Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 14:24 PM Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7680 Tom Ferruggia                         601 Cody Lane                    
E3                  -0.036 11.328  82.15     ****WINNER****  0.100  8.795 132.26
       FSS/F  Dial: 9.28 (+/-):  2.048           SS/BS  Dial: 8.64 (+/-):  0.155
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Thomas    ) 0.011  9.309  0.069      (P Peery     ) 0.069 15.291  6.681
E1    (A Emmer     ) 0.022  9.340  0.050      (J Emmons    ) 0.008  8.680  0.060
 Qualified:            #12  9.305 -0.895                        #5  8.668 -0.982

10:43 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,234 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Cody Lane's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Jimmy DeFrank                        7980 Steve Wann                   
E3                   0.022  8.848 152.78     ****WINNER****  0.017  9.771 135.13
       SS/CM  Dial: 8.83 (+/-):  0.018           SS/DA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Grubbs    ) 0.007  8.831  0.021      (D Dietz     ) 0.016  9.738  0.008
E1    (J Bystrom   ) 0.046  8.843  0.003      (B Burton    ) 0.018  9.744 -0.016
 Qualified:            #40  8.897 -0.603                       #48  9.808 -0.392

Close in the lights.

Steve Wann's MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jody Lang                            7772 Wayne Taylor                 
E3                   0.028 10.846 121.86     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.462 124.24
       GT/OA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.026          GT/MA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.021 10.817  0.017      (R Roddel    ) 0.010 10.449  0.039
E1    (B Rink      ) 0.025 10.884  0.094      (J Faherty   ) 0.086 10.424 -0.006
 Qualified:            #52 11.179 -0.271                       #30 10.473 -0.727

Wayne Taylor takes the win with a eight light. MOV: 0.0144 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will race Wann in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jim Rau                              7312 George Stassi                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.538 114.30                     0.132  9.969 132.24
       GT/NA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-):  0.008          SS/HA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Gaynor    ) 0.006 10.515  0.005      (D Little    ) 0.022  9.923  0.013
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.008 10.698  0.268      (E Leabo     ) 0.253  9.942 -0.008
 Qualified:            #32 10.592 -0.708                       #39  9.993 -0.607

Stellar four light for Rau and an eight to his dial gives him the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7257 Brett Brown                          5000 Wyatt Wagner                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.401 113.35                    -0.001 10.332 103.83
       SS/NA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.001          SS/GA  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.472
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cotten    ) 0.020 11.373  0.003      (D Barcelon  ) 0.012 10.044  0.214
E1    (J Dourlet   ) 0.033 11.513 -0.637      (C Hieb      ) 0.026  9.819 -0.031
 Qualified:            #29 11.417 -0.733                       #36  9.875 -0.675

-0.001 red light for Wagner gives Brown the win. He faces Rau next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4403 Gary Emmons                          7267 Larry Scarth                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  8.773 144.33                     0.017 10.456 126.90
       FSS/C  Dial: 8.75 (+/-):  0.023           GT/TB  Dial: 10.46 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Stephenson) 0.038  8.723 -0.017      (J Lamb      ) 0.044 10.467  0.037
E1    (T Emmons    ) 0.056  8.766 -0.684      (R Loge      ) 0.031 10.472  0.002
 Qualified:            #16  8.810 -0.840                       #53 10.607 -0.243

Winner races Lane in the next round.

Gary Emmons' MOV: Opponent broke out by just -0.004.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7696 Len Schneider                        7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E3   ****WINNER****        No Time                          -0.006  9.416 140.24
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-): 89.829          GT/FA  Dial: 9.43 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Smith     ) 0.066 10.220 -0.680      (F Moreno    ) 0.121 10.131  0.701
E1    (D Holder    ) 0.005 10.178  0.038      (D Paz       ) 0.060  9.511  0.081
 Qualified:            #28 10.159 -0.741                       #21  9.441 -0.809

Schneider's car never moves at the green and just sit there.

Fordyce will be kicking himself, as he goes red by just -0.006!!

Schneider will race Fletcher in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.002 10.370 127.21
                                                 SS/JA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.630
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (J Grossi Jr ) 0.003 10.336 -0.004
E1                                           (S Smith     ) 0.042 10.444  0.074
 Qualified:                                                      #46 10.574 -0.426

Bye run.

10:53 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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