Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 21:21 PM Super Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 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
   51 Abe Loewen                                 Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.795 17.042  69.53     
      SS/FM  Dial: 9.72 (+/-):  7.322     
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Kelley    ) 0.024  9.730 -0.030   
E2    (D Fletcher  ) 0.010  9.760  0.020   
E1    (R Pinoski   ) 0.112  9.709 -0.001   
 Qualified:            #11  9.630 -0.870                     Bye

6:11 p.m.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  574 David Bogner                            4 Tony Mandella                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.530 138.44                     0.019  9.718 134.16
      SS/CS  Dial: 9.53 (+/-):  0.000           GT/CA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.038
 Prior rounds:
E3                   -0.009  9.522 -0.028      (D Thomas    ) 0.008  9.746  0.056
E2    (L Kelley    ) 0.010  9.773  0.203      (D Little    ) 0.048  9.706 -0.004
E1    (A Peterson  ) 0.024  9.532  0.002      (G Luneack   ) 0.016  9.734  0.064
 Qualified:            #18  9.472 -0.828                       #31  9.667 -0.733

Mandella had two hundredths in the bank as he passed the tree, but Bogner ran dead-on his dial-in to take the win. David Bogner's MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Bogner's championship hopes are still alive.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7171 Fred Moreno                          5600 Michael Mans                 
E4                   0.048  9.658 134.86     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.450 139.30
      SS/GA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.008           SS/CS  Dial: 9.44 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Smith     ) 0.054  9.680  0.010      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.052  9.521 -0.009
E2    (D Bridgewate) 0.030  9.690 -0.860                     0.030 17.173  7.623
E1    (L Zavala    ) 0.086  9.681  0.011      (G Tackett   ) 0.057  9.384  0.004
 Qualified:             #6  9.625 -0.925                        #1  9.266 -1.034

Michael Mans' MOV: 0.0405 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He races Loewen next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7378 Jimmy DeFrank                        6521 Charlene Gullett             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.554 103.04                    -0.116 No Time      
      SS/BS  Dial: 8.69 (+/-):  0.864           GT/JA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-): 89.529
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Biondo    ) 0.033  8.707  0.017      (R Cruzen    ) 0.046 10.488 -0.002
E2    (F Grossi    ) 0.049 11.493  2.783      (S Kelly     ) 0.018 10.518  0.018
E1    (G Stassi Jr ) 0.026 10.541  1.861      (B Brown     ) 0.005 10.479  0.029
 Qualified:             #8  8.744 -0.906                       #12 10.437 -0.863

Gullett launched and slowed immediately. The car stopped before half track. DeFrank gets a bye to the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6032 Jody Lang                             347 Angelo DeCarlo               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.036 10.921 106.19                    -0.040 10.526  98.31
      GT/KA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.161          SS/HA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.726
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Blakeney  ) 0.039 10.786 -0.004      (P Peery     ) 0.006  9.816  0.016
E2    (R McClanahan) 0.008 10.836  0.026      (R Schloe    ) 0.088  9.834  0.004
E1    (K Etter     ) 0.022 10.782  0.012      (T Hall      ) 0.040  9.809  0.039
 Qualified:            #50 11.044 -0.406                       #13  9.740 -0.860

DeCarlo went red. Lang races Bogner in the quarterfinals

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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