Sat, 08 Feb 2020, 11:41 AM Super Street Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Street at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 60th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 6569 Chris Cannon II                      739B Hugh Mueller                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.889 151.46                     0.013 10.886 130.15 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.011           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.014 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (H Tucker    ) 0.037 10.979  0.079      (R Carlson   ) 0.011 10.907  0.007 
 Qualified:            #12 10.979  0.079                        #2 10.907  0.007 

8:27 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,993 feet, track temperature 59 degrees.

A bright, cool, and clear morning for Drag Racing!

Two strong lights, just 0.003 apart at the start and 0.003 in the lights. Chris Cannon II gets the win MOV: Double breakout.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 7800 Mike DeCarolis                       7880 Jerry Denton                 
E2                  -0.006 10.913 132.95     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.904 141.74 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.013           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.004 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (J Bycroft   ) 0.036 10.930  0.030      (G Clark     ) -0.086 10.867 -0.033 
 Qualified:             #9 10.930  0.030                       #19 10.867 -0.033 

DeCarolis goes red by -0.006. Denton runs 0.004 to the index.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
  733 Jim Lirones                            75 Seth Poladore                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.927 122.10                     0.031 10.945 118.84 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.027           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.045 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (J Galante   ) 0.046 10.818 -0.082      (D Adams     ) 0.023 10.937  0.037 
 Qualified:            #20 10.818 -0.082                       #10 10.937  0.037 

Jim Lirones' MOV: 0.0326 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 1188 Larry Paden                            61 Francesca Giroux             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.901 143.60                     0.018 10.905 138.41 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.001           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.005 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (R Herem     ) 0.035 10.890 -0.010      (J Dexter    ) 0.048 10.912  0.012 
 Qualified:            #16 10.890 -0.010                        #6 10.912  0.012 

Just 0.001 difference in RT's and 0.004 in ET's!

Larry Paden just gets the win. MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 736K Kevin Houmard                        681N Nikki Cannon                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.903 135.71                    -0.010 10.896 152.81 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.003           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.004 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (D Olson     ) 0.047 11.052  0.152      (J Mabry     ) 0.051 10.908  0.008 
 Qualified:            #13 11.052  0.152                        #3 10.908  0.008 

Cannon misses the green and Houmard gets the free pass to round three. He runs three to the index.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
   77 Ryan Giacone                         6247 Eddy Plaizier                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.900 150.48                     0.031 10.909 149.73 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.000           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.009 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (A Olson     ) 0.024 10.972  0.072      (R Fletes    ) 0.027 10.907  0.007 
 Qualified:            #11 10.972  0.072                        #1 10.907  0.007 

Ryan Giacone leaves first and runs right on the index for the win. MOV: 0.0216 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 6969 Gary Ericksen                        751X Kenny Snow                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046 10.961 138.47                    -0.001 10.924 140.68 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.061           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.024 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (G Dreher    ) 0.111 10.924  0.024      (B Richmond  ) 0.017 10.879 -0.021 
 Qualified:             #7 10.924  0.024                       #17 10.879 -0.021 

OUCH! Snow goes red by just -0.001!

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
  729 Greg Ventura                         7138 Joe Greco                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026 10.914 138.02                     0.026 10.895 142.90 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.014           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.005 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (M Simonian  ) 0.015 10.896 -0.004      (M Blodgett S) 0.012 10.909  0.009 
 Qualified:            #14 10.896 -0.004                        #4 10.909  0.009 

Identical RT's.

Greg Ventura's MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.005.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 7464 John Sapone Jr.                      B772 Raymond Bong                 
E2                  -0.042 10.887 125.49     ****WINNER****  0.014 10.902 128.51 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.013           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.002 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (F Murphy    ) 0.021 10.909  0.009      (S Eling     ) 0.011 10.891 -0.009 
 Qualified:             #5 10.909  0.009                       #15 10.891 -0.009 

Bong scores the red light win and runs two to the index.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
   72 Dave Gotts                           784R Gary Reust                   
E2                   0.019 10.937 138.66     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.922 143.70 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.037           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.022 
 Prior rounds: 
E1    (D Kiesel    ) 0.001 10.877 -0.023      (C Bracey    ) 0.017 10.928  0.028 
 Qualified:            #18 10.877 -0.023                        #8 10.928  0.028 

Two strong lights, just 0.006 difference.

Gary Reust gets the win. MOV: 0.0214 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

8:37 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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