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Fri, 17 Sep 2010, 12:16 PM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1419 Larry Mohar                          1513 Doug Chervanik               
E1                   0.080 10.082 132.59     ****WINNER****  0.063 10.720 124.67
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  0.032          GT/LA  Dial: 10.69 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #34 10.035 -0.565                       #10 10.667 -0.883

11:49 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.35 inches, adjusted altitude 3,133 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Doug Chervanik's MOV: 0.0194 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1273 Bo Kenney                            2708 Kenneth Horne                
E1                  -0.120  9.384 144.24     ****WINNER****  0.064  8.896 139.08
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.32 (+/-):  0.064           SS/CM  Dial: 8.83 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:             #5  9.291 -0.959                       #29  8.815 -0.685

Kenneth Horne wins on a red light, then the tractor does a couple of laps to clean up something he left on the launch pad..


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  208 Jimmy Spell                           243 Roy Hill                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.143 10.465 127.58                     0.048  9.055 141.47
       GT/K  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.055          SS/BA  Dial: 8.90 (+/-):  0.155
 Qualified:            #25 10.403 -0.697                        #1  8.624 -1.276

Hill had almost a tenth advantage on the tree, could not run the number. Jimmy Spell's MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 14 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  201 Herbie Null                          2369 Gene Daugherty               
E1                  -0.003  9.978 132.30     ****WINNER****  0.027 10.154 130.00
      GT/FA  Dial: 9.97 (+/-):  0.008           SS/HA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:             #9  9.915 -0.885                       #33  9.957 -0.643

Gene Daugherty wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2077 Rick Brewer                          1995 Rob Carpenter                
E1                   0.109  9.858 131.86     ****WINNER****  0.030 10.058 127.98
      SS/IA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-):  0.038           GT/EA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.048
 Qualified:             #7  9.783 -0.917                       #31  9.991 -0.659

Rob Carpenter's MOV: 0.0691 seconds (approximately 13 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3800 Roger Keeling                        1937 Lee Zane                     
E1                   0.023  9.673 133.75     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.982 121.27
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.69 (+/-): -0.017           SS/KA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #19  9.630 -0.770                       #43 10.969 -0.281

Identical lights, Keeling took too much stripe (but Zane didn't leav himm much to work with).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1638 Ron Morehead                         2909 Mark Lewis                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051 10.054 131.27                    -0.023 10.805 122.42
      GT/EA  Dial: 10.08 (+/-): -0.026          SS/JA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #22  9.936 -0.714                       #46 10.767 -0.233

Ron Morehead wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1492 Mike Grimm                           2923 Greg Rowe                    
E1                   0.174 10.237 131.41     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.696 113.86
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.077          SS/JA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.076
 Qualified:            #21 10.156 -0.744                       #45 10.760 -0.240


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2031 Mike Saye                            1227 Michael Volkman              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001 10.087 132.15                    -0.001 10.194 130.91
      GT/DA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.017          GT/GA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #35 10.044 -0.456                       #11 10.021 -0.879

Both had double-oh-one lights, but Volkman's was on the red side. Mike Saye's package: 0.018.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1743 Bryan Worner                         2124 Jeff Strickland              
E1                  -0.003 10.556 103.03     ****WINNER****  0.012 11.019 111.85
      GT/EA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-):  0.606           SS/JA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:            #23  9.936 -0.714                       #47 10.921 -0.079

Jeff Strickland wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2008 Bobby Warren                         2652 Larry Stott                  
E1                   0.029 10.245 128.08     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.334 125.79
      SS/JA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.045          SS/GA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #16 10.188 -0.812                       #40 10.241 -0.309

Larry Stott's MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  381 Andy Kronenbitter                    2733 Merrill Schrimscher          
E1                  -0.015  9.466 138.50     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.285 130.47
      GT/BA  Dial: 9.47 (+/-): -0.004           SS/HA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #12  9.387 -0.863                       #36 10.217 -0.383

Merrill Schrimscher wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   18 Tom Sheehan                          319X Rick Baehr                   
E1                   0.037 10.327 129.47     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.252 129.73
      GT/HA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.017          GT/TA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #13 10.195 -0.855                       #37 10.178 -0.372

Rick Baehr's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 14 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                          361 Bo Butner                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002  9.777 134.48                     0.017  8.523 155.56
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.78 (+/-): -0.003           SS/CM  Dial: 8.54 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #28  9.810 -0.690                        #4  8.457 -1.043

Tough matchup...Peter Biondo wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2094 Buggs Dennis                           34 Jeff Taylor                  
E1                   0.044 10.965 122.40     ****WINNER****  0.020  9.261 125.97
      GT/MA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.115          SS/DM  Dial: 9.14 (+/-):  0.121
 Qualified:             #2 10.597 -1.153                       #26  9.055 -0.695

Taylor sends the #2 qualifier home. Jeff Taylor's MOV: 0.0182 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1748 Byron Worner                         1529 Mark Alvey                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.045 116.11                    -0.012 10.122 129.83
      SS/IA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-):  0.125           GT/CA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #14  9.863 -0.837                       #38 10.044 -0.356

Byron Worner wins on a red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2428 Andy Fogle                           213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                   0.072  9.332 142.25     ****WINNER****  0.044  9.166 143.08
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.30 (+/-):  0.032           SS/AS  Dial: 9.13 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #15  9.266 -0.834                       #39  9.256 -0.344

Anthony Bertozzi's MOV: 0.0246 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jimmy DeFrank                        2112 James Wilson Jr.             
E1                   0.022  8.808 153.81     ****WINNER****  0.014  9.503 141.80
      SS/BS  Dial: 8.78 (+/-):  0.028           GT/AA  Dial: 9.47 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:             #8  8.763 -0.887                       #32  9.449 -0.651

James Wilson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 9 inches) in a close race all the way.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  300 Chuck Gallagher                      5723 Ernie Penner                 
E1                   0.019  8.847 155.69     ****WINNER****  0.012 10.335 127.96
      SS/AM  Dial: 8.77 (+/-):  0.077           GT/HA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #41  8.694 -0.306                       #17 10.248 -0.802

Ernie Penner's MOV: 0.0593 seconds (approximately 14 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3099 Stacy McCarty                        1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1                   0.092  9.849 139.44     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.591 116.56
      GT/AA  Dial: 9.39 (+/-):  0.459           SS/AS  Dial: 9.39 (+/-):  0.201
 Qualified:            #20  9.347 -0.753                       #44  9.346 -0.254


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2619 Joe Tysinger                         2780 Grant Lewis                  
E1                   0.024 10.697 124.48     ****WINNER****  0.001  8.877 148.40
      GT/JA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.027          SS/DM  Dial: 8.86 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #30 10.633 -0.667                        #6  8.806 -0.944

Grant Lewis' MOV: 0.0337 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Grant Lewis' package: 0.018.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2966 Stephen McCreary                     2093 Bob Dennis                   
E1                   0.070 15.582  55.40     ****WINNER****  0.098 10.762 113.19
      SS/BX  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  5.702           GT/MA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #27  9.858 -0.692                        #3 10.704 -1.046

McReary's car made expensive-sounding noises about 200 feet down the track and he coasted the rest of the way.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  210 Steven Johnson                       2333 Grace Howell                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.069 10.628  91.04
      SS/CM  Dial: 8.90 (+/-): 91.099           SS/AM  Dial: 8.90 (+/-):  1.728
 Qualified:            #18  8.720 -0.780                       #42  8.696 -0.304

Johnson was a no-show. Howell has been struggling a bit this weekend and abandoned this run after the car made a left turn with the wheels way up in the air.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1633 Lincoln Morehead                     1127 Russ Linke                   
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.005 10.158 130.57                           No Time      
      GT/GA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-): -0.022          SS/JA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-): 89.819
 Qualified:            #24 10.188 -0.712                       #48 11.348  0.348

Linke was a no-show. Morehead bettered his qualifying run by about three hundredths on the free test pass.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink