Sun, 19 Feb 2012, 20:02 PM Super Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division, event at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4488 Terry Pearson                        2938 David Simmons                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.040  5.967 113.37                     0.014  6.370 107.04
       GT/CA  Dial: 5.95 (+/-):  0.017           GT/TA  Dial: 6.38 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Pearson   ) 0.018  5.973 -0.007      (G Coccaro   ) 0.044  6.385  0.005
E2    (J Douglass  ) 0.028  6.006  0.036      (S Carr      ) 0.034  6.421  0.021
E1    (J Sealey    ) 0.120  9.761  0.251      (B Dennis    ) 0.070 10.309  0.119
 Qualified:            #11  9.509 -0.891                       #46 10.410 -0.140

7:53 p.m. Simmons had a good light, took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  208 Jimmy Spell                          1759 Anthony Bongiovanni          
E4   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.605 102.82                    -0.010  5.564 126.14
        GT/K  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.055            SS/B  Dial: 5.58 (+/-): -0.016
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Mattingly ) 0.002  6.579  0.029      (J Adkinson  ) 0.006  5.594  0.004
E2    (S Perry     ) 0.101  6.628  0.048      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.007  5.624  0.034
E1    (R Juarbe    ) 1.349 16.174  5.074      (Bye         ) 0.014  8.868  0.018
 Qualified:            #25 10.480 -0.620                        #1  8.854 -1.046

Jimmy Spell's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   21 Jeff Strickland                       340 Rich South                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.726  97.38                     0.058  6.069 114.33
       SS/JA  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.006           GT/EA  Dial: 6.07 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Martel    ) 0.026  6.714  0.014      (F Maiolo    ) 0.037  6.077  0.007
E2    (R Twitchell ) 0.049  7.225  0.525      (Bye         ) 0.001  6.100  0.100
E1    (N Scardelli ) 0.028 10.775 -0.005      (A Leong     ) 0.086 10.154  0.464
 Qualified:            #45 10.750 -0.250                        #2  9.702 -0.948

Jeff Strickland's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0310 seconds (approximately 5 feet), opponent broke out. He races Pearson in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1108 Gary Richard                               Bye
E4   ****WINNER**** -0.044  5.826 116.72     
       GT/AA  Dial: 5.00 (+/-):  0.826    
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Cafaro    ) 0.098  5.835  0.045   
E2    (J Hill      ) 0.087  5.806 -0.014   
E1    (J Wilson Jr ) 0.063  9.232 -0.868   
 Qualified:            #10  9.198 -0.902                     Bye

Richard faces Spell in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink