Sat, 31 Mar 2012, 23:01 PM Extreme Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
    8 Brian Gahm                            197 John Pluchino                
E4                   0.067  4.074 177.30     ****WINNER****  0.013  4.112 176.05
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S HINTZ     ) 0.031  4.086 176.77      (C ARONSON   ) 0.004  4.106 176.12
E2    (R STEVENS JR) 0.031  4.091 176.40      (P BERNER    ) 0.012  4.131 175.84
E1    (J DEFLORIAN ) 0.032  4.118 175.89      (D GOFORTH   ) 0.026  4.165 174.91
 Qualified:             #4  4.099 176.44                       #10  4.125 175.55

9:52 p.m. Pluchino has never won one of these events, Gahm has won several of them and has to be considered the favorite in this matchup. However, strange things have happened today.

Pluchino needed a sizeable hols=eshot to have a chance and he did what he had to do, with a five hundredths advantage on the tree. Gahm nibbled that down a lot, but never did get his nose out in front. John Pluchino's incremental margins: 60ft(0.035), 330 ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink