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Sun, 14 Nov 2004, 05:17 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator 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-- (+/-)
 3231 Harry Doolittle                        76 Curtis Coulter
E4   ****WINNER****  0.022 12.452 -0.018                    -0.027 10.912 -0.038
      H/FIA  Dial: 12.47                          D/S  Dial: 10.95
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Lang      ) 0.027 12.446  0.016      (J Adams     ) 0.020 10.959 -0.001
E2    (J McCormack ) 0.042 12.436  0.056      (J Meador    ) 0.029 10.966  0.086
E1    (L Norton    ) 0.067 12.351  0.041      (J Schloe    ) 0.008 10.936  0.066
 Qualified:             #8 12.347 -1.103                       #35 10.867 -0.933

2:08 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.

Coulter gets the red eye and gives the win to Doolittle.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    7 Jody Lang                            7733 Ken Passerby
E4   ****WINNER****  0.010 12.439  0.009                    -0.004 11.986 -0.004
       M/SA  Dial: 12.43                         I/SA  Dial: 11.99
 Prior rounds:
E3    (E Waldo     ) 0.024 12.380 -0.030      (C Blezien   ) 0.026 11.962  0.002
E2    (G Harper    ) 0.032 12.524  0.094      (G Waldo     ) 0.014 12.031  0.091
E1    (A Corda     ) 0.006 12.394  0.024      (S Carr      ) 0.005 11.928 -0.002
 Qualified:            #48 12.362 -0.788                       #60 12.228 -0.372

Another red light. Lang goes on to the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    6 Lee Zane                             6730 Jim Waldo
E4                   0.036 11.842 -0.018     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.321  0.011
       K/SA  Dial: 11.86                         A/FI  Dial: 10.31
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Method    ) 0.008 11.833 -0.007      (C Holroyd   ) 0.064 10.289 -0.011
E2    (K Helms     ) 0.012 11.819 -0.061      (T Janes     ) 0.131 10.311  0.021
E1    (E Snow Sr   ) 0.024 11.883  0.033      (D Holder    ) 0.003 10.352  0.072
 Qualified:            #27 11.952 -0.998                       #31 10.270 -0.980

Waldo has the numbers and Zane breaks out to boot.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7593 Richard Pauley                          5 Brad Plourd
E4                   0.030 10.770  0.030     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.856  0.036
       C/SA  Dial: 10.74                        B/FIA  Dial: 10.82
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Leatherman) 0.022 10.713 -0.017      (B Mulry     ) 0.048 10.786  0.016
E2    (J Huffman   ) 0.118 11.190  0.460      (J Irving    ) 0.046 10.782  0.032
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.048 10.732  0.042      (B Fulper    ) 0.038 10.717  0.007
 Qualified:            #26 10.699 -1.001                       #30 10.719 -0.981

Plourd has a great RT, but almost gets passed in the lights. Brad Plourd's MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He'll race Doolittle and Waldo will race Passerby in the semi's.

2:15 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink