Sat, 6 Oct 2007, 08:00 PM Super Stock Round 3 Class Eliminations

By David Gerard

FONTANA, Calif. - Results of round 3 class eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA, Second annual NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   78 Darren Smith                         7568 Bryan Broaddus               
C3   ****WINNER****  0.104  9.627 134.62                     0.071  9.677 135.93
      SS/FA Index: 10.75 (+/-): -1.123          SS/FA Index: 10.75 (+/-): -1.073
 Prior rounds:
 Qualified:             #2  9.574 135.62                        #9  9.675 136.36

4:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 30.01 inches.

Smith has a bad light but still pulls out the SS/FA class win. Darren Smith's MOV: 0.0172 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   78 Darren Smith                         7568 Bryan Broaddus               
C3   ****WINNER****  0.104  9.627 134.62                     0.071  9.677 135.93
      SS/FA Index: 10.75 (+/-): -1.123          SS/FA Index: 10.75 (+/-): -1.073
 Prior rounds:
 Qualified:             #2  9.574 135.62                        #9  9.675 136.36

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  736 Michael Ogburn                        721 Rick Houser                  
C3   ****WINNER**** -0.004  8.799 149.27                     0.049 No Time      
      SS/AH Index: 9.80 (+/-): -1.001           SS/AH Index: 9.80 (+/-): 90.199
 Prior rounds:
 Qualified:            #17  8.799  38.37                        #3  8.693 150.46

Ogburn red lights, but Houser's Cuda scraps the wall down track and is DQ'ed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 799J John Rains                                 Bye
C3   ****WINNER****  0.082  9.381  69.82     
      SS/AH Index: 9.80 (+/-): -0.419     
 Prior rounds:
 Qualified:            #15  8.779 149.63                     Bye

Bye run.

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