Sun, 25 May 2003, 11:03 AM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3105 Rob Turkal                           4403 Gary Emmons
E3   ****WINNER****  0.015 11.547  0.007                     0.046 11.075  0.025
        I/S  Dial: 11.54                        C/FIA  Dial: 11.05
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cotten    ) 0.008 11.675  0.075      (T Henderson ) 0.048 11.074 -0.016
E1    (S Cameron   ) 0.051 36.136 24.466      (M Burke     ) 0.037 11.449  0.189
 Qualified:            #36 11.583 -0.917                       #47 11.135 -0.865

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3278 Clint Blezien                        3163 Jim Schaechter
E3   ****WINNER****  0.067 12.183  0.013                     0.033 12.655 -0.005
      F/FIA  Dial: 12.17                          P/S  Dial: 12.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hefler    ) 0.038 12.194  0.014      (B Roper     ) 0.022 12.727 -0.003
E1    (B Shaw      ) 0.020 12.341  0.041      (T Scheerer  ) 0.046 12.965  0.095
 Qualified:            #65 12.245 -0.705                       #34 12.730 -0.920

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 2106 Richard Taylor                       4122 Mike Manning
E3                   0.112 15.363 -0.187     ****WINNER****  0.043 12.461  0.021
      JT/SA  Dial: 15.55                         K/SA  Dial: 12.44
 Prior rounds:
E2    (Bye         ) 0.327 15.634 -1.116      (M Wenke     ) 0.059 12.473 -0.037
E1    (M Schommer  ) 0.205 16.027  0.407      (J Schaechter) 0.056 12.657  0.027
 Qualified:             #1 15.559 -1.191                       #73 12.546 -0.404

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3834 Jim Hanlon                           2486 George Tamasi Jr
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010 12.515 -0.005                     0.074 11.038 -0.052
       O/SA  Dial: 12.52                        C/FIA  Dial: 11.09
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Vogel     ) 0.009 12.576  0.076      (D Rampy     ) 0.028 11.133  0.033
E1    (P Forsyth   ) 0.005 12.653  0.013      (B Miller    ) 0.044 11.277  0.047
 Qualified:            #39 12.539 -0.911                       #29 11.068 -0.932

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5144 Bob Gipson                           4491 Tony Wood
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.747 -0.013                     0.086 10.720 -0.070
        K/S  Dial: 11.76                         A/SA  Dial: 10.79
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hughes    ) 0.058 11.792  0.012      (B Wenzel Sr ) 0.004 10.850  0.090
E1    (D Duke      ) 0.054 11.919  0.019      (D Cech      ) 0.034 10.872 -0.128
 Qualified:             #7 11.807 -1.043                       #78 11.063 -0.237

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    1 Kevin Helms                          4041 Verne Buchanan
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.317 -0.053                    -0.008 11.509 -0.021
        A/S  Dial: 10.37                         H/SA  Dial: 11.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mosbeck   ) 0.015 10.366 -0.004      (J Hefler    ) 0.030 11.551  0.041
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.124 10.417 -0.833      (W Montgomery) 0.174 11.802  0.132
 Qualified:            #30 10.320 -0.930                       #40 11.544 -0.906

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4006 Dale Hulquist                        3066 Bert Morgan
E3                   0.023 10.862 -0.038     ****WINNER****  0.061 13.367 -0.033
      B/FIA  Dial: 10.90                         R/SA  Dial: 13.40
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.022 10.885 -0.025      (P Biondo    ) 0.006 13.400  0.000
E1    (P Cotten    ) 0.049 11.034  0.024      (J Lacy      ) 0.119 13.699  0.299
 Qualified:            #52 10.858 -0.842                       #41 13.452 -0.898

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5035 Keith Lynch                             3 Toby Lang
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.628 -0.012                     0.039 11.699 -0.031
       C/SA  Dial: 10.64                         G/SA  Dial: 11.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lewis     ) -0.002 10.668  0.028      (T Gusso     ) 0.049 11.779  0.049
E1    (B Unkefer   ) 0.031 10.885  0.135      (J Parsons   ) 0.021 11.961  0.141
 Qualified:             #8 10.667 -1.033                       #79 12.218 -0.082

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4850 Mike Wenke                           5815 Bill Rink Jr
E3   ****WINNER****  0.125 10.399 -0.041                    -0.096 11.848  0.098
       B/SA  Dial: 10.44                         J/SA  Dial: 11.75
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Wikle     ) 0.049 10.457  0.007      (T Hernandez ) 0.013 11.775 -0.015
E1    (E Georges   ) 0.072 10.714  0.164      (B Ruther    ) 0.033 11.894  0.004
 Qualified:             #3 10.455 -1.095                       #13 11.768 -0.982

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4007 Marty Woffard                              Bye
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.038 11.857 -0.993
        K/S  Dial: 12.85
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Stephenson) 0.012 11.870 -0.010
E1    (N Folk      ) 0.016 11.965 -0.025
 Qualified:             #2 11.731 -1.119                     Bye

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5300 Al Corda                             3306 Larry Hodge
E3                  -0.004 10.303 -0.027     ****WINNER****  0.011 12.370  0.010
      A/FIA  Dial: 10.33                         M/SA  Dial: 12.36
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Line      ) 0.056 10.487  0.117      (S Burton    ) 0.029 12.444  0.034
E1    (M Nelson    ) -0.003 10.502  0.042      (R Murray    ) 0.017 12.587  0.067
 Qualified:            #35 10.382 -0.918                       #66 12.446 -0.704

These two ran earlier, but a Black Widow Spider was nesting in the finish line infrared beam and stopped Hodge's clock at 2.42 seconds, so this was a rerun.

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