Sun, 26 Jun 2005, 05:41 PM Pro Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

EDMONTON, Alb. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Torco Race Fuels Pro Stock at the 2005 Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Third Annual Western RV Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by TORCO Race Fuels:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   7 Frank Gugliotta              
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.047  6.513 213.13
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (S SPIESS    ) 0.032  6.519 213.23
E1                                           (E MORTON    ) 0.043  6.535 212.83
 Qualified:                                                       #2  6.521 213.20

3:18 p.m. Gugliotta pretty much went down the groove in his quest for lane choice in the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  262 Robert Patrick                         10 Tony Gillig                  
E3                   0.076  6.498 213.20     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.524 211.93
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D SEAMON    ) 0.071  6.511 212.66      (J MONTECALVO) 0.053  6.520 212.86
E1                   0.111  6.488 212.96      (C DEMORY    ) 0.056  6.540 212.09
 Qualified:             #1  6.492 212.79                        #3  6.533 212.56

Gillig knocked the tree down and pulled off a huge holeshot win. Tony Gillig's incremental margins: 60ft(0.039), 330 ft(0.032), 660ft(0.028), 1,000ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0185 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Gillig will not have lane choice against Gugliotta in the final round, but he didn't have it here, either.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink