Sun, 8 Oct 2006, 04:17 PM AA/Gas Supercharged Round 1 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in AA/Gas Supercharged at the California Hot Rod Reunion, 15th California Hotrod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   27 Ed Moss                              7965 Sean Renteria                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.078  6.688 209.35                     0.241  6.790 200.00
 Qualified:             #4  6.725 209.59                        #5  6.751 205.24

1:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 3,900 feet.

Much warmer than it's been all weekend for the AA/GS cars. Don't tell Moss about the conditions. He ties Renteria to a post, then runs away from him to rub salt into the wound.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  707 Howard Anderson                       741 Ron Nunes                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.083  7.046 203.20                    -0.310  7.008 203.66
 Qualified:             #6  6.784 199.46                        #3  6.716 206.18

Uh...Nunes wasn't late. Oops. Something must have distracted him as that was very unlike him. Anderson gets the win and a trip to the semis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  780 Mike Leonard                         7595 Chris Abbey                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  6.954 191.36                     0.117  7.111 150.35
 Qualified:             #7  6.959 198.98                        #2  6.710 205.66

Leonad was behind at every timing mark used by NHRA dragracing, except that final stripe. Abbeby took the lead before 60 feet but something went South in the car before the finish and Leonard took the steel Chevelle around him for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  627 Scott White                           727 Dale Boomgaarden             
E1                   0.113  6.896 201.61     ****WINNER****  0.130  6.742 207.51
 Qualified:             #8  6.997 197.41                        #1  6.689 207.32

Both drivers were a bit late at the tree but both hustled down the track pretty well from there. It was Boomgaarden taking the win over White.