Sun, 21 Oct 2012, 14:22 PM 7.0 PRO Round 1 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in 7.0 PRO 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
6570 Todd Miller 657 David Brant
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 7.066 180.21 0.351 6.997 198.03
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.066 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.003
Qualified: #10 7.056 0.056 #7 7.030 0.030
10:50 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.24 inches, adjusted
altitude 1,602 feet. Todd Miller's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.2050 seconds (approximately 60 feet), opponent broke out by -0.003
after a late start.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
E719 Mike Smith 658 Joey Steckler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.187 6.985 196.90 0.099 6.928 196.99
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.015 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.072
Qualified: #13 7.071 0.071 #4 7.023 0.023
Mike Smith's MOV: Double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
791 Richard High 7183 Jesse Adams
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.193 189.76 0.028 6.922 179.54
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.193 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.078
Qualified: #9 7.043 0.043 #8 7.040 0.040
Richard High's MOV: Opponent broke out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6536 Ron Huegli 121 Dave Rosenberg
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.413 7.043 198.82 No Time
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.043 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 92.999
Qualified: #1 7.005 0.005 #16 7.083 0.083
Huegli's Monza gives the fans a smoky burnout to past half track and coasts to a stop after the finish line lights. Rosenberg
waits patiently in his dragster and then does a "standard" burn out.Ron Huegli gets the free pass to round two, as Rosenberg
leaves way before the green light.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6660 Darrell Webb 7472 Bob Murphy
E1 0.242 6.884 202.12 ****WINNER**** 0.041 7.008 193.21
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.116 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.008
Qualified: #12 7.067 0.067 #5 7.025 0.025
Murphy is away first by a bunch and the runs 0.008 to the index for the easy winWebb is way late and then breaks out by a bunch.
11:00 a.m. Time out, as Webb can't get the Nova stopped and drives it into the sand trap.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7866 Jeff Woods 7111 Bill Windham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.095 7.103 155.02 0.077 11.119 74.11
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.103 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 4.119
Qualified: #3 7.020 0.020 #14 7.071 0.071
11:09 a.m. Back to racing.Windham gets a nice starting line advantage, but the altered gets loose about 330 feet out and he has to lift.
Woods is paying attention and dumps on the top end to save a brake out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
684 Neil Fagen 225 Ronnie Lennon
E1 0.101 6.940 198.32 ****WINNER**** 0.060 6.972 174.01
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.060 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): -0.028
Qualified: #11 7.060 0.060 #6 7.030 0.030
Ronnie Lennon is away first and Fagen closes the gap going down the track. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0090 seconds (approximately
3 feet) in a double breakout.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7841 Tony Trimp 720 Richard Phillips
E1 0.060 7.366 155.54 ****WINNER**** 0.065 7.023 176.42
7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.366 7.0 Index: 7.00 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #15 7.076 0.076 #2 7.009 0.009
Last pair of the round.Only 0.005 difference in RT's and Richard Phillips quickly gets on by and pulls steadily ahead for the easy win.
11:16 a.m. Round Two Pairings: Huegli vs. High; Smith vs. Murphy; Phillips vs. Miller; Woods vs. Lennon.
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