Sat, 20 Oct 2012, 18:16 PM Pro Nitrous Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Nitrous at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1063 Johnny Pilcher                       4069 John Hall                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  3.963 188.94                     0.039  4.751 105.61
 Qualified:             #9  3.908 190.59                        #8  3.874 194.63

4:47 p.m. Hall shook very hard, then the chutes came out, negating his holeshot.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Shannon Jenkins                      1941 Blake Housley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  4.795 133.24                     0.055  7.853  51.38
 Qualified:             #7  3.861 194.30                       #10  3.912 190.92

Both cars shook hard. Jenkins saved the run. Housley saved the car, but only after several tank-slappers and several close misses with the concrete wall.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   42 Robert Mathis                           4 Stan Allen                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.195  5.051 100.25
 Qualified:             #6  3.859 194.72                       #11  3.923 193.05

Mathis was unable to run, shut off in the water. Allen shook hard after a strong launch.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4097 Doug Riesterer                        501 Ron Muenks                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  3.835 191.48                     0.166  3.955 182.65
 Qualified:             #5  3.842 190.65                       #12  3.936 184.50

Riesterer couldn't get down the track yesterday, has been the quickest car today. Muenks was late, making the margin of victory even bigger than the difference in the elapsed times.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  567 Chris Juliano                           8 Rickie Jones                 
E1                   0.421  4.017 188.49     ****WINNER****  0.040  3.838 196.07
 Qualified:            #13  3.996 186.51                        #4  3.830 194.94

Juliano started to bring the RPMs up early, then dropped them back to idle just as the tree fired. Jones made a strong run, second-quickest so far by three thousandths. Unfortunately, the quickest was Riesterer and Jones won't have lane choice when they meet in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4843 Monroe Guest                          360 Bob Rahaim                   
E1                   0.037  4.040 185.23     ****WINNER****  0.060  3.899 194.66
 Qualified:            #14  4.008 186.72                        #3  3.804 198.41

The new champion makes it look easy

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1087 Jim Laurita                          4958 Keith Haney                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.098  5.452  89.95                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  3.795 196.73                       #15  4.016 185.61

Laurita's car sounded rough when he made the burnout, but Haney's car sounded even roughher and the crew tried several times to keep it running. Finally they shut it off and pushed the car away. Laurita managed to stage the car, but it did not want to run when he launched and Laurita shut it off and coasted across the stripe. He will not have lane choice against Jenkins in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1421 Chuck Nuytten                          21 Pat Stoken                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.144  3.833 195.53
 Qualified:            #16  4.392 164.63                        #1  3.769 198.44

Nuytten was unable to answer the staging call. Stoken used the free pass to run low ET of the round. He will have lane choice against Pilcher in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink