Sat, 20 Oct 2012, 20:44 PM Extreme Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Cary Goforth                            2 John Montecalvo              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  4.072 175.96                     0.080  4.237 174.35
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R PENLAND   ) 0.032  4.131 173.83      (L O'BRIEN   ) 0.030  4.303 174.01
E1    (K BEALKO    ) 0.056  4.095 175.87      (S HINTZ     ) 0.024  4.093 177.23
 Qualified:             #3  4.055 177.32                       #10  4.086 177.95

7:35 p.m. With all of the championships decided, the racers can now focus on winning this event.

Goforth was on time and cleanly down the groove for the win here, Montecalvo second off the line with lots of tire spin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  352 Matt Bertsch                          531 John Deflorian Jr.           
E3                   0.004  4.117 175.37     ****WINNER****  0.039  4.073 177.09
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D SCHORR    ) 0.036  4.107 175.52      (E MORTON    ) 0.062  4.127 174.53
E1    (D GOFORTH   ) 0.037  4.115 175.37      (B GAHM      ) 0.069  4.085 176.77
 Qualified:            #13  4.094 176.12                        #1  4.040 179.95

Bertsch sawed the tree down, but it wasn't enough, Deflorian winning by a couple feet.

John Deflorian Jr.'s incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.022), 330 ft(-0.004). MOV: 0.0093 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Deflorian missed lane choice by a thousandth of a second against Goforth in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink