Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 11 Oct 2008, 10:14 AM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan



DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1650 Greg Gay                             1996 Ronald Riddick               
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.009 11.162 101.67                    -0.014 12.075  80.88
      SS/MA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.172          GT/AA  Dial: 9.55 (+/-):  2.525
 Qualified:             #8 11.056 -1.094                       #38  9.591 -0.809
9:48 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,048 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Interesting start - a perfect example of "first or worst." Gay went red, then Riddick got the wheels up and turned left, crossing the centerline, making Gay the winner.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  176 Joseph Franco III                    1034 Larry Jewell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054 10.090 129.16                     0.062  9.688 137.25
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.000          SS/DA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:             #9 10.110 -1.090                       #39  9.693 -0.807
Joseph Franco III's MOV: 0.0165 seconds (approximately 3 feet), running right on the dial - Perfectly Strange.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1747 Tim Worner                           1050 Ed Newton                    
E1                   0.171 10.541 119.46     ****WINNER****  0.042  9.162 143.57
      GT/JA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.019          SS/AX  Dial: 9.12 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #15 10.574 -1.026                       #45  9.130 -0.670


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1638 Ron Morehead                          336 Michael Lyons                
E1                   0.065  9.958 126.32     ****WINNER****  0.017  8.619 150.16
      GT/EA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-): -0.002           SS/AM  Dial: 8.59 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #20  9.972 -0.978                       #50  8.721 -0.579
Michael Lyons' package: 0.046.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1993 Mike Giuliano                        1125 Marty Rinehart Jr            
E1                   0.054  9.484 128.55     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.779 125.62
      SS/CM  Dial: 9.38 (+/-):  0.104           SS/EA  Dial: 9.73 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #57  9.465 -0.335                       #27  9.732 -0.918


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1325 Bob Bagley                           2619 Joe Tysinger                 
E1                  -0.166 10.059 131.79     ****WINNER****  0.050 10.635 124.26
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.019          GT/IA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:             #4 10.073 -1.127                       #34 10.658 -0.842
"Papa Joe" takes "Mama's Mink" to round 2...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1227 Michael Volkman                       208 Jimmy Spell                  
E1                   0.107 10.116 130.86     ****WINNER****  0.158 10.436 126.34
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.02 (+/-):  0.096           GT/K  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #53 10.738 -0.462                       #23 10.449 -0.951
Jimmy Spell's MOV: 0.0295 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   11 Bryan Worner                         2369 Gene Daugherty               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.196 125.35                     0.049  9.979 131.11
      GT/FA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.036          SS/HA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #46 10.448 -0.652                       #16  9.877 -1.023
Bryan Worner's MOV: 0.0166 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1158 Chris Marquess                       1309 George Taylor                
E1                   0.053 10.407 128.07     ****WINNER****  0.046 10.041 128.15
      SS/DA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.207          SS/FM  Dial: 9.87 (+/-):  0.171
 Qualified:            #59 10.475 -0.025                       #29  9.908 -0.892
George Taylor's MOV: 0.0434 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Looks like nobody wanted the striupe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1174 Brooks Lee                           2708 Kenneth Horne                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  9.306 131.31                     0.044 19.736  50.10
      SS/AH  Dial: 9.30 (+/-):  0.006           SS/DM  Dial: 9.08 (+/-): 10.656
 Qualified:            #54  9.306 -0.444                       #24  9.100 -0.950
Brooks Lee's package: 0.045. Horne slowed almost immediately.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2966 Stephen McCreary                       14 Jeff Tripp                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.890 131.79                     0.051  8.818 151.80
      SS/BX  Dial: 9.91 (+/-): -0.020           SS/AM  Dial: 8.85 (+/-): -0.032
 Qualified:            #25  9.925 -0.925                       #55  8.874 -0.426


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2900 Mike Tueffel                          201 Herbie Null                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  8.618 159.25                    -0.007  9.889 133.72
      SS/BM  Dial: 8.61 (+/-):  0.008           GT/BA  Dial: 9.87 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #19  8.666 -0.984                       #49  9.921 -0.629
Mike Tueffel's package: 0.028.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  110 Don Ciccarone                        1324 Bob Cupp                     
E1                   0.140  9.589 138.36     ****WINNER****  0.113 10.425 121.16
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.53 (+/-):  0.059           SS/KA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #37  9.587 -0.813                        #7 10.447 -1.103


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1748 Byron Worner                         1725 Larry Miller Jr              
E1                   0.054  9.883 126.73     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.139 130.13
      SS/IA  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.003           SS/GA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #13  9.936 -1.064                       #43 10.142 -0.708
Larry Miller Jr's MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1984 Jim Harrington                       1529 Mark Alvey                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.887 129.82                     0.046  9.813 134.10
      SS/DM  Dial: 9.87 (+/-):  0.017           GT/CA  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #60 10.966  0.916                       #30  9.838 -0.862
Jim Harrington's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 4 inches). Jim Harrington's package: 0.048.
Mark Alvey's package: 0.049.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1616 Michael Allen                         300 Chuck Gallagher              
E1                   0.139  9.461 141.03     ****WINNER****  0.044  9.056 137.98
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.47 (+/-): -0.009           SS/AM  Dial: 9.00 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #28  9.500 -0.900                       #58  9.038 -0.262


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1721 Joe Lisa                             1779 Bob Letellier                
E1                   0.086 10.182 128.27     ****WINNER****  0.005 10.925 118.76
      GT/FA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.022          SS/JA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.075
 Qualified:            #26 10.175 -0.925                       #56 10.888 -0.412
Bob Letellier's MOV: 0.0286 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1972 Gregory Porter                       1930 Frank Aragona Jr             
E1                   0.035  9.535 140.37     ****WINNER****  0.034  8.961 144.24
      SS/DM  Dial: 9.50 (+/-):  0.035           SS/BS  Dial: 8.96 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #51  9.530 -0.520                       #21  8.989 -0.961
Frank Aragona Jr's package: 0.035.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3218 Jimbo Fields                         1108 Gary Richard                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.060 130.00                    -0.045  9.301 144.16
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-): -0.010          GT/AA  Dial: 9.29 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #36 10.083 -0.817                        #6  9.283 -1.117


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2134 Everett Hill                            2 Peter Biondo                 
E1                  -0.119 11.085 103.21     ****WINNER****  0.056  8.847 134.51
       SS/L  Dial: 10.70 (+/-):  0.385          SS/BS  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:            #33 10.707 -0.843                        #3  8.818 -1.132


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1046 Tom Sheehan                          1196 Jack Sepanek                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.364 128.14                     0.019  9.500 134.55
      GT/IA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.014          SS/CA  Dial: 9.53 (+/-): -0.030
 Qualified:             #5 10.381 -1.119                       #35  9.521 -0.829
Tom Sheehan's package: 0.034.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1173 Norm Hall                            1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                  -0.003  9.869 113.81     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.357 124.91
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.67 (+/-):  0.199           SS/AS  Dial: 9.27 (+/-):  0.087
 Qualified:            #18  9.708 -0.992                       #48  9.270 -0.630


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1682 Brian Van Poppel                     1778 Joseph Santangelo            
E1                   0.075 10.538 126.05     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.484 120.54
      SS/KA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.048          GT/FA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.104
 Qualified:            #14 10.514 -1.036                       #44 10.416 -0.684
Joseph Santangelo's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1798 Bucky Hess                            131 Sterling Simmons Jr          
E1                  -0.036  8.560 154.30     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.549 125.33
      SS/AH  Dial: 8.63 (+/-): -0.070           SS/JA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #12  8.677 -1.073                       #42 10.554 -0.746


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1899 Gary Ewing                           1161 James Antonette Jr.          
E1                   0.041 10.041 127.93     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.581 128.51
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.031          SS/CS  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:             #1 10.054 -1.246                       #31  9.791 -0.859
James Antonette Jr.'s MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2034 Robert Moore                         213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                  -0.042  9.832 129.12     ****WINNER****  0.071  9.268 123.84
      SS/FA  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.082           SS/CM  Dial: 9.17 (+/-):  0.098
 Qualified:            #17  9.754 -0.996                       #47  9.162 -0.638


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1192 Bob Hochrun                           199 Gary Wisecarver              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  9.693 134.70                     0.022  9.856 133.07
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.013            GT/D  Dial: 9.86 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #11  9.718 -1.082                       #41  9.856 -0.794
Wisecarver took too much stripe...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1150 Billy Leber                          3308 Jay Higgins                  
E1                   0.044  9.168 146.94     ****WINNER****  0.063  8.524 160.67
      SS/TB  Dial: 9.18 (+/-): -0.012           SS/BM  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -1.126
 Qualified:            #32  9.394 -0.856                        #2  8.485 -1.165
Leber took too much stripe...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                       1184 Wes Leopold Sr               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  9.801 135.67                           No Time      
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.001           GT/GA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-): 88.799
 Qualified:            #40 10.003 -0.797                       #10 10.115 -1.085
Leopold broke yesterday and could not answer the call.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1671 William Kennedy                       210 Steven Johnson               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.017  9.080 147.71
      GT/CA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): 89.299          SS/DM  Dial: 9.07 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #52 10.217 -0.483                       #22  9.096 -0.954
Kennedy also could not answer the staging call and Johnson gets a free timed run to close out the round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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