Sun, 25 May 2003, 04:05 PM Super Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   47 Jeff Hefler                          5080 Ted Romero
E4   ****WINNER****  0.051  8.854  0.014                     0.036 10.652 -0.008
      SS/BM  Dial: 8.84                         GT/JA  Dial: 10.66
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.001  8.939 -0.761      (D Duke      ) 0.022 10.666  0.006
E2    (M Bogina    ) 0.008  8.798 -0.002      (J Emmons    ) 0.005 10.660  0.030
E1    (J Novacek   ) 0.031  8.877  0.017      (G Hanson    ) 0.158 10.696  0.026
 Qualified:            #15  8.836 -0.864                        #7 10.630 -1.020

Romero with the starting line advantage, but then broke out to give Heffler the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4879 Buz Post                               56 Ben Harper
E4   ****WINNER****  0.040  8.321  0.061                     0.044 10.890  0.100
      SS/AM  Dial: 8.26                         SS/JA  Dial: 10.79
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Martin    ) 0.017  8.311  0.021      (E Penner    ) 0.004 10.784  0.024
E2    (D Gillam    ) 0.042  8.273  0.003      (P Collins   ) 0.046 10.701  0.071
E1    (Bye         ) -0.020  8.363 -1.187      (T Lundstedt ) 0.024 10.761  0.031
 Qualified:             #1  8.298 -1.252                       #41 10.736 -0.564

Buz Post's MOV: 0.0434 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Post will face Hefler in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  361 Bo Butner III                        4343 Warren Lett
E4   ****WINNER****  0.082  9.370 -0.680                    -0.068 11.796  1.746
      SS/BS  Dial: 10.05                        SS/BS  Dial: 10.05
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Stewart   ) 0.072  9.393  0.143      (D Bogner    ) 0.143  9.307 -0.023
E2                   0.039  9.246  0.046      (J Grande    ) 0.057  9.322  0.042
E1    (B Dennis    ) 0.034  9.290  0.000      (A Tibbs     ) 0.117  9.377 -0.003
 Qualified:            #26  9.269 -0.781                       #24  9.260 -0.790

Lett turned on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4118 Pete Peery                                 Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.098  9.815  0.015
      GT/CA  Dial: 9.80
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Cassil    ) 0.104  9.833  0.023
E2    (J Covert    ) 0.012  9.791  0.051
E1    (R Courtney  ) -0.012  9.820  0.020
 Qualified:            #10  9.780 -0.920                     Bye

Perry will race Butner in the other semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink