Sun, 23 Oct 2011, 05:32 PM Nostalgia Eliminator I Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Nostalgia Eliminator I 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
 708T Tim Brown                            7510 Kol Johnson                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.225  7.814 175.11                    -0.017  7.698 157.61
        NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.214             NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.098
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.055  7.655  0.055      (P Lukens    ) 0.033  7.911  0.311
E1    (D Taros     ) 0.055  7.633  0.033      (J Frolka    ) 0.015  7.655  0.055
 Qualified:             #2  7.604  0.004                       #20  7.682  0.082

1:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,230 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Brown is way late, but Johnson is ed by -0.017 to give him the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7602 Bruce McDowell                       7990 Jim Black                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.633 177.28                     0.134  7.777 173.76
        NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.033             NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.177
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Wimer     ) 0.005  7.623  0.023      (R Byrd      ) 0.034  7.717  0.117
E1    (N Capogni   ) 0.042  7.655  0.055      (E Stafford  ) 0.016  7.671  0.071
 Qualified:            #15  7.642  0.042                       #18  7.664  0.064

Black is late and McDowell cards all sevens for the easy win. He will race Brown later today.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7797 Alex Barrett                           11 Dan Schrokosch               
E3                   0.041 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.029  7.783 146.96
        NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-): 92.399             NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.183
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Whiteman  ) 0.040  7.623  0.023      (D Taros     ) 0.092  7.631  0.031
E1    (D Cantrell  ) 0.052  7.669  0.069      (G Johns     ) 0.026  7.686  0.086
 Qualified:             #7  7.615  0.015                       #17  7.657  0.057

Barrett's Cuda shutters and stumbles at the green and stops about 100 feet out. Driveline?

Easy win for Schrokosch.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7144 Hans Jakob                            706 Jim Scott                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.794 145.88                     0.093  7.953 170.21
        NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.194             NE1 Index: 7.60 (+/-):  0.353
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Wood      ) 0.071  7.626  0.026      (C Edwards   ) 0.095  7.587 -0.013
E1    (G Crisp     ) 0.006  7.795  0.195      (R Winkle    ) 0.111  7.724  0.124
 Qualified:             #9  7.619  0.019                       #19  7.677  0.077

Last pair!

Jakob is away first and they both slow on the top end. He will race Schrokosch next round.

2:03 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink