Thu, 10 Oct 2002, 08:21 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  58 Sammy Pizzolato    10.472 -0.828 Q   77 Bryan Valentine    12.304 -0.696
      A/SA  Dial: 10.48                       L/SA  Dial: 12.16
   (D Holder    ) 0.571 10.536  0.066 E1   (P Cotten    ) 0.563 12.221  0.001
   (T Wood      ) 0.563 10.435 -0.865 E2   (M Harris    ) 0.560 12.430  0.240
   (L Zane      ) 0.574 10.496  0.036 E3   (R Hall      ) 0.501 12.176  0.006
 *****WINNER***** 0.592 10.472 -0.008 E4                  0.550 12.142 -0.018

7:05 PM Seven pairs, seven survivors to race on Sunday. Everyone else can go find another place to race this weekend...Valentine took way too much win stripe...

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  37 Gene Mosbek        10.347 -0.953 Q   19 Kent LaPorte       11.970 -1.030
      A/SA  Dial: 10.45                       L/SA  Dial: 12.00
   (T Litwiller ) 0.570 10.453  0.003 E1   (J Paul      ) 0.503 12.010  0.010
   (P Lacy      ) 0.540 10.450  0.000 E2   (F Colley Jr ) 0.505 12.050  0.040
   (S Hall      ) 0.585 10.466  0.036 E3   (J Shaul     ) 0.508 12.023  0.023
                  0.497 10.429 -0.021 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.567 11.999 -0.001

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  54 Marty Woffard      12.001 -0.849 Q   85 Austin Ford        10.939 -0.611
       K/S  Dial: 11.99                       B/SA  Dial: 10.94
   (R Taylor    ) 0.529 12.008 -0.022 E1   (T Gusso     ) 0.512 10.973  0.003
   (S Bourg     ) 0.510 12.108  0.088 E2   (B Wenzel Sr ) 0.515 10.962  0.022
   (J Hefler    ) 0.572 12.016  0.026 E3   (L Hudson    ) 0.509 10.974  0.034
                  0.587 12.057  0.067 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.517 10.962  0.022

MOV: 0.1155 seconds (approximately 18 feet). Ford has been sawing the tree down today.. He has a bye to the semifinals.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  33 Bernie Cunningham  11.022 -0.978 Q   52 Jeff Hefler        11.297 -0.853
      E/SA  Dial: 11.25                       F/SA  Dial: 11.35
   (D Frederick ) 0.537 11.306  0.066 E1   (R Shaw      ) 0.544 11.338  0.038
   (B Rogers    ) 0.506 11.232  0.032 E2   (Bye         ) 0.546 11.315 -0.835
   (K Helms     ) 0.516 11.302  0.082 E3   (D Hough     ) 0.525 11.388  0.058
                  0.513 11.230 -0.020 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.536 11.335 -0.015

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  74 Fred Riba          15.991 -0.709 Q   42 Harvey Emmons III  11.528 -0.922
       W/S  Dial: 16.17                       H/SA  Dial: 11.63
   (L Philpot   ) 0.521 16.310  0.090 E1   (C Peterson  ) 0.560 11.943  0.273
   (C Brimer    ) 0.544 16.202  0.002 E2   (S Dugdale   ) 0.501 11.700  0.050
   (M Burke     ) 0.647 16.216  0.036 E3   (M Dobrovich ) 0.552 11.655  0.005
                  0.623 16.241  0.071 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.523 11.761  0.131

Emmons did a great job of waiting out the four-second handicap, then drove the other end nicely. MOV: 0.0405 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Emmons faces Pizzolato next round.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
        Bye                           Q    2 Amy Faulk          10.940 -1.210
                                              F/SA  Dial: 12.15
                                     E1   (M Schommer  ) 0.613 10.906 -1.244
                                     E2   (B Mc Clister) 0.739 10.883 -1.267
                                     E3   (R Morrow    ) 0.499 10.978  0.078
                                     E4 *****WINNER***** 0.501 10.877 -1.273

Faulk gets the bye to make it six returning on Sunday. She will race LaPorte.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  56 Dan Fletcher       10.706 -0.844 Q   49 Bill Howell        10.672 -0.878
      B/SA  Dial: 11.55                       B/SA  Dial: 11.55
   (C Ford Jr   ) 0.526 10.801  0.071 E1   (M Colaluca  ) 0.514 10.755  0.075
   (R Watson    ) 0.503 10.937  0.217 E2   (M Cotten    ) 0.527 10.693  0.003
   (J Emmons    ) 0.517 10.763  0.063 E3   (K Borgstrom ) 0.538 10.642 -0.908
 *****WINNER***** 0.540 10.534 -1.016 E4                  0.575 10.608 -0.942

And Fletcher makes it seven in a heads-up race. He races Jeff Hefler next round.

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