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Sun, 21 Oct 2012, 12:14 PM

AFX Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in AFX at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, California Hot Rod Reunion XXI:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  427 Steve Whitemore                       539 Pat Borovicka                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.239 10.056 133.54                    -0.351 11.431 117.81
        A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.056           A/FX  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.431
 Qualified:             #6 10.148 132.04                       #13 11.127 118.02

9:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.21 inches, adjusted altitude 1,494 feet.

Steve Whitemore gets the easy win on opponent's BIG red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  771 Joel Miner                            714 Ernie Algorri                
E1                   0.176 10.755 120.08     ****WINNER****  0.080  9.602 134.28
        A/FX  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.245           A/FX  Dial: 9.75 (+/-): -0.148
 Qualified:            #10 10.766 121.77                        #2  9.626 140.50

Miner is way late.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 B682 Brad Shaffer                         7680 Jerry Keller                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.205 11.622  83.80                           No Time      
        A/FX  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.872           A/FX  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): 88.749
 Qualified:             #7 10.655 125.10                       #14 11.311 118.03

Keller breaks after his burnout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  755 Doug Hampton                         9539 Marv Reiser                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.542 10.349 130.58                     0.692 10.954 109.89
        A/FX  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.099           A/FX  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.046
 Qualified:             #5 10.123 132.06                       #12 10.984 123.83

Doug Hampton's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0050 seconds (approximately 10 inches), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7970 Denny Sanders                        5315 Dale Schroeder               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056 10.885 123.86                     0.274  9.959 134.14
        A/FX  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.135           A/FX  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.041
 Qualified:            #11 10.804 122.18                        #4 10.063 132.97

Breakout win for Schroeder.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1960 Bill Grace                           7818 David Franklin               
E1                   0.137 10.993 121.42     ****WINNER****  0.081  9.597 125.01
        A/FX  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.243           A/FX  Dial: 9.50 (+/-):  0.097
 Qualified:             #9 10.709 122.10                        #1  9.521 141.16

Easy win for Franklin.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink