Sat, 15 Jun 2013, 16:28 PM X-Treme Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in X-Treme Pro Stock at the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League, X-Treme Gateway Showdown:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   26 Richard Penland                       352 Matt Bertsch                 
E1                  -0.039  5.657  86.96     ****WINNER****  0.036  4.143 175.16
 Qualified:             #5  4.125 176.24                        #4  4.100 176.30

3:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.53 inches, adjusted altitude 2,848 feet, track temperature 136 degrees.

Matt Bertsch's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Cary Goforth                          531 John Deflorian Jr.           
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  5.320  96.41                    -0.002  4.117 176.88
 Qualified:             #6  4.130 175.68                        #3  4.100 176.97

Cary Goforth ducks a bullet, as the car gets loose down track. MOV: opponent's -0.002 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Todd Hoerner                         1594 Kevin Bealko                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  4.158 175.48                     0.061  4.176 171.84
 Qualified:             #7  4.136 175.21                        #2  4.088 177.21

Just 0.001 difference at the green. Hoerner is in front at 60 feet, Bealko at the 330, and Hoerner back out in front by the finish line.

He races Cary Goforth later.

Todd Hoerner's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(-0.007). MOV: 0.0196 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  157 Rocky Watford                         151 Dean Goforth                 
E1                   0.353  4.197 172.76     ****WINNER****  0.104  4.128 176.17
 Qualified:             #8  4.160 173.78                        #1  4.083 177.49

Watford is dead late and Dean Goforth gets the easy win.

3:24 p.m. Bertsch will be in the other lane next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink