Sun, 21 Oct 2007, 01:44 PM Pro Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Torco Race Fuels CompetitionPlus Pro Stock at the 2007 Knoll-Gas Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series, IHRA World Finals Presented by The U.S. Air Force featuring UTI CHampionship Sunday:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Frank Gugliotta                         4 Robert Patrick               
E2                   0.065 12.624  69.30     ****WINNER****  0.055  6.345 219.90
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D SWEENEY   ) 0.074  6.338 219.72      (D GOFORTH   ) 0.011  9.029 160.69
 Qualified:             #6  6.324 218.62                        #2  6.291 220.04

1:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 1,202 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Gugliotta's hopes for staying in the championship are riding on this pass. It's all over right after 60 feet as the Cobalt drives hard towards the centerline and then goes silent. Say "Hello" to your 2007 Pro Stock Champion, Robert Patrick!! He makes a clean pass into the semis.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Steve Spiess                          251 Cary Goforth                 
E2                   0.087  6.334 220.22     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.337 220.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R MANSFIELD ) 0.112  6.329 219.19      (J MONTECALVO) 0.070  6.341 219.36
 Qualified:             #8  6.342 219.04                        #4  6.313 219.54

Spiess' car moves towards the center line too. He runs a little better than Cary Goforth, but is late off the line. Goforth gets the hole shot win and lane choice over Patrick.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 John Nobile                            43 Rickie Smith                 
E2                   0.072  6.352 219.08     ****WINNER****  0.056  6.366 219.33
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B BERTSCH   ) 0.075  6.324 219.54      (T LEE       ) 0.145  6.347 219.29
 Qualified:             #3  6.305 219.47                        #7  6.337 219.22

The left lane is evil. Nobile pulls it back in the lane, but can't run enough better to prevent Smith's hole shot win. Rickie Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.008), 330 ft(-0.008), 660ft(-0.005), 1,000ft(-0.001). MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jeff Dobbins                           21 Brian Gahm                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.313 220.66                     0.051  6.325 221.52
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E MORTON    ) 0.045  6.311 221.02      (P BERNER    ) 0.053  6.783 217.70
 Qualified:             #5  6.319 220.66                        #9  6.345 220.22

Dobbins wire to wire with the quickest run of the session. Gahm gets the best MPH, for what thats worth. Dobbins will have lane choice over Nobile in round three.Jeff Dobbins' MOV: 0.0210 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

1:39 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink