Sun, 17 Feb 2013, 20:14 PM Stock Eliminator Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Stock Eliminator 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
 1977 Michael Iacono                        778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E7                   0.005 11.069 115.53     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.372 126.42
        F/SA  Dial: 11.02 (+/-):  0.049           B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.016 11.023 -0.827      (D Keen      ) 0.005 10.382 -0.018
E5    (B Burton    ) 0.016 11.093  0.043      (J Irving    ) 0.031 10.419  0.039
E4    (S Burton    ) 0.003 11.029  0.049                     1.288 22.947 11.697
E3                   0.018 11.158  0.258      (S Grossi    ) 0.022 10.332  0.012
E2    (J Lamb      ) 0.021 10.938  0.008      (D Forester  ) 0.027 10.312 -0.008
E1    (J Dourlet   ) 0.030 10.976 -0.014      (J Lang      ) 0.031 10.394  0.024
 Qualified:            #18 10.939 -0.911                       #19 10.356 -0.894

5:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,257 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Iacono has five National Event wins: two in Stock and three in Super Stock. DeFrank Has 13 wins: 12 in SS and 1 in Stk.

Iacono gets a good starting line line advantage, but DeFranks has the better package for the close six inch win.

He is still looking to double up today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink