Sun, 9 Nov 2003, 06:01 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   63 Brad Plourd                          6730 Jim Waldo
E5   ****WINNER****  0.003 10.873  0.023                     0.061 10.502  0.092
      B/FIA  Dial: 10.85                         A/FI  Dial: 10.41
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Williams  ) 0.043 10.861  0.041      (D Keen      ) 0.048 10.415 -0.035
E3    (D Fletcher  ) 0.017 10.838  0.068      (B Plourd    ) 0.054 10.429 -0.001
E2    (R Fardig    ) 0.054 10.729 -0.021      (C Hoefer    ) 0.054 10.444  0.014
E1    (C Jimerfield) 0.000 10.831  0.041      (D Grossi    ) 0.029 10.473  0.053
 Qualified:            #37 10.759 -0.941                       #52 10.469 -0.781

2:38 PM Plourd gets a great light and sends Waldo home.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    4 Peter Biondo                           16 Lee Zane
E5   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.988  0.038                     0.017 11.420  0.030
       C/SA  Dial: 10.95                         F/SA  Dial: 11.39
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Meador    ) 0.009 10.958 -0.002      (K Helms     ) 0.001 11.403 -0.037
E3                   0.015 10.938 -0.762      (B Rink      ) 0.029 11.511  0.101
E2    (G Humrichous) 0.015 10.922  0.012      (R Solano    ) 0.014 11.387  0.007
E1    (T Lisson    ) 0.063 10.905  0.005      (A Corda     ) 0.020 11.383  0.013
 Qualified:            #58 10.970 -0.730                       #51 11.353 -0.797

Biondo with another fantastic light and it's Zane packing the trailer.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                7071 Jesse Adams
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.014 11.763  0.003
                                                 H/SA  Dial: 11.76
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (L Belden    ) 0.032 11.762  0.002
E3                                           (T Watts     ) 0.041 11.819  0.069
E2                                           (B Kost      ) 0.030 11.737  0.007
E1                                           (J Irving    ) 0.067 11.782  0.042
 Qualified:                                                      #59 11.735 -0.715

Heck of bye run. Adams dials 11.76 and runs...11.763 and a .014 light. Not bad!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink