Sun, 30 Jun 2013, 11:36 AM Pro Extreme Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Extreme at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, ADRL Summer Drags IX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  167 Mike Recchia                            1 Mick Snyder                  
E1                  -0.022  3.726 208.06     ****WINNER****  0.070  3.669 205.12
 Qualified:             #9  3.674 206.92                        #8  3.669 207.77

11:14 a.m. Recchia went red, then Snyder matched his qualifying run to the thousandth of a second.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  202 Todd Tutterow                        2007 Joey Martin                  
E1                   0.007  3.747 206.10     ****WINNER****  0.011  3.683 198.46
 Qualified:            #10  3.680 206.72                        #7  3.661 205.90

Both drivers had great lights, but Martin went right down the middle while Tutterow was using up both sides of his lane. Martin slowed before the stripe, but had enough momentum to hold Tutterow off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1130 John Stanley                         2695 Bubba Stanton                
E1                   0.032  3.797 193.72     ****WINNER****  0.024  3.726 207.60
 Qualified:            #11  3.732 204.74                        #6  3.650 206.64

They were not far apart at the green and Stanley closed the gap at half track when Stanton had to quickly slap the throttle to tame the car down, but the pedal job worked and then Stanley's car nosed over and Stanton was able to widen the gap from there to the stripe.

Bubba Stanton's incremental margins: 60ft(0.027), 330 ft(0.014). MOV: 0.0790 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   69 Richard Holt                           48 Brandon Snider               
E1                   0.727  4.023 190.54     ****WINNER****  0.053  3.966 203.00
 Qualified:            #15  3.940 184.18                        #2  3.612 208.53

Holt was so late that it looked like Snider redlighted. That was a tough break because Snider was there for the taking, way off his qualifying pace.

Snider will not have lane choice when he faces Martin in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1963 Gene Hector                          2377 Von Smith                    
E1                   0.000  8.765  43.18     ****WINNER****  0.024  3.628 209.59
 Qualified:            #12  3.792 197.61                        #5  3.634 207.90

Hector had a perfect light, then lost traction on the right rear and made a hard right turn. HHe lifted and the chutes came out. Meanwhile, Dr. Moon tuned Smith to his best run of the event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   18 Steve George                            7 Alex Hossler                 
E1                   0.012  3.949 181.27     ****WINNER****  0.050  3.599 209.51
 Qualified:            #16  3.952 188.71                        #1  3.594 209.71

George had a holeshot, but Hossler led before they went 60 feet and steadily pulled away for the win. He made the quickest run of the round and will have lane choice against Snyder in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   38 Neal Wantye                             2 Jason Scruggs                
E1                  -0.048  5.944  86.53     ****WINNER****  0.013  3.663 206.99
 Qualified:            #13  3.798 205.01                        #4  3.633 210.67

Wantye went red, then got sideways and lifted. Scruggs made a nice run, right down the groove, but he won't have lane choice when he faces Von Smith in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  203 Eric Dillard                         1382 Tommy D'Aprile               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.077  3.631 208.41
 Qualified:            #14  3.888 210.48                        #3  3.619 209.06

Dillard was a no-show, broke his car last night. D'Aprile will have lane choice against Stanton in round two.