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Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 15:05 PM

Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7439 Jim Sherry                            751 Joe Schweigert               
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.002 10.147 128.46                    -0.008 10.213 127.25
       GT/FA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-): -0.023          SS/JA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Sorensen  ) 0.048 10.173  0.043      (D Paz       ) 0.077 10.168 -0.032
 Qualified:            #18 10.132 -0.668                        #9 10.201 -0.799

11:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 959 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Jim Sherry's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7304 Tom Armanino                         7031 Gregg Luneack                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.171  9.774 132.11                    -0.011 12.439  85.73
       SS/GA  Dial: 9.77 (+/-):  0.004           SS/KA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  1.889
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Wann      ) 0.022  9.744  0.014      (T Seipel    ) 0.093 10.543 -0.707
 Qualified:             #8  9.749 -0.801                       #17 10.564 -0.686

Tom Armanino's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Mark Faul                            7668 Brad Rounds                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.994 131.32                    -0.011  9.334 142.18
       GT/CA  Dial: 9.98 (+/-):  0.014           SS/TB  Dial: 9.25 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.006 10.023  0.073      (R Torres    ) 0.033  9.269  0.039
 Qualified:            #24  9.936 -0.464                       #15  9.252 -0.698

Mark Faul's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 R731 Randy Loge                              5 Ken Etter                    
E2                   0.006 11.078 111.16     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.194 128.33
       SS/KA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.028          GT/HA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Stubeck   ) 0.030 11.250  0.370      (R McClanahan) 0.027 10.144 -0.046
 Qualified:            #28 10.909 -0.341                        #1 10.197 -0.853

Just 0.003 difference at the green and Ken Etter comes from behind for the close win. MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 3 inches).

Randy Loge's package: 0.034. Ken Etter's package: 0.033.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          7696 Len Schneider                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  8.680 141.52                     0.059 10.788 123.29
       SS/CM  Dial: 8.65 (+/-):  0.030           GT/HA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Winslow Sr) 0.030  8.784  0.154      (L Zavala    ) 0.033 10.746  0.016
 Qualified:             #2  8.647 -0.853                       #29 10.768 -0.282

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7053 Bernie Cunningham                      76 Staci Smith                  
E2                   0.034 10.774 122.72     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.702 134.34
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-): -0.026          GT/DA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lux       ) 0.088 10.802  0.052      (S Felipe Cre) 0.014  9.749  0.059
 Qualified:            #32 10.854 -0.146                        #5  9.672 -0.828

Staci Smith scores a strong 0.006 light in the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Jimmy DeFrank                        7405 Eric Bell                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  8.827 155.38                     0.031  9.428 136.72
       SS/BS  Dial: 8.83 (+/-): -0.003           GT/AA  Dial: 9.44 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Fletcher  ) 0.019  8.812 -0.018      (K Alby      ) 0.032  9.407  0.097
 Qualified:             #7  8.846 -0.804                       #16  9.404 -0.696

Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  799 Wes King                             7185 Dave Bridgewater             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.147 126.53                     0.049  9.618 135.86
       SS/CS  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.047          SS/DA  Dial: 9.63 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hewes     ) 0.011 10.119  0.019      (J Rau       ) 0.094  9.611  0.041
 Qualified:            #30 10.103 -0.197                       #21  9.598 -0.602

Wes King's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6032 Jody Lang                            7401 Darren Smith                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.969 118.90                     0.081  9.606 133.09
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-): -0.021          SS/FA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -0.044
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Keen      ) 0.014 10.964  0.024      (L Scarth    ) 0.055  9.593 -0.007
 Qualified:            #31 11.291 -0.159                        #4  9.615 -0.835

Final pair of the round. Stong 0.002 light for Jody Lang. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0560 seconds (approximately 11 feet) in a double breakout.

12:01 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink