Sun, 10 Nov 2013, 18:58 PM Stock Eliminator Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 7 eliminations in Stock Eliminator 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
 3361 Bo Butner                            1136 Peter Biondo                 
E7   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.951 133.65                     0.013 10.393 124.37
       CC/SA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.021            B/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.040 10.032  0.062      (S Polvadore ) 0.020 10.522  0.132
E5    (J DeFrank   ) 0.012  9.944  0.044      (M Faul      ) 0.014 10.358 -0.042
E4    (R Warter    ) 0.024  9.835  0.055      (J Lang      ) 0.004 10.377  0.047
E3    (R McClanahan) 0.000  9.668 -0.932      (D Little    ) 0.024 10.332  0.002
E2    (D Machael   ) 0.018  9.908  0.028      (D Lambeck   ) 0.003 10.408  0.008
E1    (B Plourd    ) 0.026  9.972  0.182      (C Scheer    ) 0.035 10.414  0.084
 Qualified:            #32  9.764 -0.836                       #21 10.354 -0.896

3:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,908 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Biondo has a career 46-22 win/runner up career history with fifteen in Stock. Butner has a 13-12 ratio, with 4 in Stock, 3 in SS. and 6 in Comp. He was in the 1999 finals here.

They have identical RT's and run right down the track together. Bo Butner just gets out in front right at the finish line, MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink