MARTIN - Pro Nitrous Round 2 Eliminations

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Sat, 14 Jul 2012, 19:21 PM

Pro Nitrous Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Nitrous at the American Drag Racing League, ADRL Summer Drags VIII:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Aaron Hodges                          111 John Vergotz                 
E2                   0.318  5.038 110.72     ****WINNER****  0.052  4.348 172.05
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J LAURITA   ) 0.120  5.346  80.52      (R MATHIS    ) 0.040  4.031 183.51
 Qualified:            #15  4.107 179.55                       #10  3.979 183.48

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 3,452 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Vergotz with the big starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  360 Bob Rahaim                           1994 Ed Burnley                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  4.150 178.51                    -0.017  3.965 188.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B HOUSLEY   ) 0.334  7.775  57.02      (S ALLEN     ) 0.057  4.025 187.20
 Qualified:             #3  3.846 194.56                       #11  3.981 188.54

Burnley is too quick on the tree and gives up his quickest pass of the weekend. Rahaim with the easy win and he will have lane choice over Vergotz in the semifinal.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Rickie Jones                          262 Robert Patrick Jr            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  3.833 195.32                     0.020  3.860 192.64
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J HALL      ) 0.040  4.845 125.91      (C JULIANO   ) 0.042  3.907 190.92
 Qualified:             #5  3.870 194.55                        #4  3.858 190.15

Jones with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win by 0.0305 seconds (approximately 9 feet). Jones with his quickest pass of the event and the quickest pass of the round. Rickie Jones' incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.564.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4097 Doug Riesterer                         21 Pat Stoken                   
E2                   0.012  4.102 180.53     ****WINNER****  0.046  3.884 192.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M GUEST     ) 0.018  3.857 191.99      (J HARRIS    ) 0.051  3.945 190.94
 Qualified:             #1  3.792 195.30                        #8  3.926 191.96

Riesterer with a great light and then started to shake and got out of the groove before he lifted. Stoken with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Stoken will give up lane choice to Jones in the semifinal.