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Fri, 2 Nov 2007, 09:40 PM

Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 43nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                6340 Jim Storms                   
E2                                            ****WINNER**** -0.018 10.217 131.42
                                                GT/FA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Coughlin  ) 0.066 10.143  0.003
 Qualified:                                                      #38 10.163 -0.937

6:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,475 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Storms gets the Bye run to start the round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                              79 Mike Blackstone              
E2                  -0.028 10.530  84.20     ****WINNER****  0.041  9.008 148.59
      SS/BM  Dial: 8.72 (+/-):  1.810           SS/BS  Dial: 8.96 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Peterson  ) 0.044  8.737  0.077      (S Studley   ) 0.033  8.934  0.034
 Qualified:            #23  8.684 -1.016                        #5  8.912 -1.138

Red light win for Blackstone.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  741 John Irving                            55 Gary Stinnett                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.012 116.10                     0.053  9.362 146.35
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.022          GT/AA  Dial: 9.37 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Bales     ) 0.048 10.937 -0.013      (T Hall      ) 0.026  9.428  0.108
 Qualified:            #70 10.949 -0.351                       #16  9.367 -1.033

Breakout win for Irving


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7026 Dan Mason                              77 Bill Chaffin                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.498 130.95                     0.068 10.288 125.92
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.52 (+/-): -0.022           SS/BX  Dial: 10.31 (+/-): -0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Nelson    ) 0.003  9.463  0.023      (D Little    ) 0.013 10.267  0.037
 Qualified:             #9  9.461 -1.089                       #63 10.242 -0.608

Identical Breakout win for Mason.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7312 George Stassi                        7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E2                   0.215 10.193 127.34     ****WINNER****  0.088  9.791 131.79
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.043          GT/CA  Dial: 9.70 (+/-):  0.091
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hennessay ) 0.035 10.126  0.026      (J Irving    ) 0.103  9.724  0.034
 Qualified:            #54 10.135 -0.765                       #36  9.757 -0.943

Stassi misses the light big time and gives the win to Fordyce.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7797 Don Keen                             7391 John Winslow                 
E2                   0.044 10.934 116.94     ****WINNER****  0.044 10.024 132.14
      SS/LA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-): -0.206          GT/TA  Dial: 9.98 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Salcido   ) 0.066 11.306  0.286      (D Smith     ) 0.025  9.938  0.038
 Qualified:            #58 11.040 -0.710                       #40  9.920 -0.930

Keen breaks out by two tenths! Winslow goes on.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7056 Frank Grossi                         799J John Rains                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.094  9.248 141.62                    -0.004 12.538 109.29
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.25 (+/-): -0.002           SS/AH  Dial: 8.76 (+/-):  3.778
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Kohorst   ) 0.113  9.180 -1.220      (D Thomas    ) 0.093  8.756  0.026
 Qualified:             #3  9.223 -1.177                       #21  8.773 -1.027

Rains misses the green by -0.004 and Grossi gets a free pass to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Michael Iacono                       1633 Lincoln Morehead             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  9.941 124.79                     0.041  9.273 139.33
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.94 (+/-):  0.001           SS/DM  Dial: 9.32 (+/-): -0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Moreno    ) 0.032  9.885 -0.015      (A Falcone   ) 0.060  9.344  0.044
 Qualified:            #46  9.902 -0.898                       #64  9.471 -0.579

Breakout win for Iacono.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7031 Greg Luneack                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086  9.633 135.93                     0.045 10.888 119.71
      SS/FA  Dial: 9.67 (+/-): -0.037           SS/KA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Smith     ) 0.010  9.614  0.014      (R Pike      ) 0.010 10.890  0.000
 Qualified:             #6  9.635 -1.115                       #60 10.897 -0.653

Big wheelstand for Wann and he gets the double Breakout win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7228 Bill Blakeney                        6846 Byron Setters                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.070 10.130 121.77                     0.176  9.636 124.79
      SS/IA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.020          GT/AA  Dial: 9.35 (+/-):  0.286
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Broaddus  ) 0.063 10.083  0.013      (J Winslow   ) 0.029  9.362 -0.018
 Qualified:            #44 10.085 -0.915                       #26  9.402 -0.998

