Sun, 17 Feb 2013, 18:48 PM Super Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tim Hall                               75 Mike Cotten                  
E4                   0.003 10.989 101.77     ****WINNER****  0.135 10.192 117.38
       SS/JA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.011          SS/JA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.808
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lang      ) 0.046 10.395 -0.015      (J Sorensen  ) 0.019 10.067  0.007
E2                   0.019 10.386  0.046      (S Pearson   ) 0.122 10.051 -0.949
E1    (R Roddel    ) -0.005 10.370 -0.050      (L Kelley    ) 0.043 10.078  0.008
 Qualified:            #33 10.410 -0.590                        #5 10.082 -0.918

3:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,338 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Heads-up! Hall nails the tree with a stellar 0.003 light and then slows.

Cotten gets an easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         3231 Harry Doolittle              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.147 130.09                    -0.008 12.368 107.39
       SS/IA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.007          SS/OA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-):  0.068
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Williams  ) 0.006 10.204  0.134      (D Thomas    ) 0.018 12.240  0.010
E2    (B Fordyce   ) 0.018 10.128  0.058      (B Lippstreu ) 0.022 12.235  0.015
E1    (L Scarth    ) 0.054 10.058  0.008      (B Butner    ) 0.018 12.266  0.006
 Qualified:            #27 10.055 -0.645                       #63 12.258 -0.042

Dan Fletcher gets the win and will face Cotten next round. MOV: opponent's -0.008 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jim Rau                                 5 Ken Etter                    
E4                  -0.012 11.064 119.60     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.161 130.34
       GT/JA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-):  0.054          GT/HA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Smith     ) 0.009 10.942 -0.028      (L Glasbrenne) 0.078 10.108  0.008
E2    (G Luneack   ) 0.008 11.001  0.101      (T Gaynor    ) 0.032 10.091 -0.009
E1    (J Lane      ) 0.001 10.910  0.040      (B Earleywine) 0.077 10.085 -0.015
 Qualified:            #48 10.880 -0.420                        #4 10.122 -0.928

Rau goes red by twelve and Etter goes to round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6002 Rick McKinney                           1 Jimmy DeFrank                
E4                  -0.009 10.843 121.51     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.911 139.80
       SS/LA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.053          SS/CM  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.111
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Bystrom   ) 0.007 10.779  0.009      (S Kelley    ) 0.038  8.840  0.090
E2    (R Loge      ) 0.013 10.796  0.026      (F Moreno    ) 0.019  8.825  0.055
E1    (K Angeles Pa) 0.067 10.760 -0.010      (J Kohorst   ) 0.024  9.341  0.591
 Qualified:            #26 10.799 -0.651                       #22  8.809 -0.691

Jimmy DeFrank gets the easy win. MOV: opponent's red light.

3:45 p.m. He will race Etter in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink