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Sun, 14 Nov 2004, 05:07 PM

Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7504 David Jones                          7451 Glenn Snow
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035 10.765  0.315                    -0.008 10.073  0.023
      GT/IA  Dial: 10.45                        GT/DA  Dial: 10.05
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Larkin    ) 0.119 10.434  0.034      (G McClasson ) 0.082 10.049  0.049
E1    (T Emmons    ) 0.057 10.387  0.017      (F Grossi    ) 0.028 10.014  0.024
 Qualified:             #7 10.373 -1.127                       #43 10.000 -0.800

1:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,167 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Big wheelstand for Snow after a very close red light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  361 Bo Butner                              52 Gary Stinnett
E3                   0.051  9.254  0.074     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.372  0.052
      SS/DM  Dial: 9.18                         GT/AA  Dial: 9.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Moreno    ) 0.039  9.239  0.029      (S Cour      ) 0.034  9.311 -0.029
E1    (J Mendoza   ) 0.113  9.209  0.029      (J Hefler    ) 0.042  9.308  0.018
 Qualified:            #13  9.138 -1.062                        #6  9.270 -1.130

Stinnett has all of the numbers and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   78 Larry Zavala                         7101 Bill Chaffin
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.119  0.039                     0.065 10.064 -0.006
      GT/FA  Dial: 10.08                        SS/BX  Dial: 10.07
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Watts     ) 0.070 10.105  0.105      (T Sherrill  ) 0.000 10.068  0.028
E1    (M Bogan Jr  ) 0.049 10.081  0.011      (J DeFrank   ) 0.069 10.030  0.010
 Qualified:            #15 10.051 -1.049                       #37  9.960 -0.890

Chaffin leaves last and just misses the dial in to give the win to Zavala.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7401 Darren Smith                            5 Tony DeFrank
E3                   0.012  9.903  0.003     ****WINNER****  0.009  9.552  0.002
      SS/GA  Dial: 9.90                         GT/BA  Dial: 9.55
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Schweigert) 0.032  9.895  0.015      (D Durham    ) 0.007  9.636  0.106
E1    (B Plourd    ) 0.053  9.845 -0.005      (B Fordyce   ) 0.039  9.538  0.008
 Qualified:            #26  9.835 -1.015                       #19  9.514 -1.036

WOW! Very close race at both ends of the track. Tony DeFrank's MOV: 0.0047 seconds (approximately 11 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  721 Rick Houser                          7799 John Calvert
E3                   0.047  8.792  0.132     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.171  0.001
      SS/AA  Dial: 8.66                          SS/G  Dial: 10.17
 Prior rounds:
E2                   -0.070 12.315  3.715      (D Raybourn  ) 0.004 10.174  0.054
E1    (M Tallent   ) 0.022  8.663 -0.197      (S Graham    ) 0.041 10.136  0.006
 Qualified:             #1  8.673 -1.227                       #52 10.113 -0.637

Calvert's new skateboard wheelie bar must work, as he wins at both ends of the track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Billy Leber                          6021 Mark Faul
E3                   0.042  9.681  0.331     ****WINNER****  0.016 11.062  0.022
      SS/TB  Dial: 9.35                         GT/IA  Dial: 11.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Graham    ) 0.027  9.394  0.064      (G Stassi    ) 0.045 11.015 -0.045
E1    (J Rains     ) 0.015  9.385  0.085      (J Kohorst   ) 0.071 11.011 -0.029
 Qualified:            #33  9.335 -0.915                       #54 11.042 -0.458

Leber is late and then slows to give the win to Faul.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    3 Dan Fletcher                         4118 Pete Peery
E3                   0.020  9.823 -0.007     ****WINNER****  0.019  9.732  0.002
      SS/EA  Dial: 9.83                         GT/CA  Dial: 9.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Mason     ) 0.043  9.840  0.030      (A Loewen    ) 0.056  9.739  0.049
E1    (B Post      ) 0.012  9.775  0.045      (T Kadar     ) 0.015  9.731  0.051
 Qualified:            #32  9.707 -0.943                       #24  9.679 -1.021

Dead even leave and Fletcher misses the index by .007. Peery will go on to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  710 John Ancona                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.082 10.693  0.053
      GT/JA  Dial: 10.64
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Freeman   ) 0.060 10.673  0.003
E1    (J Winslow   ) 0.065 10.657  0.007
 Qualified:            #31 10.651 -0.949                     Bye

Ancona will get the single

2:02 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink