Sun, 10 Mar 2013, 17:11 PM Extreme Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, Dragpalooza IX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 John Pluchino                         531 John Deflorian Jr.           
E4                  -0.047  4.066 178.24     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.732  71.21
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E MORTON    ) 0.020  4.131 174.82      (T EMAN      ) 0.005  4.058 178.28
E2                   0.108  4.028 178.99      (S HINTZ     ) 0.024  4.019 179.78
E1    (L COOPER    ) 0.051  4.033 179.09                     0.033  4.025 179.85
 Qualified:             #2  4.034 179.23                        #1  4.025 180.26

5:01 p.m. Both pre-staged, then they waited for the other guy to stage. After about a minute of that, Deflorian broke the deadlock. That should have given Pluchino the advantage, but he went way red and Deflorian launched, got very loose, then cruised down the track for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink