Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 07:34 PM

Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations
By Bob Orme



BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5583 Dan Zrust                            5830 Dennis Nelson                
E2                  -0.061  9.448 130.08     ****WINNER****  0.057 10.952 119.21
      SS/AH  Dial: 9.33 (+/-):  0.118           GT/LA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Tompa     ) 0.033  9.485  0.015      (C Neff      ) 0.030 11.074  0.044
 Qualified:            #37  9.410 -0.340                        #6 11.010 -0.840
6:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 28.49 inches, adjusted altitude 3,290 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Dennis Nelson wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5995 David Goldie                            7 Mark Nowicki                 
E2                   0.060 11.410 109.64     ****WINNER****  0.051 10.070 131.02
      GT/KA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-): -0.050          GT/EA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Sherwood  ) 0.053 11.534  0.004      (B Haugaard  ) 0.091 10.170  0.020
 Qualified:            #39 11.525 -0.225                        #8 10.153 -0.797
Dead on the dial!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                          368 Fred Allen                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.079 128.15                     0.184 10.373 126.95
      SS/BS  Dial: 8.95 (+/-):  0.129           GT/TB  Dial: 10.38 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Helms     ) 0.033  9.031 -0.019      (M Faul      ) 0.020 10.472  0.002
 Qualified:             #5  9.038 -0.912                       #15 10.448 -0.702
Peter Biondo wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3081 Joe Covert                             58 Travis Sorokie               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003 11.851  84.86                     0.126 No Time      
      SS/GM  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  1.281          GT/HA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-): 89.509
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Snow      ) 0.043 10.609  0.019      (M Buhl      ) 0.024 10.581 -0.009
 Qualified:            #42 10.618 -0.032                       #11 10.594 -0.756
Sorokie broke something after the launch. He rolled to a stop at about 500 feet. Covert will face Nelson in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5268 Douglas Jonak                        5462 Scott Pearson                
E2                   0.026 12.297 104.82     ****WINNER****  0.061 10.782 114.03
      SS/PA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-):  0.147          SS/JA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Demarais  ) 0.023 12.294  0.034      (T Johnson   ) 0.055 10.850  0.020
 Qualified:            #19 12.272 -0.678                       #30 10.846 -0.454
Scott Pearson's MOV: 0.1002 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5429 Rick Ryan                            5517 Justin Jenkins               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006 11.326 115.03                     0.035  9.700 132.08
      SS/MA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-):  0.016          GT/CA  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Erfle     ) 0.030 11.517  0.027      (D Duke      ) 0.025  9.762 -0.008
 Qualified:            #14 11.423 -0.727                        #4  9.764 -0.936
Rick Ryan's MOV: 0.0239 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He'll face Pearson in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5488 Dean Mesenbring                      5571 Todd Curtis                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.866 120.94                     0.017 10.995 119.86
      GT/IA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.006          SS/LA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Mans      ) 0.021 10.926  0.006      (R Johnson   ) 0.168 11.059 -0.041
 Qualified:            #24 10.912 -0.588                       #13 11.018 -0.732
Dean Mesenbring's MOV: 0.0055 seconds (approximately 12 inches). He'll face Nowicki in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   51 Gary Stinnett                        5538 Jim Thune                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.771 115.05                     0.002 20.363  81.46
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.58 (+/-):  0.191           SS/JA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  9.693
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Steen     ) 0.089  9.671  0.021      (R Roddel    ) 0.019 10.710  0.010
 Qualified:            #12  9.658 -0.742                       #23 10.703 -0.597
Something happened to Thune's car on the hit. He didn't start to power up until he was about 100 feet down the track. Stinnett will have a bye run in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5150 Jason DeForrest                      5723 Ernie Penner                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.113 10.079 132.73                     0.004 10.464 114.90
      GT/DA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): -0.021          GT/HA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Phillipich) 0.019 10.222  0.032      (P Anderson  ) 0.012 10.648  0.148
 Qualified:            #17 10.108 -0.692                        #7 10.518 -0.832
Jason DeForrest wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5426 Gene Mosbek                          5301 Jim Langer                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.627 108.38                    -0.045 11.538  84.52
      SS/EA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-):  0.097           SS/I  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  1.508
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Loewen    ) 0.016 10.600  0.050      (J Teuton    ) 0.004 10.091  0.041
 Qualified:            #41 10.559 -0.091                       #10 10.062 -0.788
Gene Mosbek wins on a red light. He'll face Biondo in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                5404 Brian Zenzen                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.088 10.225 129.92
                                                GT/EA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (L DeForrest ) 0.019 10.312  0.002
 Qualified:                                                      #22 10.318 -0.632
Zenzen will face Jason DeForrest in round three.

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