Setters is late. Blakeney gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3473 Craig Marshall                       4403 Gary Emmons                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  9.123 127.38                     0.024 10.513 115.77
      SS/CM  Dial: 9.07 (+/-):  0.053           SS/JA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.203
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Stubeck   ) 0.020  9.219  0.149      (M Faul      ) 0.013 10.413  0.003
 Qualified:            #49  9.075 -0.875                       #31 10.325 -0.975

Emmons slows to give the win to Marshall.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1638 Ron Morehead                         7854 Ryan McClanahan              
E2                  -0.004 15.078  63.58     ****WINNER****  0.085  8.526 158.56
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  5.038          SS/AM  Dial: 8.52 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Plourd    ) 0.027  9.998 -0.012      (M Tallent   ) 0.023  8.561  0.021
 Qualified:            #37 10.011 -0.939                       #55  8.550 -0.750

Red light for Morehead. McClanahan takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2207 Jeff Taylor                          7185 Dave Bridgewater             
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.014  9.002 148.44                    -0.011 10.323 128.66
      SS/DM  Dial: 9.02 (+/-): -0.018           SS/GA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hennessay ) 0.034  8.990  0.010      (W Taylor    ) 0.036 10.247 -0.043
 Qualified:            #12  9.007 -1.043                       #66 10.316 -0.534

Double red lights. Bridgewater was first.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Jody Lang                            7375 Ken Etter                    
E2                   0.011 11.109 119.01     ****WINNER****  0.007 10.201 124.90
      GT/JA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.019          GT/GA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Paton     ) 0.025 11.038  0.058      (J Borden    ) 0.023 10.193  0.053
 Qualified:            #68 11.172 -0.428                       #14 10.161 -1.039

Ken Etter's MOV: 0.0225 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  755 Kevin Smith                          213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E2                   0.059  9.675 136.80     ****WINNER****  0.037  9.339 135.43
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): -0.005           SS/CM  Dial: 9.30 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Sherrill  ) 0.004  9.691  0.071      (J Bystrom   ) 0.032  9.316  0.066
 Qualified:             #7  9.596 -1.104                       #61  9.311 -0.639

Breakout win for Bertozzi.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  721 Rick Houser                          1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                   0.055  8.797 150.82     ****WINNER****  0.007  9.446 134.87
      SS/AH  Dial: 8.76 (+/-):  0.037           SS/AS  Dial: 9.39 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Calvert   ) 0.037  8.742  0.032      (A Corda     ) 0.025  9.357  0.057
 Qualified:            #11  8.749 -1.051                       #65  9.333 -0.567

Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0291 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5200 Abe Loewen                              1 Peter Biondo                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.531 140.39                     0.045  9.158 138.26
      SS/EM  Dial: 9.52 (+/-):  0.011           SS/BM  Dial: 9.11 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Raybourn  ) 0.007  9.539  0.069      (J Faherty   ) 0.018  9.129  0.059
 Qualified:            #51  9.501 -0.849                       #69  9.347 -0.353

Almost identical RT's, and Loewen has the better package. Abe Loewen's MOV: 0.0348 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7702 Mike Graham                             4 Jimmy DeFrank                
E2                  -0.009 10.125 130.30     ****WINNER****  0.023  8.858 152.92
      GT/FA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  0.005          SS/BS  Dial: 8.83 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Broaddus  ) 0.005 10.073  0.003                     0.022  8.816 -1.234
 Qualified:            #20 10.073 -1.027                        #1  8.779 -1.271

DeFrank gets a free pass to round three on Graham's -0.009 red light and is even closer to catching Darren Smith for the 2007 Super Stock Championship.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1150 Billy Leber                             8 Scott Stillings              
E2                   0.010 10.488 123.77     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.948 151.26
      SS/EA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.012          SS/BM  Dial: 8.93 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Mendoza   ) 0.029 10.464  0.014      (T DeFrank   ) 0.007  8.904  0.024
 Qualified:            #71 10.487 -0.163                       #53  8.898 -0.802

Breakout win for Stillings.

6:39 p.m.

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