Tue, 14 Jun 2005, 11:15 PM Top Stock Final, Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of final, round 2 eliminations in IHRA Top Stock at the 2005 Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Mopar Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2503 Paul Mercure                         1742 Joseph Aluise Jr             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.084  9.768 135.71                     0.022  9.844 134.12
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P CAMBRIA   ) 0.087  9.778 136.06      (B KENNEY    ) 0.010  9.806 134.93
 Qualified:             #1  9.828 135.17                        #2  9.950 133.13

Apologies - this report got lost in the shuffle Saturday night. Aluise cut a great light and led past the 1,000-foot marker, but Mercure had the ponies to nip him in the lights. Paul Mercure's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.041), 330 ft(-0.050), 660ft(-0.023), 1,000ft(-0.007). MOV: 0.0142 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink