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Sun, 21 Oct 2012, 18:56 PM

A FUEL Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in A FUEL 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
  777 John Harless                         7777 Bill Wayne                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  6.503 216.55                     0.358  6.556 207.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Pawluk    ) 0.193  6.500 217.60      (Bye         )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #3  6.495 213.47                        #9  6.958 195.73

3:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,727 feet.
Wayne is way late and Harless gets the easy win.

John Harless' incremental times: 60ft-1.103 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.247/173.54 mph, 1,000ft-5.465.
Bill Wayne's incremental times: 60ft-1.022 sec., 330ft-2.767, 660ft-4.219/168.75 mph, 1,000ft-5.479.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7573 Kin Bates                            7293 Shawn Corbari                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.105  6.369 215.93                     0.086 13.025  64.01
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Genco     ) 0.109  6.348 220.58      (D Allen     ) 0.086  6.404 209.75
 Qualified:             #2  6.338 221.16                        #5  6.549 209.75

Corbari gets a starting line advantage and then has the slicks start to spin. Clean pass for Bates and he will race Harless later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 646D Les Davenport                        D776 Bobby Cottrell               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.369 174.23                     0.027 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F McBee Jr  ) 0.053  6.329 188.54      (C Beverett  ) 0.108  6.556 201.52
 Qualified:             #1  6.243 216.97                        #7  6.724 194.18

Only 0.004 difference at the gree, but Cottrell's tires are up in smoke right after that. He gets the bye run to the finals later.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink