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Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 12:17 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 780V Val Torres Jr                        7185 Dave Bridgewater
E3                  -0.019 14.822  0.042     ****WINNER****  0.038 11.199  0.029
      CF/SA  Dial: 14.78                        C/FIA  Dial: 11.17
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Burris    ) 0.026 14.833  0.103      (J Hughes    ) 0.097 11.188  0.008
E1    (T Hembree   ) 0.125 14.920  0.010      (D Davison   ) 0.046 11.303  0.063
 Qualified:            #47 14.742 -0.938                       #10 11.160 -1.140


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Jeff Strickland                      6074 Tim Lisson
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009 11.680  0.020                    -0.001 11.547  0.017
      C/FIA  Dial: 11.66                         F/SA  Dial: 11.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Loge      ) 0.025 11.664 -0.086      (B Nelson    ) 0.027 11.563  0.003
E1    (B Phillips  ) 0.021 11.903  0.093      (D Cyr       ) 0.013 11.642 -0.008
 Qualified:            #77 11.644 -0.656                       #40 11.479 -0.971
Lisson just misses a perfect light...but on the wrong side.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7628 Richard Meierhenry                   6780 Eric Waldo
E3                   0.076 12.949 -0.051     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.910  0.020
       M/SA  Dial: 13.00                          C/S  Dial: 10.89
 Prior rounds:
E2                         No Time            (S Case      ) 0.043 10.966 -0.044
E1    (T Hall      ) 0.099 12.990  0.000      (L Glasbrenne) 0.012 11.067  0.017
 Qualified:            #86 12.953 -0.527                       #24 10.882 -1.058
Waldo gets the hole-shot, Meierhenry breaks out trying to hold him off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5035 Keith Lynch                          7950 Rod Greene
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.871  0.071                     0.072 11.451  0.021
       B/SA  Dial: 10.80                          G/S  Dial: 11.43
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Corda     ) 0.056 10.848 -0.002      (S Bunch     ) 0.023 11.598  0.108
E1    (R Painter   ) 0.019 11.045  0.125      (J Jordan    ) 0.015 11.569  0.079
 Qualified:             #5 10.631 -1.209                       #17 11.418 -1.082
Keith Lynch's MOV: 0.0122 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
  777 Earl Blake Jr.                       7785 Stephanie Wong
E3                   0.038 11.786 -0.024     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.036  0.006
       F/SA  Dial: 11.81                        B/FIA  Dial: 11.03
 Prior rounds:
E2                         No Time            (B De Armond ) 0.010 11.078  0.058
E1    (L Mac Kay   ) 0.010 11.891  0.081      (B Maxwell   ) 0.111 11.123  0.063
 Qualified:            #70 11.722 -0.728                       #34 10.981 -1.009
Wong puts together a .023 package to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7706 Bob Pott                             7733 Ken Passerby
E3                   0.092 12.431  0.081     ****WINNER****  0.072 12.259  0.089
       F/FI  Dial: 12.35                         I/SA  Dial: 12.17
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Howard    ) 0.018 12.480  0.100      (L Zane      ) 0.038 12.236 -0.004
E1    (D Little    ) 0.116 12.416  0.036      (J Irving    ) 0.041 12.331  0.021
 Qualified:            #57 12.309 -0.861                       #94 12.587 -0.323
Ken Passerby's MOV: 0.0128 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7401 Darren Smith                         7945 Earl Snow
E3                  -0.033 12.733  0.663     ****WINNER****  0.006 12.542  0.072
      DT/SA  Dial: 12.07                         I/SA  Dial: 12.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Fardig    ) 0.053 12.101  0.001      (A Keen      ) 0.149 12.581  0.071
E1    (G Kestler   ) 0.068 12.147  0.007      (D Workman   ) 0.036 12.960  0.370
 Qualified:             #4 12.028 -1.242                       #90 12.481 -0.429


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 6723 Gary Waldo                              1 Kevin Helms
E3                   0.011 11.402  0.042     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.512  0.022
        E/S  Dial: 11.36                          A/S  Dial: 10.49
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Hoefer    ) 0.034 11.412 -0.018      (M Williams  ) 0.057 10.615  0.055
E1    (M Cotten    ) 0.033 11.517  0.007      (D Alvey     ) 0.054 10.642  0.062
 Qualified:            #55 11.371 -0.879                       #18 10.448 -1.082
Helms is second off the line but Waldo can't run the number. Kevin Helms' MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   63 Brad Plourd                             3 Toby Lang
E3                   0.004 10.946  0.056     ****WINNER****  0.013 12.106  0.026
      B/FIA  Dial: 10.89                         G/SA  Dial: 12.08
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Durham    ) 0.026 10.917 -0.013      (S Norsworthy) 0.033 12.163  0.043
E1    (R Solano    ) 0.008 11.004  0.004      (J Durham    ) 0.032 12.162  0.042
 Qualified:            #11 10.865 -1.125                       #97 12.432 -0.178


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    9 Bernie Cunningham                       7 Jeff Hefler
E3                   0.050 11.474  0.064     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.117  0.067
      C/FIA  Dial: 11.41                        B/FIA  Dial: 11.05
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Steinmetz ) 0.038 11.426 -0.044      (J Meador    ) 0.045 11.100  0.060
E1    (K Seipel    ) 0.039 11.328 -0.972      (G Faul      ) 0.027 11.183  0.053
 Qualified:            #50 11.386 -0.914                       #38 11.010 -0.980


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   61 Jody Lang                               4 Peter Biondo
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040 12.890  0.040                     0.047 11.247  0.047
       M/SA  Dial: 12.85                         C/SA  Dial: 11.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Buell     ) 0.019 12.950  0.040      (L Norton    ) 0.016 11.444  0.194
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.032 13.012  0.042      (J Schloe    ) 0.043 11.354 -0.006
 Qualified:            #75 12.783 -0.697                       #63 11.205 -0.785


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1781 Dan Fletcher                           44 Jerry Hefler
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.958  0.068                     0.078 13.304  0.054
       B/SA  Dial: 10.89                         P/SA  Dial: 13.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Pollard   ) 0.017 11.060  0.090      (D Forester  ) 0.057 13.352  0.062
E1    (D Machael   ) 0.020 11.045  0.015      (S Wann      ) 0.034 13.382  0.032
 Qualified:            #44 10.885 -0.955                       #56 13.215 -0.875


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7016 Larry Belden                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.048 10.897 -0.683
       A/SA  Dial: 11.58
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Kost      ) 0.053 10.916  0.016
E1    (C Holroyd   ) 0.030 11.039  0.069
 Qualified:            #76 10.889 -0.691                     Bye

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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