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Sun, 13 Oct 2013, 11:58 AM

Hot Rod Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Hot Rod at the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour and Summit Super Series presented by AMSOIL, Summit World Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  499 Tommy Costales                       2263 Steve Dweck                  
E1                   0.077 10.934 147.54     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.962 126.99
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.034            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:             #5 0.015                               #13 -0.008

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,658 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Costales finished third in D 4 and Dweck finished second in D2. Dweck with a great light and takes the win by 0.0458 seconds (approximately 10 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1X71 Robert Robertson                     9565 Joseph Bagwell               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003 10.906 145.59                     0.036 10.875 132.23
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.006            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.025
 Qualified:             #9 0.026                                #1 0.005

Robertson finished third in D1 and Bagwell finished third in D9. Robertson with a great light and a great package for the win. Robert Robertson's package: 0.009. Robertson will have lane choice over Dweck in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6X7B Ken Goldade                          3044 Michael Schiberl             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033 10.907 132.84                     0.026 10.926 144.84
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.007            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #14 -0.010                                #6 0.017

Goldade finished third in D6 and Schiberl finished third in D3. Schiberl with a slight starting line advantage, but Goldade chased him down and took the win by 0.0122 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2440 William Stepp                        1658 Dale Koncen                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.898 126.09                     0.043 10.880 135.40
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.002            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:             #7 0.017                               #15 -0.014

Stepp finished third in D2 and Koncen finished second in D1. Stepp wins the double breakout race.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 TX28 Mark Mullen                          409W Scooter Wilkins              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053 10.953 115.32                     0.061 10.947 126.49
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.053            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:             #2 0.007                               #10 0.052

Mullen finished first in D2 and Wilkins finished second in D4. Mullen with the starting line advantage and takes thew win in a close one. Mark Mullen's MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 6 inches). Mullen will give up lane choice to Goldade in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1979 Keith Mayers                         9142 Daryl Griffin                
E1                   0.029 10.899 149.43     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.916 146.37
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.001            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #12 -0.004                                #4 0.011

Mayers finished first in D1 and Griffin finished first in D9. Griffin with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 9416 Kevin McLamb                         4134 Mike Frederick               
E1                   0.026 10.996 134.54     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.970 136.17
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.096            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-):  0.070
 Qualified:             #8 0.018                               #16 -0.015

McLamb finished second in D2 and Fredrick finished first in D4. McLamb with the slight starting line advantage, but Fredrick takes the win by 0.0238 seconds (approximately 5 feet). He will give up lane choice to Griffin in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3673 Ricky Roe                            3869 Doug Wood                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.878 136.70                     0.023 10.864 132.06
         H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.022            H/R Index: 10.90 (+/-): -0.036
 Qualified:             #3 0.010                               #11 -0.004

Roe finished first in D3 and Wood finished second in D3. Roe with the starting line advantage and the win. He will have lane choice over Stepp in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink