Fri, 2 Sep 2005, 03:51 PM Super Stock Hemi Challenge Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in MOPAR Super Stock Hemi Challenge at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1152 Steve Baughman                         72 Steve Wann                   
E2                   0.096  9.067 146.69     ****WINNER****  0.128  8.815 148.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Jenkins   ) 0.023  9.037 146.86      (J Kelley    ) 0.109  8.750 148.99
 Qualified:            #14  9.004   NS                          #7  8.828   NS  

2:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.66 inches, adjusted altitude 2,474 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Wann was late off the line, but he had the horses to drive around Baughman before they reached the sixty-foot mark.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3651 Charlie Westcott Jr.                  721 Rick Houser                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049  8.740 150.58                     0.046  8.839 148.80
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.101  8.700 151.37      (W Howes     ) 0.054  8.827 148.79
 Qualified:             #1  8.691   NS                          #8  8.884   NS  

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3122 Joey Wilkes                          5333 Randy Hopkins                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  8.820 148.92                     0.122  9.480 133.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Warford   ) 0.069  8.817 149.07      (C Comella   ) 0.104  9.053 146.67
 Qualified:             #5  8.810   NS                         #12  8.944   NS  

Wilkes will take on Westcott in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3516 Darrell Marvel                       1798 Bucky Hess                   
E2                  -0.011  8.893 147.41     ****WINNER****  0.071  8.779 150.40
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Gifford   ) 0.158  8.865 147.88      (J Baughman  ) 0.071  8.704 151.39
 Qualified:            #10  8.923   NS                          #3  8.797   NS  

Marvel leaves too quickly and gives Hess the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  350 Jim Pancake                          4426 Joe Teuton Jr                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  8.811 149.30                     0.094  9.165 134.22
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Mink      ) 0.152  8.808 147.62      (D Raybourn  ) 0.081  8.964 147.52
 Qualified:             #6  8.814   NS                         #13  8.994   NS  

Pancake will run Hess in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4222 Fred Henson                          1990 David Barton                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  8.808 148.41                     0.040  8.923 146.85
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Johnson   ) 0.067  8.747 149.73      (J Hale      ) 0.058  8.819 149.07
 Qualified:             #4  8.799   NS                         #11  8.935   NS  

Barton leaves first, then Henson drives around him just past the sixty-foot mark. Henson will take on Wann in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  372 Jeg Coughlin                         1954 Bob Wolkwitz                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.091  8.712 150.08                     0.006  8.903 146.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.085  8.682 150.85      (G Jacob     ) 0.116  8.842 148.90
 Qualified:             #2  8.750   NS                          #9  8.897   NS  

Wolkwitz gets a big hole-shot but can't hold off Coughlin. Coughlin will have a bye in the next round.

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