Sun, 10 Nov 2013, 17:50 PM Summit Super Pro Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit Super Pro at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 187Z Mike Argoe                           4391 Kyle White                   
E1                  -0.002  7.543 156.77     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.814 170.30
        SPRO  Dial: 7.52 (+/-):  0.023            SPRO  Dial: 7.81 (+/-):  0.004

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,870 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Mike Argoe from Middletown, Del. representing Cecil County Dragway and Division 1. He had been to the Division 1 Summit Series final finals multiple time and got the win this year. His son Austin won High School Eliminator, and was the 2012 Division 1 Jr. Drag Racing Champion.

Kyle White from Moore, Okia., representing Thunder Valley Raceway Park and Division 4. First year in a dragster, won the 2011 National Dragster Challenge and this is his first trip ever to California.

Argoe was just a couple ticks too quick on the tree and turned on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2920 Edmond Richardson                    307K Adam Cline                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.244 182.60                     0.002  9.062 146.75
        SPRO  Dial: 7.26 (+/-): -0.016            SPRO  Dial: 9.09 (+/-): -0.028

Edmond Richardson from Greenbrier, Tenn. representing Music City Raceway and Division 2. He was the 2011 National Champion in Sportsman and is a three-time NHRA Summit Division Champion.

Adam Cline from Franklin, Ky. representing Beech Bend Raceway Park and Division 3.

Cline with the starting line advantage, but then took too much stripe and broke out. Richardson will face White in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5468 AJ Percival                          7117 Roger Kato                   
E1                  -0.024  7.418 179.97     ****WINNER****  0.015  9.934 149.18
        SPRO  Dial: 7.77 (+/-): -0.352            SPRO  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.034

AJ Percival from Windsor, Colo. representing Bandimere Speedway and Division 5.

Roger Kato from North Las Vegas, Nev. representing The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Division 7. He is a two-time track champion.

Percival is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                696M Mark Simons                  
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.008  7.607 173.12
                                                  SPRO  Dial: 7.59 (+/-):  0.017

Mark Simmons from Medicine Hat, Alberta representing M.H.D.R.A. Dragstrip and Division 6.

Simmons will face Kato in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink