Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 11:34 PM Stock Eliminator Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E7   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.482 120.35                     0.030 10.354 121.30
       B/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.032          AA/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.012 10.424 -0.826      (C Veach     ) 0.033 10.372  0.002
E5    (W Krueger   ) 0.073 10.511 -0.739                     -0.002 10.347  0.347
E4    (B Haugaard  ) 0.015 10.396 -0.074      (J Diekema   ) 0.034 10.372  0.012
E3    (S Szupka    ) 0.032 10.433  0.003      (J Coughlin J) 0.030 10.339 -0.021
E2    (C Knudsen   ) 0.048 10.578  0.028      (J Gower     ) 0.050 10.669  0.079
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.029 10.496  0.006      (B Zaskowski ) 0.015 10.409  0.039
 Qualified:            #14 10.475 -0.775                       #65 10.435 -0.165

10:26 p.m. Fletcher has won this event four times, once in Stock, three times in Super Stock. He and Biondo have faced off in two Stock finals, Biondo won both times.

Make that three finals, same result. Biondo sawed the tree down, then whomped the throttle on the top end for the win. Peter Biondo's MOV: 0.0188 seconds (approximately 3 feet). That's Biondo's 37th win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink