Sat, 27 Sep 2003, 07:31 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3535 Bob Cifranic                         5217 Tim Mosbek
E3                   0.066 12.197 -0.013     ****WINNER****  0.099 11.475  0.035
      G/FIA  Dial: 12.21                         H/SA  Dial: 11.44
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Mosbek    ) 0.020 12.232 -0.008      (B Kastle    ) 0.053 11.470  0.020
E1    (K Riley     ) 0.036 12.315  0.015      (A McPherson ) 0.022 11.496 -0.014
 Qualified:             #7 12.032 -1.118                       #15 11.381 -1.069

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3306 Larry Hodge                          3120 Lyn Smith
E3   ****WINNER****  0.067 14.019  0.029                     0.037 11.308  0.068
      K/FIA  Dial: 13.99                         F/SA  Dial: 11.24
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Shepard   ) 0.012 13.984  0.034      (B Livengood ) 0.035 11.246  0.086
E1    (G Richard   ) 0.050 14.056  0.036      (J Emmons    ) 0.005 11.263  0.093
 Qualified:             #2 13.930 -1.220                       #10 11.054 -1.096

Hodge gets a close win. Larry Hodge's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1250 Larry Pappas                         3072 Mike Walter
E3                   0.037 11.562 -0.008     ****WINNER****  0.059 11.125  0.015
       G/SA  Dial: 11.57                         F/SA  Dial: 11.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Lynch     ) 0.060 11.598  0.028      (M Line      ) 0.080 11.115 -1.035
E1    (G Hill      ) 0.059 11.553  0.003      (G Johnson   ) 0.026 11.190  0.010
 Qualified:            #54 11.495 -0.805                       #28 11.133 -1.017

Pappas breaks out by .008 seconds.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   61 Jody Lang                            5815 Bill Rink
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028 12.422 -0.028                    -0.008 11.582 -0.048
       M/SA  Dial: 12.45                         J/SA  Dial: 11.63
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.021 12.491  0.011      (D Frazier   ) 0.028 11.676  0.006
E1    (B Beaudin   ) 0.033 12.498  0.018      (L Zane      ) 0.039 11.682  0.012
 Qualified:            #51 12.315 -0.835                        #9 11.635 -1.115

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3639 Nick Folk                              23 Scott Welborn
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031 11.165  0.015                     0.063 11.593  0.023
      C/FIA  Dial: 11.15                         G/SA  Dial: 11.57
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Feist     ) 0.024 11.111  0.051      (L Line      ) 0.088 11.613  0.063
E1    (C Blezien   ) 0.003 11.117  0.067      (J McCormack ) 0.076 11.620  0.060
 Qualified:            #30 11.004 -0.996                       #56 11.503 -0.797

Nick Folk's MOV: 0.0408 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1188 Bill Nees                            2700 Shane Carr
E3                   0.052 14.305 -0.025     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.271  0.021
       U/SA  Dial: 14.33                        C/FIA  Dial: 11.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Emmons III) 0.012 14.367  0.037      (D Bureski   ) 0.037 11.272  0.022
E1    (B Wenzel Sr ) 0.038 14.351  0.021      (J Diekema   ) 0.045 11.283  0.063
 Qualified:            #40 14.257 -0.893                       #48 11.153 -0.847

Carr stays over his dial in for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
        Bye                                3013 Mark Biskup
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.027 12.392  0.052
                                                G/FIA  Dial: 12.34
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (T Nagel     ) 0.032 12.393 -0.067
E1                                           (M Hinz      ) 0.036 12.448  0.058
 Qualified:                                                      #52 12.343 -0.807

Biskup has a single off the ladder.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3261 Kevin Zaskowski                         4 Peter Biondo
E3                   0.000 11.117 -0.003     ****WINNER****  0.007 10.832  0.042
       E/SA  Dial: 11.12                         C/SA  Dial: 10.79
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hanlon    ) 0.052 11.153  0.023      (J Harrison  ) 0.025 10.808  0.008
E1    (B Morgan    ) 0.154 11.398  0.278      (D Walther   ) 0.046 10.836  0.026
 Qualified:            #38 11.066 -0.934                       #46 10.848 -0.852

A perfect light for Zaskowski but he takes too much stripe at the finish.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2217 Brian Rogers                         3231 Harry Doolittle
E3                  -0.053 11.156 -0.114     ****WINNER****  0.012 12.383 -0.007
        G/S  Dial: 11.27                        H/FIA  Dial: 12.39
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lehman    ) 0.059 11.275  0.085      (M Nelson    ) 0.006 12.422  0.032
E1    (D Morgan    ) -0.009 11.215  0.105      (J Paul      ) 0.020 12.398  0.018
 Qualified:             #8 11.084 -1.116                       #16 12.381 -1.069

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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