Sun, 23 Oct 2011, 06:12 PM 7.0 PRO Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in 7.0 PRO 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
  659 Cal Tebb                              225 Ronnie Lennon                
E3                  -0.208  7.035 193.24     ****WINNER****  0.040  7.013 197.80
       7Pro Index: 7.00 (+/-):  0.035            7Pro Index: 7.00 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Leahy     ) 0.109  7.112  0.112      (P Peterson  ) 0.006  7.124  0.124
E1    (D Maciel    ) 0.064  7.043  0.043      (B Murphy    ) 0.023  6.916 -0.084
 Qualified:             #5  7.013  0.013                       #16  7.051  0.051

3:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,502 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Ronnie Lennon wins on Cal Tebb's big red light. He runs 0.013 to the index.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 Richard Phillips                        1 Greg Howland                 
E3                   0.179  7.098 191.59     ****WINNER****  0.129  7.109 198.32
       7Pro Index: 7.00 (+/-):  0.098            7Pro Index: 7.00 (+/-):  0.109
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Miller    ) 0.011  7.121  0.121      (D Sanders   ) 0.010  7.117  0.117
E1    (R Sekura    ) 0.232  7.017  0.017      (D Oberg     ) 0.045  7.082  0.082
 Qualified:            #14  7.041  0.041                       #17  7.067  0.067

Kinda close race. Neither light is great and both cars slow on the top end. Howland takes the eleven foot win

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink