Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 07:52 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4888 Luke Bogacki                          198 Steve Szupka                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.001 10.645 118.72                     0.035 11.829 109.87
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.045           J/SA  Dial: 11.80 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Fetch     ) 0.006 10.565  0.035      (T Gillespie ) 0.006 11.641 -0.019
E2    (J Boudreau  ) 0.051 10.566  0.006      (C Holbrook  ) 0.037 11.708  0.038
E1    (W Mc Cracken) 0.010 10.627  0.027      (E Wallace   ) 0.000 11.668  0.008
 Qualified:            #60 10.772  0.172                       #17 11.729 -0.721

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.75 inches, adjusted altitude 4,209 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  751 Ben Wenzel                           2124 Jeff Strickland              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.021 10.705 118.02                     0.021 10.894 112.50
        C/S  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.045           A/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.054
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Fernandez ) 0.035 10.503 -0.017      (J Wilkes    ) 0.027 10.702 -0.018
E2    (J Perrone   ) 0.040 10.570 -0.010      (J Ronzello  ) 0.002 10.785  0.025
E1    (B Kenney    ) 0.029 10.731  0.211      (L Zane      ) 0.004 10.752 -0.008
 Qualified:             #9 10.544 -0.806                       #59 11.046  0.046

Identical reaction times...Ben Wenzel's MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                            5 Dustan Lowell                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.673 116.88                     0.029 11.236 112.28
       B/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-):  0.033           F/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Edwards   ) 0.010 10.500  0.030      (J Lovins    ) 0.065 11.055 -0.055
E2    (E Richardson) 0.016 10.529  0.029      (J Carnero   ) 0.096 11.099  0.009
E1    (D Kincaid   ) 0.021 10.520 -0.730      (R Wilkes    ) 0.044 11.167  0.037
 Qualified:            #15 10.507 -0.743                       #42 11.370 -0.480

Peter Biondo's MOV: 0.0153 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Biondo will face Wenzel Sr. in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.023 11.478 108.43                     0.047 10.896 121.87
       F/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-):  0.058           C/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Leber     ) 0.038 11.278 -0.032      (J McCormack ) 0.029 10.715 -0.025
E2    (J Marcinowsk) 0.033 11.376  0.006      (G Parker    ) 0.001 10.794  0.034
E1    (J Marshall  ) 0.043 11.387  0.037      (C Stephenson) 0.008 10.785  0.015
 Qualified:            #35 11.334 -0.516                       #23 10.751 -0.649

Rampy keeps his chances of doubling up alive...he will face Bogacki in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink