Sun, 23 Oct 2011, 12:56 PM AFX Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in AFX at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, 20th annual California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3504 Dave Scott                           R773 Roy Pool                     
E1                   0.479 10.840 103.17     ****WINNER****  0.138 10.918  98.61
       A/FX  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.340           A/FX  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.418
 Qualified:            #14 10.611 127.46                       #13 10.443 125.41

9:49 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,703 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Easy win for pool.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  708 RJ Simrock                            348 Mitchell Akers               
E1                   0.058  9.960 124.51     ****WINNER****  0.111 10.057 133.32
       A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.040           A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.057
 Qualified:             #7  9.992 133.83                        #8 10.015 134.36

Breakout win for Akers.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7970 Denny Sanders                        1991 Fred Kyle                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047 10.951 109.55                     0.200 10.593 122.63
       A/FX  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.201           A/FX  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.093
 Qualified:            #16 10.623 126.39                       #15 10.611 121.87

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  715 Ken Godsey                           1963 Clint Haskin                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.125 10.162 127.92                     0.119 10.183 130.18
       A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.162           A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.183
 Qualified:             #5  9.951 135.85                        #6  9.954 131.00

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  755 Doug Hampton                         7771 Joel Miner                   
E1                   0.082 10.292 118.40     ****WINNER****  0.107 10.264 125.00
       A/FX  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.042           A/FX  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #11 10.244 131.00                       #12 10.247 128.49

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 502X Thomas Tuso                           427 Steve Whitemore              
E1                   0.229 10.206 119.43     ****WINNER****  0.082 10.346 131.19
       A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.206           A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.346
 Qualified:             #9 10.062 132.69                       #10 10.190 132.78

Lots of "not so good" lights here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  789 Lynsi Martinez                        714 Ernie Algorri                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.143  9.025 146.23                     0.051  9.496 132.74
       A/FX  Dial: 9.00 (+/-):  0.025            A/FX  Dial: 9.50 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:             #1  8.968 144.71                        #2  9.456 140.36

Breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780V Val Torres Jr                         888 Glenn Gibbons                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053 10.098 120.13                     0.105 10.132 125.63
       A/FX  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.348            A/FX  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.382
 Qualified:             #3  9.718 130.62                        #4  9.862 133.53

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink