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Fri, 09 Nov 2018, 12:37 PM

Super Stock Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7629 Joe Faherty                          7772 Wayne Taylor                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.086 10.424 128.55
       SS/AH  Dial: 8.96 (+/-): 91.039           GT/MA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #59 18.836  9.536                       #30 10.473 -0.727

8:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,916 feet, track temperature 64 degrees.

Faherty has problems and doesn't even go into the burnout box. Single to round two for Taylor to start the session.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7257 Brett Brown                          5415 John Dourlet                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033 11.513 101.20                           No Time      
       SS/NA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.637          SS/CA  Dial: 10.05 (+/-): 89.949
 Qualified:            #29 11.417 -0.733                       #58 10.009 -0.041

Dourlet is a no show.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7696 Len Schneider                        7500 Doug Holder                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.178 129.80                     0.014 11.661 111.08
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.038          SS/MA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #28 10.159 -0.741                       #57 11.710 -0.140

Great five light and Len Schneider gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Randy Loge                           7267 Larry Scarth                 
E1                   0.084 10.420 126.32     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.472 122.26
       SS/KA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-): -0.020          GT/TB  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #24 10.469 -0.781                       #53 10.607 -0.243

Larry Scarth runs two to his dial for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0310 seconds (approximately 6 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  640 Don Thomas                           7360 Mike Loge                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.117 10.160 127.80                     0.016 11.569 109.68
       GT/KA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  0.020          SS/MA  Dial: 11.61 (+/-): -0.041
 Qualified:            #27 10.157 -0.743                       #56 11.654 -0.196

Don Thomas is way late and still gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 332 Marion Stephenson            
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.011  9.545 138.57
                                                 GT/HA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.955
 Qualified:                                                       #1  9.450 -1.050

Bye run for number one qualifier, Marion Stephenson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 787E Dennis Paz                           7800 Bob Fordyce                  
E1                   0.052 11.590  95.71     ****WINNER****  0.060  9.511 140.17
       SS/MA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.090          GT/FA  Dial: 9.43 (+/-):  0.081
 Qualified:            #50 11.534 -0.316                       #21  9.441 -0.809

Close leaves and close finish.

Bob Fordyce just runs Paz down for the win. MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 3 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  624 Don Little                             75 Don Keen                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  9.763 134.46                    -0.009 10.410 126.84
       SS/CA  Dial: 9.78 (+/-): -0.017           SS/KA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #54  9.814 -0.236                       #25 10.485 -0.765

-0.009 red for Keen and Little goes to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7680 Tom Ferruggia                         791 Adam Emmer                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  9.340 129.62                     0.051 10.073 134.81
       FSS/F  Dial: 9.29 (+/-):  0.050           GT/IA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #12  9.305 -0.895                       #41 10.106 -0.544

Tom Ferruggia's MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7277 Mike Johnston                          65 Tom Gaynor                   
E1                   0.100 10.651 124.49     ****WINNER****  0.062  9.845 115.09
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.051          GT/IA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-):  0.085
 Qualified:            #47 10.604 -0.396                       #18  9.826 -0.824

Tom Gaynor gets the close "hole shot" win. MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 10 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 L747 Lane Goldstein                         62 Darrell Dietz                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.012  8.792 153.06
       FSS/B  Dial: 8.50 (+/-): 91.499           FGT/C  Dial: 8.85 (+/-): -0.058
 Qualified:            #33  8.508 -0.692                        #4  8.806 -0.994

Goldstein misses the green by a bunch and Dietz gets the free pass to round two.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7117 Jim Rau                               368 Fred Allen                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.698 104.79                     0.007 15.130  58.44
       GT/NA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.268          SS/TB  Dial: 8.90 (+/-):  6.230
 Qualified:            #32 10.592 -0.708                        #3  8.941 -1.009

Just 0.001 difference in RT's and then Allen slows early. Rau gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6153 Rick Pike                             554 Ron Roddel                   
E1                   0.040 10.032 133.30     ****WINNER****  0.003 10.632 122.23
       SS/FM  Dial: 9.99 (+/-):  0.042           GT/OA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:            #44 10.054 -0.446                       #15 10.597 -0.853

Pike's car has smoke coming out from underneath the car down track and Roddel uses a three light to score the close hole shot win.MOV: 0.0175 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  540 Curtis Hieb                          5000 Wyatt Wagner                 
E1                  -0.033  9.819 135.96     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.819 133.20
       FSS/L  Dial: 9.86 (+/-): -0.041           SS/GA  Dial: 9.85 (+/-): -0.031
 Qualified:             #7  9.857 -0.943                       #36  9.875 -0.675

Wyatt Wagner's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Justin Lamb                          7405 Eric Bell                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  8.516 158.19                     0.035  9.174 141.43
       SS/BM  Dial: 8.51 (+/-):  0.006           GT/EA  Dial: 9.16 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #38  8.562 -0.638                        #9  9.178 -0.922

Lots of air time for both cars at the green!

Justin Lamb has the better numbers at both ends of the track for the win. MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7420 Eddie Leabo                          7312 George Stassi                
E1                   0.022 10.049 131.16     ****WINNER****  0.253  9.942 132.56
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-): -0.011          SS/HA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-): -0.008
 Qualified:            #10 10.093 -0.907                       #39  9.993 -0.607

OUCH!

