Sun, 5 Nov 2006, 04:49 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Shortline Express Markets Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3099 Bill Koski                           7511 Ted Seipel                   
E3                  -0.022 14.645  89.45     ****WINNER****  0.013 11.387 116.22
        U/S  Dial: 14.61 (+/-):  0.035          B/FIA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Wann      ) 0.024 14.608  0.048      (J Jewell    ) 0.104 11.330  0.000
E1    (D Howard    ) 0.016 14.590  0.040      (R Solano    ) 0.176 11.310 -0.090
 Qualified:           #100 14.625 -0.695                      #116 11.404 -0.586

These are the kinds of matchups that the fans love - there's going to be a big head start involved.

Koski redlights and 3 seconds later, Seipel leaves on a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6333 Mike Hering                             7 Mark Faul                    
E3                   0.040 10.996 116.59     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.394 107.26
        A/S  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.136           C/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.144
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Forester  ) 0.098 10.775 -0.095      (M Cotten    ) 0.065 11.208 -0.002
E1    (B Feist     ) 0.011 10.873  0.043      (R Painter   ) 0.041 11.319  0.119
 Qualified:            #99 10.833 -0.697                      #115 11.384 -0.606

Mark Faul's MOV: 0.0078 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   69 Bill Bushmaker                       7402 Tibor Kadar                  
E3                   0.137 12.185 107.47     ****WINNER****  0.013 12.690  91.09
       J/SA  Dial: 12.10 (+/-):  0.085           L/SA  Dial: 12.52 (+/-):  0.170
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hefler    ) 0.007 12.074  0.014      (G Luneack   ) 0.029 12.468  0.028
E1    (J Sorensen  ) 0.063 12.073  0.003      (B DeArmond  ) 0.013 12.472  0.002
 Qualified:           #127 12.697 -0.373                       #79 12.447 -0.873

Bushmaker is very late and Kadar nears taking over the points lead.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7549 Julie Jordan                         7670 Mike Williams                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042 11.956 108.24                     0.070 11.562 112.87
       I/SA  Dial: 11.93 (+/-):  0.026           E/SA  Dial: 11.53 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Smith     ) 0.012 11.904  0.024      (P Mandella J) 0.096 11.497  0.027
E1    (J Adams     ) 0.137 11.902 -1.008      (C Denton    ) 0.025 11.484  0.004
 Qualified:            #39 11.870 -1.040                       #87 11.474 -0.826

Jordan takes it to Williams at both ends.

Julie Jordan's MOV: 0.0342 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   57 Brett Speer                             1 Peter Biondo                 
E3                   0.052 12.353 106.13     ****WINNER****  0.022 11.035 108.87
      E/FIA  Dial: 12.35 (+/-):  0.003           C/SA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Gaynor    ) 0.063 12.350  0.050      (B Phillips  ) 0.009 10.962  0.042
E1    (R Pauley    ) 0.031 12.330  0.040      (B Pollard   ) 0.015 10.946  0.006
 Qualified:           #124 12.491 -0.419                       #44 10.965 -1.025

Peter Biondo's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Mickey Whaley                        4634 Spenser Duron                
E3                   0.055 11.142 119.16     ****WINNER****  0.002 11.720 111.21
      B/FIA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.022           H/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Torres    ) 0.040 11.096 -0.004      (J Meador    ) 0.005 11.640  0.010
E1    (R Greene    ) 0.073 11.252  0.152      (R Schloe    ) 0.052 11.657  0.007
 Qualified:            #72 11.098 -0.892                       #24 11.645 -1.115

Duron nails Whaley to the tree and pulls a HUGE upset that will affect the points battle.

Spenser Duron's MOV: 0.0558 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7007 Roger Bedford                        4053 F.J. Acosta                  
E3                   0.019 11.194 117.34     ****WINNER****  0.038 11.507 111.07
       B/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.074          C/FIA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Burton    ) -0.034 11.105  0.045      (R Meierhenry) 0.016 11.423  0.013
E1    (R Kagawa    ) 0.163 11.090  0.030      (K Ariotti   ) 0.060 11.455  0.035
 Qualified:            #90 11.062 -0.778                       #74 11.416 -0.884

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3220 Randy Wilkes                         5809 Brad Burton                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.612 122.33                     0.027 11.078 118.21
      A/FIA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-):  0.022           D/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Suter     ) 0.027 10.534  0.014      (J Stadelman ) 0.079 11.044  0.054
E1    (P Cook      ) 0.056 10.529 -0.031      (A Baeza     ) 0.068 11.007 -0.003
 Qualified:            #33 10.509 -1.071                       #17 10.991 -1.159

Randy Wilkes' MOV: 0.0105 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

Wilkes does what he has to do and moves into a tie for the lead according to my unofficial calculations.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7568 Bryan Broaddus                       7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047 11.702 113.37                     0.037 11.276 115.28
      C/FIA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-):  0.002           E/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Keen      ) 0.041 11.630 -0.050      (G Waldo     ) 0.017 11.199  0.029
E1    (B Edgeworth ) 0.088 11.690  0.070      (M Johnston  ) 0.022 11.196  0.006
 Qualified:           #102 11.615 -0.685                       #22 11.182 -1.118

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6730 Jim Waldo                               9 Steven Hall                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047 10.447 127.57                     0.054 10.915 117.55
       A/FI  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.047           A/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jerome    ) 0.020 10.401  0.031      (J Accardo   ) 0.063 10.921  0.031
E1    (L Maxwell   ) 0.051 10.530  0.150      (P Cotten    ) 0.140 10.902  0.002
 Qualified:            #11 10.345 -1.185                       #91 10.806 -0.774

Jim Waldo's MOV: 0.0343 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

Hall breaks out by .005.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7854 Ryan McClanahan                       737 Dwight Machael               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.478 126.66                     0.008 11.196 114.93
      A/FIA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-):  0.018           B/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Holroyd   ) 0.031 10.401  0.031      (J Foshee    ) 0.006 11.214  0.084
E1    (A Steinmetz ) 0.071 10.394 -0.006      (W McGann    ) 0.009 11.139 -0.001
 Qualified:            #21 10.450 -1.130                      #101 11.148 -0.692

Ryan McClanahan's MOV: 0.0343 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

After a killer light, Machael breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7257 Brett Brown                          7016 Larry Belden                 
E3                   0.029 12.538 105.45     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.771 122.10
       I/SA  Dial: 12.55 (+/-): -0.012           A/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Storms    ) 0.042 12.495  0.005      (T Lang      ) 0.013 10.727  0.017
E1    (E Farmer    ) 0.018 12.524  0.014      (C Loge      ) 0.022 10.759  0.049
 Qualified:           #128 12.559 -0.351                       #80 10.709 -0.871

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Jody Lang                            7004 Curtis Coulter               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038 12.853 101.38                    -0.067 11.169 118.85
       N/SA  Dial: 12.88 (+/-): -0.027            D/S  Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Smith     ) 0.062 12.874  0.064      (D Bridgewate) 0.069 11.143  0.043
E1    (T DeFrank   ) 0.025 12.807 -0.023      (T Hembree   ) 0.000 11.148  0.028
 Qualified:           #114 13.022 -0.608                       #34 11.031 -1.059

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5426 Gene Mosbek                          6780 Eric Waldo                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.034 10.592 119.41                     0.045 11.080 114.01
       A/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.012            C/S  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Ariotti   ) 0.018 10.511  0.021      (J Schloe    ) 0.024 11.005  0.025
E1    (J Langdon   ) 0.044 10.589  0.069      (T Imhoff    ) 0.026 11.238  0.228
 Qualified:            #57 10.608 -0.972                      #105 11.268 -0.672

Gene Mosbek's MOV: 0.0394 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5300 Al Corda                              600 Jeff Lane                    
E3                  -0.022 10.491 125.37     ****WINNER****  0.053 10.341 129.10
      A/FIA  Dial: 11.58 (+/-): -1.089          A/FIA  Dial: 11.58 (+/-): -1.239
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Mosbek    ) 0.038 10.645  0.045      (R Hunter    ) 0.015 10.504  0.004
E1    (Z Torres    ) 0.056 10.631  0.021      (W Alston    ) 0.042 10.520  0.000
 Qualified:            #46 10.568 -1.012                       #30 10.488 -1.092

Heads up race, and Corda's out before it really starts.

Lane is still in the chase.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6711 Tommy Gaynor                         4293 James Paul                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.032 11.360 115.47                     0.025 11.643 110.85
      C/FIA  Dial: 11.36 (+/-):  0.000           G/SA  Dial: 11.65 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Phillips  ) 0.027 11.320  0.000      (J Durham    ) 0.027 11.583 -0.017
E1    (M Method    ) 0.056 11.334 -0.076      (J Lewis     ) -0.002 11.590  0.040
 Qualified:            #77 11.422 -0.878                       #29 11.517 -1.093

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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