Sun, 09 Jun 2013, 17:06 PM Extreme Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

PETERSBURG, Va. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, Simply Phones U.S. Drags VI:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  531 John Deflorian Jr.                    431 Lester Cooper                
E3                   0.053  4.241 170.75     ****WINNER****  0.075  4.216 170.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K BEALKO    ) 0.288  4.266 154.03      (D GOFORTH   ) 0.100  4.338 159.38
E1    (T EMAN      ) 0.004  4.180 174.93      (D KIRK      ) 0.042  4.183 172.65
 Qualified:            #12  4.658 147.68                        #9  4.170 172.28

4:58 p.m. What a job of driving! Cooper fought a very loose race car all the way down the track and still got the win light, passing DeFlorian on the top end.

Lester Cooper's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.020), 330 ft(-0.005). MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  177 Elijah Morton                           7 John Montecalvo              
E3                   0.020  5.357 125.82     ****WINNER****  0.070  4.203 173.87
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V NOBILE    ) 0.038  4.749 161.29      (P BERNER    ) 0.045  4.142 176.12
E1    (C GOFORTH   ) 0.026  4.135 176.12      (J PLUCHINO  ) 0.081  4.129 176.81
 Qualified:             #3  4.101 176.37                        #7  4.145 175.52

More wild driving, in both lanes. Both cars had their moments of looseness and Morton finally threw in the towel, but Montecalvo stayed in the throttle and off the wall. He will have lane choice against Cooper in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink