Sun, 09 Jun 2013, 12:57 PM Extreme Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

PETERSBURG, Va. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, Simply Phones U.S. Drags VI:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  431 Lester Cooper                          99 Doug Kirk                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  4.183 172.65                     0.057  7.617  62.48
 Qualified:             #9  4.170 172.28                        #8  4.160 173.81

12:29 p.m. Kirk's car bogged on the launch and Cooper was all alone after that.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 John Pluchino                           7 John Montecalvo              
E1                   0.075  4.151 174.91     ****WINNER****  0.081  4.129 176.81
 Qualified:            #10  4.177 173.70                        #7  4.145 175.52

Pluchino was first off the line, but they were dead-even at 330 feet and Montecalvo pulled ahead for the win.

John Montecalvo's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.028), 330 ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0161 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   26 Richard Penland                        30 Vincent Nobile               
E1                   0.049  5.205  98.58     ****WINNER****  0.072  4.200 174.87
 Qualified:            #11  4.477 147.78                        #6  4.115 173.87

Penland beat the usually-quick Nobile off the starting line, but his car was not up to the job and Penland slowed. Nobile also had his hands full, the car very loose for the first 200 feet, but he stayed with it for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  531 John Deflorian Jr.                    290 Trevor Eman                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  4.180 174.93                     0.090  4.126 175.87
 Qualified:            #12  4.658 147.68                        #5  4.114 175.91

Deflorian treed Eman and made it stick for a holeshot win. John Deflorian Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.083), 330 ft(0.045). MOV: 0.0325 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1594 Kevin Bealko                          428 Scott Hintz                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  5.166 151.43                     0.168  5.645 100.28
 Qualified:            #13  5.505  89.87                        #4  4.108 177.18

Both cars launched into severe tire shake, both drivers lifted. Then they realized the other car was also in trouble and both tried to recover. Bealko did the better job of recovering and got the win light.

Bealko will not have lane choice when he faces Deflorian in round 2.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Cary Goforth                          177 Elijah Morton                
E1                   0.030  4.485 171.42     ****WINNER****  0.026  4.135 176.12
 Qualified:            #14  5.799  98.85                        #3  4.101 176.37

Goforth launched into tire shake and he to backpedal to straighten the car out. Meanwhile, Morton left right with Goforth and didn't have any problems, taking a surprisingly easy win.

Morton will have lane choice against Nobile in round 2.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Gahm                              6 Pete Berner                  
E1                  -0.045  4.174 174.46     ****WINNER****  0.014  6.417  77.06
 Qualified:            #15  8.393  64.91                        #2  4.096 175.78

Berner found the handle in the second qualifying session yesterday, Gahm never did find it.

Today it looked like fortunes reversed, Berner shaking and skating around, Gahm straight down the goove. However, he left the red light gleaming back at the starting line and Berner gets another chance next round. He will face Montecalvo and won't have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  383 Bradley Waddle                        151 Dean Goforth                 
E1                   0.051  5.803  88.78     ****WINNER****  0.079  4.126 177.65
 Qualified:            #16  9.080  48.52                        #1  4.068 178.45

Waddle also struggled yesterday and never did get it sorted out. By the way, we failed to update Goforth's car information yesterday - it's a 2013 Camaro.

Waddle's troubles continued today, with a slow start and a puff of smoke at half track. Meanwhile, Goforth made another nice run and he will have lane choice against Cooper in round 2.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink