Sat, 12 Nov 2016, 13:00 PM Super Stock Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7856 Jim Grossi                           2333 Grace Porter                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.053  9.173 143.00                    -0.021  8.789 143.64
       GT/AA  Dial: 9.19 (+/-): -0.017           SS/BM  Dial: 8.75 (+/-):  0.039
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Etter     ) -0.035  9.430  0.030      (J DeFrank   ) 0.006  8.764  0.054
E2    (J Lamb      ) 0.016  9.206 -0.004      (D Clarke    ) 0.007  8.788  0.058
E1    (G Stassi Jr ) -0.008  9.201 -0.899      (W Howes     ) 0.062  8.753  0.003
 Qualified:            #10  9.215 -0.885                       #44  8.698 -0.502

9:53 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,466 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Porter goes red and Grossi goes to round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tim Hall                              373 Bill Skillman                
E4                   0.067 10.159 128.29     ****WINNER****  0.018  8.955 149.53
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-): -0.031          FSS/E  Dial: 8.95 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Emmons    ) 0.111 10.842  0.632                     0.018  8.930 -0.030
E2    (F Moreno    ) 0.098 10.216  0.006      (A Loewen    ) 0.032  9.019  0.029
E1    (B Cunningham) 0.109 10.208 -0.792      (L Glasbrenne) 0.023  8.983  0.023
 Qualified:            #20 10.184 -0.816                        #1  8.957 -1.093

Bill Skillman runs five to his dial. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0130 seconds (approximately 2 feet), opponent broke out.

Grossi will be his race tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 David Rampy                            73 Don Keen                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.152 127.91                     0.008 10.402 126.21
       GT/HA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.002          SS/KA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Cotten    ) 0.011 10.135  0.005      (L Zavala    ) 0.068 11.678  1.288
E2    (T Janes     ) 0.014 10.203  0.043      (R Roddel    ) 0.022 10.502  0.062
E1    (D Bridgewate) 0.006 10.154  0.024      (S Wann      ) 0.052 10.428 -0.002
 Qualified:             #9 10.157 -0.893                       #21 10.438 -0.812

Two great lights and David Rampy gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.008.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  791 Adam Emmer                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E4                  -0.043  9.992 130.94     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.360 117.75
       GT/EA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-): -0.018          FSS/I  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lang      ) 0.035 10.012  0.002      (A Stanfield ) 0.022 10.311  0.001
E2    (J Irving    ) 0.059 10.429  0.379      (D Barcelon  ) 0.033 10.351  0.011
E1    (B Setters   ) 0.023 10.021  0.031      (K Angeles Pa) 0.016 10.356  0.026
 Qualified:            #38 10.018 -0.632                       #56 10.242 -0.208

Dan Fletcher's MOV: opponent's red light.

9:56 a.m. He will race Rampy in round five.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink