Sat, 31 Mar 2012, 20:09 PM Extreme Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL Carsafe Dragpalooza VIII:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  197 John Pluchino                           3 Pete Berner                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012  4.131 175.84                     0.056  4.133 175.82
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D GOFORTH   ) 0.026  4.165 174.91      (L O'BRIEN   ) 0.033  4.181 173.34
 Qualified:            #10  4.125 175.55                        #2  4.084 176.90

6:52 p.m. After a short burndown, Berner went in first. Pluchino had four hundredths in hand at the green, then it was almost a dead-heat. John Pluchino's incremental margins: 60ft(0.033), 330 ft(0.043). MOV: 0.0465 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   44 Cale Aronson                           18 David Schorr                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  4.108 175.89                     0.019  4.141 175.05
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E MORTON    ) 0.073  4.147 174.75      (J MONTECALVO) 0.035  4.406 152.02
 Qualified:             #3  4.088 176.51                       #11  4.132 175.57

Schorr had a small advantage at the green, needed a big one. Aronson ran him down at the 330-foot mark, then edged ahead for the win. Cale Aronson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.003), 330 ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0051 seconds (approximately 16 inches). He will have lane choice against Pluchino in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Brian Gahm                              7 Richie Stevens Jr            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  4.091 176.40                     0.040  4.135 176.24
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J DEFLORIAN ) 0.032  4.118 175.89      (R OTWELL    ) 0.047  4.126 176.01
 Qualified:             #4  4.099 176.44                        #5  4.099 175.89

Gahm beat Stevens on the tree, then ran away from him with his quickest run of the event to win by about a car length.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Cary Goforth                            5 Scott Hintz                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.120  4.129 175.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R PENLAND   ) 0.045  4.104 176.79      (D KIRK      ) 0.009  4.145 174.80
 Qualified:             #1  4.069 177.56                        #8  4.120 175.34

Goforth's car started, sounded rough, then went silent. It refired and sounded better, but died again in the water. Hintz gets the biggest upset of the round on a single run. He will race Gahm in the semifinals, Gahm has lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink