (+/-):  0.107            I/SA  Dial: 11.84 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J DeFrank   ) 0.034  9.496  0.056      (A Bushmaker ) 0.115 11.816  0.016
E1                   0.021  9.557 -1.043      (J Irving    ) 0.064 11.999  0.179
 Qualified:             #1  9.399 -1.201                       #54 11.765 -0.535

Bushmaker loses the starting line and just nips Skillman in the lights for the eleven foot win.

He will race Hall next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  742 Ed Drucker                           6300 Glenn Person                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023 11.742 110.86                     0.029 11.023 117.28
       J/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-):  0.002           E/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Lane      ) 0.069 11.697 -0.003      (P Wong      ) 0.009 10.689 -1.011
E1    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.070 11.740 -0.020      (G Stein     ) 0.015 11.032  0.042
 Qualified:            #34 11.658 -0.792                       #12 10.764 -0.936

Two close lights and Ed Drucker's MOV: 0.0376 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

He will see Meador in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Jody Lang                            6104 Brad Plourd                  
E3                  -0.003 16.971  58.19     ****WINNER****  0.001 11.146 117.25
       M/SA  Dial: 12.26 (+/-):  4.711           D/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-): -0.054
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Ann Method) 0.027 12.240  0.020      (M Loge      ) 0.035 11.161  0.001
E1    (R Pond      ) 0.015 12.417  0.157      (J Santangelo) 0.005 11.188  0.028
 Qualified:            #48 12.224 -0.626                       #56 11.068 -0.482

Brad Plourd wins on Jody Lang's -0.003 red light.

Plourd vs. Adkinson in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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