Sat, 08 Feb 2020, 14:33 PM Super Street Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 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 
  733 Jim Lirones                          B772 Raymond Bong                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006 10.925 126.46                     0.029 10.966 122.81 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.025           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.066 
 Prior rounds: 
E2    (S Polvadore ) 0.017 10.927  0.027      (J Sapone    ) 0.014 10.902  0.002 
E1    (J Galante   ) 0.046 10.818 -0.082      (S Eling     ) 0.011 10.891 -0.009 
 Qualified:            #20 10.818 -0.082                       #15 10.891 -0.009 

11:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,795 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.

Jim Lirones leaves with a six light for the win MOV: 0.0647 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 6969 Gary Ericksen                        6569 Chris Cannon II              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.936 141.00                     0.029 10.947 152.78 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.036           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.047 
 Prior rounds: 
E2    (K Snow      ) 0.046 10.961  0.061      (H Mueller   ) 0.016 10.889 -0.011 
E1    (G Dreher    ) 0.111 10.924  0.024      (H Tucker    ) 0.037 10.979  0.079 
 Qualified:             #7 10.924  0.024                       #12 10.979  0.079 

Just 0.007 difference in RT's and Gary Ericksen gets the close win. MOV: 0.0187 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
  729 Greg Ventura                         7880 Jerry Denton                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.073 10.950 145.72                    -0.040 10.981 127.43 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.050           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.081 
 Prior rounds: 
E2    (J Greco     ) 0.026 10.914  0.014      (M DeCarolis ) 0.034 10.904  0.004 
E1    (M Simonian  ) 0.015 10.896 -0.004      (G Clark     ) -0.086 10.867 -0.033 
 Qualified:            #14 10.896 -0.004                       #19 10.867 -0.033 

Greg Ventura gets the red light win. He will race Ericksen later.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 736K Kevin Houmard                        784R Gary Reust                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.898 136.50                    -0.008 10.805 144.47 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.002           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.095 
 Prior rounds: 
E2    (N Cannon    ) 0.014 10.903  0.003      (D Gotts     ) 0.013 10.922  0.022 
E1    (D Olson     ) 0.047 11.052  0.152      (C Bracey    ) 0.017 10.928  0.028 
 Qualified:            #13 11.052  0.152                        #8 10.928  0.028 

Red light win for Houmard.

He faces Lirones in the next round.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
   77 Ryan Giacone                         1188 Larry Paden                  
E3                  -0.012 10.916 155.29     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.899 145.03 
        S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.016           S/ST Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.001 
 Prior rounds: 
E2    (E Plaizier  ) 0.019 10.900  0.000      (F Giroux    ) 0.019 10.901  0.001 
E1    (A Olson     ) 0.024 10.972  0.072      (R Herem     ) 0.035 10.890 -0.010 
 Qualified:            #11 10.972  0.072                       #16 10.890 -0.010 

Winner gets the bye run next round.

Paden gets the win.

11:28 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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