Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 8 Nov 2003, 09:25 PM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Gerard



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock 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-- (+/-)
 7350 Bob Bales                            7879 Don Bevers
E3                  -0.028 11.438  1.678     ****WINNER****  0.072  8.826  0.006
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.76                         SS/BM  Dial: 8.82
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Post      ) 0.040  9.759 -0.001      (G Stassi    ) -0.050  8.814 -0.016
E1    (W Taylor    ) 0.026  9.853  0.063      (F Grossi    ) 0.072  8.854  0.004
 Qualified:            #39  9.793 -0.757                       #33  8.841 -0.859
6:10 PM We start the round with a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7568 Bryan Broaddus                       3645 Gene McBean
E3                  -0.024  9.763 -0.987     ****WINNER****  0.078  9.654 -1.096
      SS/FA  Dial: 10.75                        SS/FA  Dial: 10.75
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Cour      ) 0.016  9.778  0.048      (K Angeles   ) 0.050  9.712  0.042
E1    (J Hefler    ) 0.033 10.090  0.370      (F Moreno    ) 0.044  9.689  0.009
 Qualified:            #10  9.725 -1.025                        #4  9.688 -1.062
... another left lane red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3811 Steve Graham                         7789 Greg Dreher
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.025  0.035                     0.032 10.905  0.075
      SS/HA  Dial: 9.99                         SS/LA  Dial: 10.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Sherrill  ) 0.005 10.000  0.030      (J Schiess   ) 0.046 10.787 -0.073
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.012 10.011  0.031      (R Salcido   ) -0.003 10.834 -0.036
 Qualified:            #20  9.926 -0.974                       #26 10.815 -0.935
Two good lights and Graham takes the strip for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   10 Tony DeFrank                         7384 Greg Smith
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.223  0.013                     0.077  9.920 -0.020
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.21                        GT/EA  Dial: 9.94
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Blakeney  ) 0.043 10.193  0.013      (D Nelson    ) 0.056  9.895  0.005
E1    (J Larkin    ) 0.035 10.216  0.006      (H Thompson J) 0.032  9.940  0.030
 Qualified:            #18 10.217 -0.983                       #11  9.929 -1.021
Smith is late off the line and then breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5534 Todd Morse                           5545 Gary Stinnett
E3                   0.081 10.008 -0.232     ****WINNER****  0.082  9.385  0.005
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.24                        GT/AA  Dial: 9.38
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Loewen    ) 0.033  9.988 -0.012      (T Kadar     ) 0.004  9.388  0.028
E1    (B Mazzolini ) 0.049 10.143  0.113      (D Fletcher  ) 0.003  9.376  0.006
 Qualified:            #28 10.032 -0.918                        #9  9.372 -1.028
Virtually identical RT and Morse breaks out after having to corral the Mustang, as it makes a move off the starting line towards the center line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7378 Jimmy DeFrank                        1150 Bill Leber Jr.
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024 10.397  0.027                     0.038  9.350  0.090
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.37                        SS/TB  Dial: 9.26
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Norton    ) 0.046 10.356  0.006      (T Butner    ) 0.028  9.263  0.013
E1    (J Calvert   ) 0.042 10.382  0.012                           No Time
 Qualified:            #19 10.373 -0.977                       #12  9.233 -1.017
DeFrank has all the numbers and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                 361 Bo Butner III
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.125 12.981  3.281
                                                SS/BM  Dial: 9.70
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (P Biondo    ) 0.002  8.530  0.020
E1                                           (J Kohorst   ) 0.012  8.533  0.023
 Qualified:                                                       #2  8.519 -1.181
Butner gets the competition single. 6:18 PM

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