George Stassi has a 0.253 RT and then runs closer to his dial for the win. MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  718 Chuck Stubeck                        202B Brenda Grubbs                
E1                   0.012  9.610 135.80     ****WINNER****  0.011  9.460 136.51
       SS/FA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -0.040           SS/AA  Dial: 9.48 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #26  9.695 -0.755                       #55  9.501 -0.199

Just 0.001 difference in RT's and Brenda Grubbs gets the win. MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 David Rampy                           754 Lindy Lindholm               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.087 130.39                     0.036  9.372 142.24
       GT/LA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.017          FSS/E  Dial: 9.37 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:             #8 10.107 -0.943                       #37  9.396 -0.654

Rampy takes his first step towards his 100th win with the hole shot win. Lindholm runs just 0.002 to thee dial to no avail. MOV: 0.0078 seconds (approximately 20 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  788 Keri Angeles Pari                      79 Mike Cotten                  
E1                   0.045  9.958 133.26     ****WINNER****  0.034  9.834 132.69
       SS/FA  Dial: 9.92 (+/-):  0.038           SS/IA  Dial: 9.79 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #43  9.957 -0.493                       #14  9.833 -0.867

Mike Cotten scores the close hole shot win. MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7607 Jack Bystrom                            6 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                  -0.048  9.380 140.15     ****WINNER****  0.046  8.843 153.37
       SS/EA  Dial: 9.42 (+/-): -0.040           SS/CM  Dial: 8.84 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #11  9.453 -0.897                       #40  8.897 -0.603

Jimmy DeFrank runs 0.003 to his dial for the win. MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7171 Fred Moreno                          7854 Ryan McClanahan              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.609 130.10                     0.028  8.299 156.57
       SS/GA  Dial: 9.59 (+/-):  0.019           SS/AM  Dial: 8.30 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:             #6  9.584 -0.966                       #35  8.325 -0.675

Only 0.003 difference in RT's, but McClanahan misses his dial by just -0.001. Moreno gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Jody Lang                            5815 Bill Rink                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.884 112.63                     0.161 10.638 123.54
       GT/OA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.094          SS/LA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #52 11.179 -0.271                       #23 10.660 -0.790

Rink is late and then breaks out by just -0.002 to give the win to Lang.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  361 Bo Butner                            7401 Darren Smith                 
E1                   0.021  8.636 146.19     ****WINNER****  0.001  9.553 135.16
       FSS/B  Dial: 8.65 (+/-): -0.014           SS/FA  Dial: 9.54 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #42  8.688 -0.512                       #13  9.581 -0.869

Darren Smith wins the battle and loses the war. He leaves with a great one light and posts a fourteen package, but blows up the engine BIG TIME right in the lights. A wall of smoke, but no oil on the track. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5820 Brad Burton                          7980 Steve Wann                   
E1                   0.032  9.539 136.19     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.744 132.90
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.56 (+/-): -0.021           SS/DA  Dial: 9.76 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #19  9.589 -0.811                       #48  9.808 -0.392

Steve Wann gets the RT advantage and runs closer to his dial for the really close win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0090 seconds (approximately 22 inches) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Kyle Rizzoli                           44 Pete Peery                   
E1                   0.016  9.545 130.58     ****WINNER****  0.034  9.135 147.33
       SS/CA  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.035           FGT/E  Dial: 9.13 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #49  9.704 -0.346                       #20  9.189 -0.811

Rizzoli wins the starting line, but Pete Peery wins the finish line, running 0.005 to hs dial. MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      7856 Jim Grossi                   
E1                  -0.013  9.740 137.62     ****WINNER****  0.059  9.135 137.60
       GT/HA  Dial: 9.79 (+/-): -0.050           GT/AA  Dial: 9.25 (+/-): -0.115
 Qualified:            #31  9.774 -0.726                        #2  8.665 -1.035

Jim Grossi's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         7441 Staci Smith                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.444 118.09                     0.141  9.676 134.81
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.074          GT/HA  Dial: 9.62 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #46 10.574 -0.426                       #17  9.669 -0.831

Smith is way late and Fletcher get his second round win of the day.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5757 Larry Engels                          626 Dave Barcelon                
E1                  -0.027 10.461 125.69     ****WINNER**** -0.017  9.734 137.15
       GT/JA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.011          GT/HA  Dial: 9.65 (+/-):  0.084
 Qualified:            #51 10.489 -0.311                       #22  9.706 -0.794

Dave Barcelon's MOV: opponent's red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                          601 Cody Lane                    
E1                   0.050  9.714 131.22     ****WINNER****  0.008  8.680 142.85
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.66 (+/-):  0.054           SS/BS  Dial: 8.62 (+/-):  0.060
 Qualified:            #34  9.723 -0.677                        #5  8.668 -0.982

Nice eight light for Cody Lane and the win. MOV: 0.0363 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4403 Gary Emmons                          4404 Terry Emmons                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056  8.766 152.54                           No Time      
       FSS/C  Dial: 9.45 (+/-): -0.684           SS/FA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-): 89.549
 Qualified:            #16  8.810 -0.840                       #45 10.009 -0.441

Should have been two Emmons here, but Terry can't make the call.

9:25 a.m.

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