Sun, 28 Oct 2012, 12:11 PM Super Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 12th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 640 Don Thomas                   
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.019 10.030 131.56
                                                 GT/DA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-): -0.650
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (G Tackett   ) 0.056 10.058  0.028
E2                                           (B Chaffin   ) 0.039 10.030  0.000
E1                                           (M Cotten    ) 0.049 10.181  0.081
 Qualified:                                                      #56 10.063 -0.617

9:01 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 27.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,101 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                           554 Ron Roddel                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.449 117.99                     0.179 10.762 122.14
       GT/HA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.019          GT/LA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Nolan     ) 0.014 10.446  0.026      (V Penrod    ) -0.091 10.782 -0.008
E2    (N LaPointe  ) 0.012 10.400 -0.010      (D Keen      ) 0.044 10.793  0.013
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.022 10.525  0.055      (L Rush      ) 0.032 10.892  0.042
 Qualified:            #15 10.323 -0.917                        #9 10.792 -0.958

Rampy gets a big hole shot and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  785 Tony Mandella                        4300 Lloyd Wofford                
E4                   0.014  9.080 146.62     ****WINNER****  0.048  8.667 152.81
       SS/AH  Dial: 9.46 (+/-): -0.380           SS/AH  Dial: 9.46 (+/-): -0.793
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Seipel    ) 0.079  9.045  0.025      (B Dennis    ) 0.014  9.312  0.652
E2    (D Kennedy   ) 0.079  9.174  0.154      (D Mason     ) 0.034  8.724  0.094
E1    (R Ahrens    ) 0.079  9.269  0.219      (A Peterson  ) 0.046  8.767  0.017
 Qualified:            #71  9.022 -0.438                       #34  8.670 -0.790

Heads-up! Mandella gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Wofford.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jackie Alley                         4166 Larry Stewart                
E4                   0.057  9.555 139.33     ****WINNER****  0.037 10.131 127.26
       SS/DA  Dial: 9.54 (+/-):  0.015           SS/IA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Erfle     ) 0.049  9.533 -0.007      (C Stubeck   ) 0.017 10.102 -0.008
E2    (B Hutchings ) 0.005  9.534 -0.056      (G McGlasson ) 0.013 10.121  0.011
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.021  9.617 -0.003      (M Stephenson) 0.017 10.244  0.054
 Qualified:            #37  9.596 -0.784                       #42 10.143 -0.747

Stewart gets the advantage off the line and hangs on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7401 Darren Smith                           26 Jeff Adkinson                
E4                   0.021  9.814 129.16     ****WINNER****  0.043  8.771 153.42
       SS/FA  Dial: 9.77 (+/-):  0.044           SS/CM  Dial: 8.76 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Snow      ) 0.050  9.747 -0.023      (D Broaddus  ) 0.019  8.773  0.043
E2    (S Wann      ) 0.060  9.736 -0.894      (B Cunningham) 0.037  8.777  0.017
E1    (G Singer    ) 0.097 10.351  0.521      (T Hall      ) -0.003  8.877  0.107
 Qualified:            #22  9.755 -0.875                       #17  8.750 -0.910

Adkinson takes the win and will meet Thomas in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          791 Adam Emmer                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.032 10.408 118.91                     0.026 10.243 128.47
       SS/HA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-): -0.012          GT/EA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Holt      ) 0.051 10.547  0.137      (S Cour      ) 0.050 10.300  0.060
E2    (M Faul      ) 0.008 10.392  0.002      (R Skillman  ) 0.046 10.248  0.008
E1    (T Armanino  ) 0.014 10.497  0.017      (M Prothero  ) 0.038 10.260 -0.030
 Qualified:            #81 10.613 -0.167                       #65 10.280 -0.550

Fletcher is last off the line but hangs on for the win.

Fletcher will take on Rampy in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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