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Jerry Eckman (M) from
Ventura, California
USA
(Comp Nr/Finish:
775 ) |
1989 - Category: PS-500, Type: LN, Class: Pro Stock, Div: 7 |
| "Pennzoil" Owned by Bill Orndorff
from
Ventura, California
USA
| Crew Chief: Jerry Eckman |
| '89 Pontiac Trans Am by
Willie Rells |
Powered by Carbureted Gas 500 Chevrolet by Jerry Eckman with
4 speed manual transmission |
| 1/4 Mile ET: |
7.324 at NHRA Baytown TX 3/89 |
1/4 Mile MPH: |
187.65 at NHRA Pomona CA 2/04/89 |
| 1000 FT ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1000 FT MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
| 1/8 Mile ET: |
Unknown at Unknown |
1/8 Mile MPH: |
Unknown at Unknown |
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Entry's 1989 Performance Ratings (0 to 100) based on comparison to average ET/MPH:
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1/4 Mile Rating: ET 81.52,
MPH 66.69 |
Entry is 0.98441 times average ET and 1.00990 times average MPH |
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1000 FT Rating: ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
| 1/8 Mile Rating:
ET 00.00,
MPH 00.00 |
Entry is 0.00000 times average ET and 0.00000 times average MPH |
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| 1989 Records: |
1/4 Mile: 7.256 ET, 191.32 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.740 ET, 131.45 MPH |
| 1989 Average: |
1/4 Mile: 7.440 ET, 185.81 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 4.977 ET, 124.88 MPH |
| 1989 Minimum: |
1/4 Mile: 7.940 ET, 174.12 MPH |
1000 Ft. 0.000 ET, 0.00 MPH |
1/8 Mile: 5.307 ET, 117.11 MPH |
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Notes: Jerry started the season by qualifying #11 with a 7.39/187.65 at the Winternationals. He improved to a 7.38/187.22 in the first round, which beat Bruce Allen. In the second round, he ran a 7.40/186.14, which was beaten by Warren Johnson's 7.35/187. The next race was at Houston for the Supernationals. Eckman just made the field with a 7.37 for the bump spot (#16). He lasted until the second round, where, despite running a strong 7.32, he lost to Allen's 7.30. The Gatornationals didn't go so well as he failed to qualify. He rebounded by qualifying #9 in Atlanta for the Southern Nationals, but that set up a first-round meeting with low qualifier Bob Glidden, whom he lost to. He failed to qualify at the next two races, the Mid-South Nationals and the Cajun Nationals. At the Springnationals, as mentioned above, he qualified #11. He lost in the first round to WJ. It was then on to Canada for the Grandnationals, where he ran a 7.41/185.95 to qualify #9 again and set up another first-round meeting with Glidden. In that race, a 7.45/185.45 lost to Bob's 7.38/185. At the Summernationals, Jerry qualified #10 with a 7.41/186.25. He lost to Darrell Alderman in the first round. He went to Maryland International for the US Pro Stock Open the next day (July 10). A 7.56/183.15 qualified #8 in the sixteen-car field. In the first round, he ran a 7.50/183.15 to beat Joe Sway's 7.62/181. But in round two, he fell to WJ's 7.48/182 with a 7.55/183.00. Eckman did really well at Denver for the Mile High Nationals. He didn't qualify well, with a 7.91/173.3,1, grabbing the #12 position. But in the first round, he beat Gene Fasching, and in round two, he beat Kenny Delco's 8.08/172 with a 7.93/172. In the semifinals, he knocked off Rickie Smith with a 7.92/172 to Smith's 7.94. But in the final, he needed a tenth; a 7.93 fell to Glidden's 7.83. It was a shot in the arm that the team needed since they had not been beyond the second round all season. The next race was the California Nationals; Jerry qualified #10 with a 7.37. He advanced past the first-round with a 7.45/185.37 when Don Beverley broke. A round two 7.45/185.52 beat Alderman's quicker 7.44/186, but in the semifinal, he ran a consistent 7.46/184.08 that lost to a WJ holeshot 7.48/185. The NHRA tour shifted to Seattle for the Seafair Nationals, where a 7.42/185.60 qualified on the bump. In the first round, both he and Butch Leal ran 7.4,1 with Leal getting the win. The team was down at the Northstar Nationals when a best of 7.54/182.33 was only good for the sixth alternate. The bad luck continued at Indy for the US Nationals when a best of 7.442/186.29 failed to qualify (9th alternate). - Danny White | The next event was the Keystone Nationals, and for the third straight race, he failed to make the show. A best of 7.44/185.49 was twelfth alternate. He wasn't running all that badly, but the bump at Maple Grove was a 7.40. Things didn't go any better at the next two races, the Chief Nationals and the Fallnationals, where he failed to qualify at both meets. He did make the field at the season-ending World Finals when a 7.38/186.72 grabbed the #9 position. He lost to Larry Morgan in the first round. | Rick Howard photo from 1989 NHRA Budweiser Springnats, Columbus, Ohio. (Qualified 11th at 7.42/184.84. Lost to Warren Johnson in round one, despite improved speed of 185.75). |
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Submitted by Danny White, Last updated on Monday, March 9, 2026, 11:17:42 PM by
Ron Howard.
Approved by Bill Pratt. |
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Rankings updated: 03/10/26 03:04:08 am EDT
