Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 12:57 PM Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4483 John Clegg                           402G John Covington               
E3                   0.045  8.037 167.59     ****WINNER****  0.057  9.433 135.71
       SS/AM  Dial: 7.97 (+/-):  0.067           GT/BA  Dial: 9.40 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hanig     ) 0.040  7.964 -0.006      (B Chaney    ) 0.046  9.487  0.027
E1    (J B Clegg   ) 0.036  8.031 -0.009      (D Custer    ) 0.004  9.617  0.117
 Qualified:             #3  8.047 -0.953                       #18  9.458 -0.792

11:51 a.m. John Covington's MOV: 0.0221 seconds (approximately 5 feet), but Clegg will go away happy this weekend because he made a 7.964 second run in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4181 Mike Trumble                         4006 Dale Hulquist                
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.016  9.945 130.28                    -0.038 10.223 128.76
       GT/FA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-): -0.125          GT/HA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.030 14.629  3.829      (B Candies   ) 0.046 10.177  0.007
E1    (N Marsden   ) 0.037 10.244  0.044      (J Swinehart ) 0.040 10.232  0.012
 Qualified:            #28 10.267 -0.533                       #14 10.201 -0.849

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4403 Gary Emmons                          4456 Jeff Colvert                 
E3                  -0.094 19.163  41.61     ****WINNER****  0.062  9.200 144.18
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  9.113           GT/B  Dial: 9.15 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Hebert    ) 0.064 10.049 -0.071      (P Candies   ) 0.099  9.164 -0.026
E1    (F Henson    ) 0.028 10.170 -0.830      (J Miller    ) 0.021  9.301  0.031
 Qualified:             #6 10.087 -0.913                       #11  9.226 -0.874

Emmons had a huge wheelstand, then slowed when he saw the win light on in Colvert's lane. Colvert races Trumble in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4957 Mike Braswell                        4402 Jerry Emmons                 
E3                   0.028  9.751 132.53     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.526 133.01
       SS/GA  Dial: 9.78 (+/-): -0.029           GT/BA  Dial: 9.53 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Gary      ) 0.073  9.793  0.013      (J Caro      ) 0.024  9.544  0.004
E1    (R Hopkins   ) 0.015  9.871  0.011      (K Ratliff   ) 0.009  9.622  0.022
 Qualified:            #20  9.818 -0.732                       #24  9.589 -0.661

Jerry Emmons' MOV: Double breakout. He races Covington next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Chris Chaney                         4300 Lloyd Wofford                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.062  9.775 111.53                    -0.002  8.170 164.35
       GT/DA  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.265           SS/BM  Dial: 8.13 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.107  9.673 -0.827      (D Latino    ) 0.001  8.149  0.009
E1    (C Kimball   ) 0.036  9.730  0.130      (S Cummings  ) 0.037  8.198 -0.022
 Qualified:             #7  9.587 -0.913                        #2  8.239 -0.961

Chris Chaney's MOV: opponent's red light. He gets a bye to the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink