Sun, 30 Jun 2013, 12:24 PM Extreme Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, ADRL Summer Drags IX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Doug Kirk                             428 Scott Hintz                  
E1                   0.018  4.121 174.94     ****WINNER****  0.010  4.111 177.46
 Qualified:             #8  4.101 174.96                        #7  4.100 176.05

12:00 p.m. Good lights in both lanes, Hintz with a slight edge. Close to half track, then Hintz started pulling away.

Scott Hintz's incremental margins: 60ft(0.007), 330 ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0183 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  151 Dean Goforth                            7 John Montecalvo              
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.163  4.095 175.96
 Qualified:             #9  4.101 177.69                        #6  4.100 175.61

This was a little strange. One of Goforth's crew members was standing in front of the car on the burnout and Goforth was disqualified.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  352 Matt Bertsch                          531 John Deflorian Jr.           
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  4.132 173.59                     0.033  4.174 168.90
 Qualified:            #10  4.112 174.72                        #5  4.098 176.30

Bertsch had a couple hundredths in hand at the tree and he never trailed after that. Deflorian had the better car yesterday, but the car got a little loose on this run and he was unable to close the gap.

Matt Bertsch's incremental margins: 60ft(0.010), 330 ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0701 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Gahm                              6 Pete Berner                  
E1                  -0.004  6.109  77.07     ****WINNER****  0.103  4.111 173.65
 Qualified:            #11  4.116 174.93                        #4  4.095 175.02

Tough end to a good story, Gahm's weekend at the wheel of Larry O'Brien's Avenger ending four thousandths of a second before the green light came on.

Berner made a clean run and will have lane choice against Bertsch in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  118 John Konigshofer                      383 Bradley Waddle               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  4.156 172.93                     0.043  7.899  57.03
 Qualified:            #12  4.117 175.57                        #3  4.087 176.99

Waddle got very sideways and wisely called it off. Konigshofer had a great light, but he was vulnerable and will not have lane choice against Montecalvo in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 John Pluchino                           1 Cary Goforth                 
E1                  -0.001  4.125 175.72     ****WINNER****  0.032  4.101 176.34
 Qualified:            #13  4.127 174.78                        #2  4.086 176.30

Pluchino was a thousandth too quick and Goforth advances with lane choice against Hintz in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  143 Ron Miller                            177 Elijah Morton                
E1                  -0.129  4.150 171.72     ****WINNER****  0.084  4.100 176.37
 Qualified:            #14  4.172 169.70                        #1  4.064 176.93

Miller needed a tenth of a second to keep pace with Morton, but he took it on the wrong side of green and Morton advances, with a bye to the semifinals.