Sun, 11 Nov 2012, 21:33 PM Super Stock Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 48th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jimmy DeFrank                        5200 Abe Loewen                   
E7                   0.032 10.631  89.49     ****WINNER****  0.036  9.698 139.91
       SS/BS  Dial: 8.63 (+/-):  2.001           SS/EM  Dial: 9.59 (+/-):  0.108
 Prior rounds:
E6    (S Smith     ) 0.020  8.717  0.077                     0.576 16.230  6.630
E5                   0.050  8.725 -0.925      (L Glasbrenne) 0.023  9.630  0.030
E4    (R Comstock  ) 0.015  8.762  0.092      (R Skillman  ) 0.438 16.130  6.550
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.008  8.684  0.014      (F Moreno    ) 0.059  9.609  0.009
E2    (B Brown     ) 0.032  8.692  0.002      (M Cotten    ) 0.118  9.601  0.001
E1    (D Thomas    ) 0.035  8.738  0.018      (G Tims      ) 0.033  9.605 -0.015
 Qualified:             #7  8.739 -0.911                       #57  9.607 -0.343

6:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 1,760 feet, track temperature 65 degrees.

Loewen is 7-5 in final rounds, DeFrank is the 2012 Super Stock champion and has 13 wins, including four times at this event.

DeFrank had a small edge on the tree, but his car slowed in the middle of the run and Loewen got his eighth career Wally.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink