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Sat, 16 Nov 2019, 12:28 PM

Super Stock Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  600 Jeff Lane                                  Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  8.655 135.76     
       SS/BS  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -0.995    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Thomas    ) 0.052  8.839  0.279   
 Qualified:             #2  8.542 -1.108                     Bye

9:13 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,223 feet, track temperature 61 degrees.

Bye run to round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  767 Tim Hall                             7696 Len Schneider                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.224 127.21                     0.026  9.990 132.80
       SS/JA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-):  0.014          GT/KA  Dial: 9.99 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Peterson  ) 0.061 10.169 -0.831      (R Huntzberry) 0.027 10.000  0.010
 Qualified:            #26 10.233 -0.767                       #13 10.018 -0.882

Great race in the lights.

Tim Hall takes tye super close win, as Schneider runs right on his dial. MOV: 0.0017 seconds (approximately 4 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Charlene Gullett                     6254 Darcy Clarke                 
E2                  -0.007 10.462 125.60     ****WINNER****  0.045  9.467 138.91
       GT/MA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.032          SS/EA  Dial: 9.45 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Brown     ) 0.069 10.447  0.017      (S Wann      ) 0.069  9.442 -0.008
 Qualified:            #27 10.463 -0.737                       #14  9.470 -0.880

Gullett goes red by seven and Clarke gets an easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  445 Aaron Stanfield                        10 Mike Cotten                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.728 135.70                     0.034  9.871 131.18
       GT/IA  Dial: 9.73 (+/-): -0.002           SS/IA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Martin    ) 0.031  9.729  0.029      (L Scarth    ) 0.031  9.880  0.020
 Qualified:            #10  9.740 -0.910                       #23  9.882 -0.818

Aaron Stanfield's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0030 seconds (approximately 7 inches) in a double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7629 Joe Faherty                           757 Larry Zavala                 
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.007  9.332 143.67                    -0.009 10.074 108.68
       SS/AS  Dial: 9.36 (+/-): -0.028           GT/IA  Dial: 9.71 (+/-):  0.364
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Keen      ) 0.020  9.358  0.028      (J Lang      ) 0.003  9.722  0.012
 Qualified:            #47  9.358 -0.242                        #8  9.725 -0.925

Just 0.002 difference in RT's, but they are both red!

Joe Faherty gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7702 Mike Graham                           741 John Irving                  
E2                   0.011 10.361 126.96     ****WINNER****  0.037 10.949 115.39
       GT/LA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-): -0.009          SS/KA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.047 10.364 -0.016      (R Comstock  ) 0.014 10.953  0.033
 Qualified:            #30 10.355 -0.695                       #43 10.921 -0.329

Graham has the better light, but breaks out by -0.009. Irving goes to round three.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T733 Tim Seymour                          7643 Kayla Mozeris                
E2                   0.039  9.266 134.24     ****WINNER****  0.004 10.228 128.64
       FSS/D  Dial: 9.24 (+/-):  0.026           GT/LA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Wade      ) 0.003  9.226  0.006      (D Little    ) 0.033 10.272  0.072
 Qualified:            #32  9.248 -0.652                       #19 10.213 -0.837

Side by side in the lights.

Kayla Mozeris leaves with a four light for the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0039 seconds (approximately 9 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4466 Robert Cruzen                        1035 Todd Hoven                   
E2                  -0.002  9.605 100.61     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.667 136.48
       GT/DA  Dial: 9.10 (+/-):  0.505           SS/BA  Dial: 9.66 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Emmons    ) 0.016  9.060  0.000      (J Lamb      ) 0.014  9.632 -0.018
 Qualified:             #7  9.067 -0.933                       #46  9.612 -0.288

Cruzen goes red by just -0.002. Hover runs 0.007 to his dial for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 114T Troy Huntzberry                      7111 Jon Irving                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  9.878 134.86                    -0.021 10.360 127.38
       GT/KA  Dial: 9.88 (+/-): -0.002           SS/KA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.001  9.860 -1.040      (M Madison   ) 0.093 10.613  0.243
 Qualified:             #1  9.759 -1.141                       #15 10.372 -0.878

Troy Huntzberry takes the red light win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7156 Mike O'Keefe                          391 Irvin Johns                  
E2                   0.074 10.186 131.60     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.495 138.20
       FGT/I  Dial: 10.20 (+/-): -0.014          GT/GA  Dial: 9.46 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Glasbrenne) 0.047 10.156  0.046      (J DeFrank   ) 0.012  9.445 -0.005
 Qualified:            #44 10.193 -0.307                        #5  9.401 -0.999

Irvin Johns' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0060 seconds (approximately 14 inches), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          791 Adam Emmer                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.162 116.39                    -0.061  9.999 131.23
       FGT/G  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.092          GT/HA  Dial: 9.97 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Ferruggia ) 0.041 10.018 -0.012      (D Rampy     ) 0.002 10.014  0.044
 Qualified:            #50 10.066 -0.134                       #37  9.993 -0.507

Two wheels up leaves and Fletcher gets an easy win, when Emmer goes red.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3269 Jeff Dona                            7117 Jim Rau                      
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.003  9.912 107.50                    -0.017 13.772  71.30
       SS/HA  Dial: 9.71 (+/-):  0.202           GT/NA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  3.262
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R McClanahan) 0.010  9.697  0.007      (C Rayburn   ) 0.005 10.483  0.083
 Qualified:             #3  9.495 -1.105                       #16 10.426 -0.874

Rau goes red and Dona right after.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                           23 Jeff Adkinson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.828 121.46                     0.028  9.508 137.92
       GT/GA  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.018           GT/FA  Dial: 9.52 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Alvey     ) 0.034  9.792  0.012      (M Loge      ) -0.015  9.470 -0.020
 Qualified:            #38  9.911 -0.489                       #25  9.459 -0.791

Nice eleven light for Jerry Emmons and the break out win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 703D Kyle Rizzoli                          718 Chuck Stubeck                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.598 135.21                     0.077  9.517 137.46
       GT/CA  Dial: 9.55 (+/-):  0.048           SS/FA  Dial: 9.52 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Alvey     ) 0.009  9.550  0.040      (G Stassi Jr ) 0.003  9.520  0.000
 Qualified:            #48  9.733 -0.167                        #9  9.533 -0.917

It's a must win for Rizzoli. He has to win the event to take the 2019 Super Stock Championship.
Kyle Rizzoli gets the vital win by driving the finish line. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0120 seconds (approximately 2 feet), Stubeck broke out by just -0.003.

9:25 a.m.

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