Sat, 24 Apr 2010, 03:02 PM
Extreme Pro Stock Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green
CECIL, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Extreme Pro Stock at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL Hardee's Georgia Drags VI:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
335 Bob Bertsch 26 Richard Penland
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.049 4.162 174.68 0.040 4.924 106.71
Qualified: #8 4.135 176.40 #9 4.140 174.55
Penland with slight starting line advantage, but Bertsch had the difference made up by 100 feet and drove away for the win as Penland had problems.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Elijah Morton 444 Cole Aranson
E1 0.063 4.163 174.37 ****WINNER**** 0.031 4.165 174.73
Qualified: #7 4.131 175.07 #10 4.151 175.50
Aranson with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Cole Aranson's MOV: 0.0306 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Doug Kirk 6 Dean Goforth
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 4.142 174.96 0.048 4.149 173.07
Qualified: #6 4.118 175.87 #11 4.156 175.71
Kirk is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win light. Doug Kirk's MOV: 0.0232 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
759 Jeff Dobbins 869 Mark Martino
E1 0.025 4.156 174.87 ****WINNER**** 0.011 4.137 174.28
Qualified: #5 4.114 175.96 #12 4.156 173.83
Martino with a great light and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the light. Mark Martino's MOV: 0.0336 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
431 Lester Cooper 10 John Montecalvo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 4.181 172.14 0.115 4.143 176.40
Qualified: #13 4.157 173.16 #4 4.113 170.06
Cooper with the starting line advantage and then power to hold on for the hole shot win...Lester Cooper's MOV: 0.0141 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Cooper will give up lane choice to Martino in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Cary Goforth 290 Trevor Eman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 4.114 176.21 -0.033 4.134 175.98
Qualified: #3 4.105 176.63 #14 4.185 172.45
Eman took a shot at the tree and turned on the red light...Goforth with the quickest pass of the round. Cary Goforth's incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.713.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Brian Gahm 983 Steven Boone
E1 0.082 5.120 103.99 ****WINNER**** 0.047 4.150 175.18
Qualified: #2 4.102 176.19 #15 4.188 174.91
Gahm made a quick move toward the centerline and had to lift. Boone with the starting line advantage for the big upset win here. Boone will have lane choice over Aranson in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
143 Ron Miller 71 Pete Berner
E1 0.021 4.219 170.69 ****WINNER**** 0.053 4.097 177.49
Qualified: #16 4.288 167.80 #1 4.095 177.67
Miller with the starting line advantage, but Berner has the difference up by 150 feet and then runs the quickest pass of the round and takes the win by 23 feet. Berner will have lane choice over Bertsch in the next round
