Sat, 15 Oct 2011, 08:42 PM Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         7083 Andrew Durham                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.862 131.20                     0.063  9.594 142.34
      GT/DA  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.002           SS/DA  Dial: 9.62 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Skillman  ) 0.015  9.847  0.057      (J Edwards   ) 0.008  9.548  0.028
E1    (B McClanahan) 0.013  9.789  0.009      (G Luneack   ) 0.024  9.537  0.027
 Qualified:            #10  9.780 -0.720                       #14  9.525 -0.675

5:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 95 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 28.52 inches, adjusted altitude 4,048 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Peter Biondo runs 0.002 to his dial and wins on Andrew Durham's breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7405 Eric Bell                             640 Don Thomas                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  9.583 135.96                     0.066 10.031 132.78
      SS/EA  Dial: 9.62 (+/-): -0.037           GT/DA  Dial: 10.08 (+/-): -0.049
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Torres    ) 0.017  9.551  0.021      (M Graham    ) 0.055 10.031  0.071
E1    (L Zavala Jr ) 0.049  9.515  0.035      (M Cotten    ) 0.013 10.102  0.072
 Qualified:             #5  9.486 -0.864                       #25 10.213 -0.287

Eric Bell wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2093 Bobby Dennis                         6791 Tom Gaynor                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.074 10.734 125.58                     0.072  9.932 133.10
      GT/KA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.004          GT/DA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Loewen    ) 0.014 10.697  0.007                     -0.006  9.913  0.013
E1    (J Lamb      ) 0.020 10.685  0.055      (B Butner    ) 0.021  9.876 -0.004
 Qualified:             #7 10.660 -0.790                       #18  9.947 -0.553

Bobby Dennis wins on Tom Gaynor's breakout and will race Bell tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Tony Mandella                           1 Ryan McClanahan              
E3                   0.045  9.907 133.70     ****WINNER****  0.008  8.742 151.20
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-): -0.043           SS/BM  Dial: 8.71 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Paz       ) 0.022  9.922 -0.008      (K Etter     ) 0.048  8.758  0.038
E1    (D Kennedy   ) 0.005  9.898  0.018      (D Nelson    ) 0.015  8.765  0.115
 Qualified:            #20  9.897 -0.503                       #32  9.668  0.468

Ryan McClanahan wins on Tony Mandella's breakout.

He will get the bye run in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.046  9.558 128.10
                                                SS/AS  Dial: 9.57 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (F Grossi    ) 0.037  9.462  0.012
E1                                           (T Nolan     ) 0.003  9.493  0.043
 Qualified:                                                      #27  9.441 -0.159

Bye run for Fletcher. He will race Biondo in a terrific matchup.

5:39 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink