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Sat, 11 Nov 2017, 13:14 PM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6521 Charlene Gullett                      338 Nichole Stephenson           
E3                  -0.020 10.434 125.04     ****WINNER****  0.031  9.918 134.50
       GT/MA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-): -0.016          GT/JA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): -0.182
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Stassi    ) 0.008 10.461  0.041      (R Torres    ) 0.055 10.017  0.087
E1    (H Doolittle ) 0.070 10.426  0.026      (W Taylor    ) 0.024  9.914  0.014
 Qualified:            #28 10.425 -0.775                        #6  9.833 -0.967

10:04 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,201 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Don Thomas                           4496 Greg Tucker                  
E3                  -0.009 10.135 127.85     ****WINNER****  0.212 11.086 120.90
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-): -0.025          GT/QA  Dial: 11.08 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Emmer     ) 0.042 10.163  0.023      (J Rau       ) 0.007 11.080 -0.020
E1    (C Lane      ) 0.009 10.143  0.003      (F Moreno    ) 0.000 11.087  0.007
 Qualified:            #32 10.140 -0.760                       #39 11.088 -0.662

Greg Tucker gets lucky with a terrible light. MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Jody Lang                            5830 Dennis Nelson                
E3                   0.055 10.805 118.52     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.837 120.64
       GT/OA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-): -0.005          SS/LA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Stanfield ) 0.010 10.815  0.015      (R Loge      ) 0.048 10.837  0.027
E1    (B Fordyce   ) 0.005 10.777  0.007      (B Skillman  ) 0.044 10.831  0.011
 Qualified:            #49 10.950 -0.500                       #41 10.836 -0.614

Dennis Nelson posts a nice eight light. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0250 seconds (approximately 4 feet), opponent broke out by -0.005.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          787E Dennis Paz                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006  8.448 158.52                     0.022 11.534 113.79
       SS/AM  Dial: 8.46 (+/-): -0.012           SS/MA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Schneider ) 0.009  8.465  0.005      (L Glasbrenne) 0.011 11.553  0.033
E1    (C Setters   ) 0.004  8.540  0.090      (D Keen      ) 0.019 11.539  0.019
 Qualified:            #48  8.478 -0.522                       #55 11.518 -0.332

Great six light for Justin Lamb's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   57 Robert Cruzen                          75 Mike Cotten                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  9.293 142.06                     0.008  9.860 130.97
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.31 (+/-): -0.017           SS/IA  Dial: 9.88 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R McClanahan) 0.009  9.307  0.007      (T Gaynor    ) 0.002  9.883  0.013
E1    (M O'Keefe   ) 0.020  9.367  0.047      (J Faherty   ) 0.038  9.899  0.059
 Qualified:            #29  9.327 -0.773                       #22  9.863 -0.837

Robert Cruzen's MOV: Double breakout. Cotton had an eight light to no avail.

He races Lamb later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7702 Mike Graham                             1 Jimmy DeFrank                
E3                  -0.011 10.229 127.96     ****WINNER****  0.022  8.858 138.48
       GT/LA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-): -0.051          SS/CM  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Pinoski   ) 0.012 10.328  0.038      (R Comstock  ) 0.035  8.815  0.025
E1    (D Colley    ) 0.037 10.325  0.025      (B Setters   ) 0.056  8.796  0.036
 Qualified:            #30 10.277 -0.773                       #38  8.824 -0.676

DeFrank gets the red light win and race Nelson in round four.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7420 Eddie Leabo                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.100 129.00     
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.000   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Skillman  ) 0.023 10.104  0.004   
E1    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.032 10.095  0.005   
 Qualified:            #16 10.109 -0.891                     Bye

Leabo gets the bye run and runs right on his dial.

Eddie Leabo's package: 0.017.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  286 Jeff Adkinson                        7111 Jon Irving                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041  9.603 126.99                     0.036 11.177 113.96
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.61 (+/-): -0.007           SS/MA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.004  9.636  0.026      (S Smith     ) 0.009 11.382  0.252
E1    (M Loge      ) 0.002  9.610  0.000      (R Pike      ) 0.062 11.217  0.037
 Qualified:            #27  9.604 -0.796                       #35 11.127 -0.723

Jeff Adkinson's MOV: Double breakout.

10:09 a.m. He faces Leabo later.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink