Sun, 2 Sep 2007, 09:20 PM
Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 53rd
annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2033 Doug Patrick 1977 Michael Iacono
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.030 12.173 106.46 0.029 10.789 108.78
M/SA Dial: 12.16 (+/-): 0.013 B/FIA Dial: 10.77 (+/-): 0.019
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Wann ) 0.023 12.196 -0.024 (M Stephenson) 0.020 10.594 0.014
E1 (J Shaul ) 0.047 12.233 0.093 (L Cummings ) 0.040 10.539 -0.071
Qualified: #111 12.236 -0.914 #31 10.631 -1.069
8:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent,
barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,585 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.Identical
RT's at the start and a very close finish too.Doug Patrick's MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 11
inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5204 Fred Suiter 6821 Mark Faul
E3 -0.500 13.764 63.87 ****WINNER**** 0.043 11.064 118.50
A/SA Dial: 10.29 (+/-): 3.474 C/SA Dial: 11.08 (+/-): -0.016
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Shaw ) 0.037 10.340 0.070 (S Brack ) 0.019 10.942 -0.038
E1 (M McGinley ) 0.042 10.275 0.005 (S Pourciau ) 0.042 10.993 0.013
Qualified: #58 10.290 -1.010 #106 10.772 -0.928
Suiter misses the tree by a full bulb to give the free pass to the next round to Faul.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4783 Rusty Hall 6396 Sean Cour
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.019 10.842 117.16 0.041 11.907 107.15
C/SA Dial: 10.82 (+/-): 0.022 F/FIA Dial: 11.91 (+/-): -0.003
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Barton ) 0.013 10.729 0.069 (B Rogers ) 0.014 11.832 0.022
E1 (D Black ) 0.023 10.689 -0.021 (J Huff ) 0.021 11.811 0.041
Qualified: #97 10.756 -0.944 #17 11.829 -1.121
Hall gets the better light and pushes Cour by -0.003.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3609 John McCarthy Jr 6730 Jim Waldo
E3 0.180 14.454 87.92 ****WINNER**** 0.046 10.328 115.03
U/SA Dial: 14.28 (+/-): 0.174 A/FI Dial: 10.24 (+/-): 0.088
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Carnero ) 0.019 14.236 -0.004 (J McCormack ) 0.030 10.170 0.030
E1 (N Stephenson) 0.112 14.193 -0.047 (C Marshburn ) 0.016 10.217 0.057
Qualified: #51 14.121 -1.029 #67 10.251 -0.999
Bad light for McCarthy. Waldo waits four seconds and cards a 0.046 light to take the easy
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1109 John Gray Jr. 1656 Kenneth Miele
E3 0.061 11.283 115.21 ****WINNER**** 0.099 10.284 127.21
F/SA Dial: 11.23 (+/-): 0.053 A/SA Dial: 10.28 (+/-): 0.004
Prior rounds:
E2 (P Boster ) 0.040 11.238 0.028 (C Belanger ) 0.079 10.221 0.011
E1 (J Malone ) 0.083 11.189 0.089 (D Ridgeway ) 0.025 10.311 0.161
Qualified: #57 11.138 -1.012 #9 10.125 -1.175
Miele overcomes a starting line deficite to take the win. Kenneth Miele's MOV: 0.0111 seconds
(approximately 23 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4171 Greg Hill 2700 Shane Carr
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.027 10.982 118.37 0.074 10.615 124.89
E/SA Dial: 11.01 (+/-): -0.028 B/SA Dial: 10.68 (+/-): -0.065
Prior rounds:
E2 (M Cotten ) 0.002 10.990 0.040 (P Cotten ) 0.022 10.659 0.069
E1 (K Helms ) 0.000 10.956 0.006 (D Lambeck ) 0.033 10.658 0.068
Qualified: #59 10.991 -1.009 #43 10.513 -1.037
Double breakout win for Hill.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5103 Danny Byrd 1937 Lee Zane
E3 -0.500 11.330 118.98 ****WINNER**** 0.041 11.458 113.52
F/S Dial: 11.10 (+/-): 0.230 H/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.012
Prior rounds:
E2 (R Goins ) 0.045 11.045 0.015 (J Hanlon ) 0.014 11.310 -0.050
E1 (J Watson ) 0.081 11.011 -0.089 (G Cooper ) 0.035 11.362 0.002
Qualified: #60 11.097 -1.003 #44 11.414 -1.036
Red light for Byrd and Zane will get to play again later today.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
312 Matt Antrobius 1352 Bill Hawk
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.073 12.229 110.60 0.059 10.587 119.01
G/FIA Dial: 12.17 (+/-): 0.059 B/SA Dial: 10.48 (+/-): 0.107
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Sturgell ) 0.051 12.149 0.019 (R Winchester) 0.070 10.420 0.000
E1 (J Davis ) 0.033 12.121 -0.049 (M Walton ) 0.050 10.417 -0.013
Qualified: #102 12.217 -0.933 #54 10.528 -1.022
Matt Antrobius' MOV: 0.0344 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3209 Monte Howard 751 Ben Wenzel Sr.
E3 -0.015 11.450 115.70 ****WINNER**** 0.084 10.905 101.99
H/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.020 D/S Dial: 10.76 (+/-): 0.145
Prior rounds:
E2 (T Kreeber ) 0.062 11.429 0.059 (B Koski ) 0.048 10.648 -0.002
E1 (S Hall ) 0.029 11.432 0.002 (B Lindley ) 0.051 10.622 -0.078
Qualified: #46 11.415 -1.035 #30 10.730 -1.070
Red light win for Wenzel.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3520 Steve Polhill 1741 Matt Welker
E3 0.220 16.552 79.10 ****WINNER**** 0.007 11.133 97.03
EF/S Dial: 16.54 (+/-): 0.012 D/SA Dial: 10.99 (+/-): 0.143
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Cook ) 0.096 16.457 -0.063 (E Buth ) 0.091 10.884 -0.006
E1 (D Fickler ) 0.076 16.868 0.408 (M Morgan ) 0.068 10.850 0.010
Qualified: #5 16.521 -1.229 #85 10.883 -0.967
Matt Welker's MOV: 0.0824 seconds (approximately 10 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3391 Jerry Bennett 3200 Tim Lowe
E3 ****WINNER**** -0.187 11.358 115.42 -0.003 12.245 106.51
G/SA Dial: 11.33 (+/-): 0.028 L/SA Dial: 12.03 (+/-): 0.215
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Helms ) 0.015 11.260 0.010 (D Pendarvis ) 0.029 13.942 1.722
E1 (M Freeman ) -0.500 11.250 0.000 (J Gower ) 0.049 12.708 0.748
Qualified: #29 11.226 -1.074 #45 11.965 -1.035
Another red light. Bennett will go on.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3122 Bill Owen II 1499 Jim Boudreau
E3 0.046 14.232 92.44 ****WINNER**** 0.033 10.742 108.17
BF/S Dial: 14.07 (+/-): 0.162 B/SA Dial: 10.62 (+/-): 0.122
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Warren ) 0.062 14.019 -0.011 (B Morgan ) 0.027 10.696 0.096
E1 (K Lynch ) 0.071 13.981 -0.069 (B Hughes ) -0.005 10.573 -0.027
Qualified: #116 14.059 -0.891 #36 10.500 -1.050
Jim Boudreau's MOV: 0.0531 seconds (approximately 7 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1924 Bud Rowe 3602 Jason McCormack
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.027 10.677 123.32 0.068 10.376 120.53
B/FIA Dial: 10.66 (+/-): 0.017 A/S Dial: 10.37 (+/-): 0.006
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Ingram ) 0.056 10.711 0.121 (G Monahan ) 0.021 10.341 0.051
E1 (B Lent ) 0.001 10.585 -0.005 (D Cook ) 0.047 10.276 0.056
Qualified: #16 10.572 -1.128 #96 10.305 -0.945
Good light for Rowe and a hole shot win. Bud Rowe's MOV: 0.0301 seconds (approximately 5
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5300 Al Corda 3 Dan Fletcher
E3 0.057 10.548 123.52 ****WINNER**** 0.036 10.691 118.38
B/FIA Dial: 10.53 (+/-): 0.018 B/SA Dial: 10.67 (+/-): 0.021
Prior rounds:
E2 (E Wingo ) 0.023 10.431 -0.029 (R Gresens ) 0.002 10.578 0.018
E1 (N Hall ) 0.026 10.494 0.034 (B Sempsrott ) 0.014 10.574 0.034
Qualified: #7 10.502 -1.198 #23 10.462 -1.088
Fletcher does what he does best and gets the close win. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0187 seconds
(approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6780 Eric Waldo 1986 Shane Oakes
E3 -0.006 10.747 123.47 ****WINNER**** 0.071 11.464 114.64
C/S Dial: 10.76 (+/-): -0.013 G/SA Dial: 11.42 (+/-): 0.044
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Bailey ) 0.020 10.707 0.037 (T Bishop ) 0.072 11.314 -0.006
E1 (V Buchanan ) 0.028 10.673 0.003 (M Buth ) 0.066 11.363 0.013
Qualified: #114 10.743 -0.907 #66 11.301 -0.999
Waldo red lights by -0.006 and gives the free pass to Oakes
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1308 Ralph Porpora 11 Peter Biondo
E3 -0.029 10.267 128.62 ****WINNER**** 0.035 10.650 115.31
A/S Dial: 10.25 (+/-): 0.017 A/SA Dial: 10.64 (+/-): 0.010
Prior rounds:
E2 (S Giermanski) 0.032 10.305 0.125 (S Welker ) 0.015 10.555 -0.005
E1 (R Zink ) 0.077 10.261 0.111 (R Fox ) 0.020 10.527 -0.013
Qualified: #72 10.255 -0.995 #88 10.340 -0.960
Another red. Biondo gets an easy one to end the round.9:15 p.m.
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