Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 05:58 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3187 Billy Baker                           428 Kevin Helms                  
E4                  -0.028 11.532 100.73     ****WINNER****  0.021 11.194 104.61
       G/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-):  0.122           D/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Long      ) 0.022 11.359 -0.941      (W Belanger  ) 0.011 11.273  0.123
E2                   0.055 11.419  0.059      (C Downing   ) 0.013 11.219  0.069
E1    (B Morgan    ) -0.025 11.298 -0.042      (B Owen      ) 0.011 11.153 -0.037
 Qualified:            #42 11.343 -0.957                       #68 11.046 -0.804

5:51 p.m. B aker goes red and Helms moves on, still seeking the Jeg's Crown.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Greg Hill                            3377 Joe Marcinowski              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.073 10.938 119.53                    -0.017 12.311 107.00
       E/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.038           H/SA  Dial: 12.33 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E3    (F Suiter    ) 0.010 10.948 -0.012      (D Steiger   ) 0.069 12.361  0.051
E2    (M Eschman   ) 0.047 10.947 -1.053      (L Mc Farland) 0.073 12.321  0.011
E1    (T Lowe      ) 0.046 10.860  0.030      (D Baker     ) 0.032 12.231  0.031
 Qualified:             #5 10.826 -1.174                       #81 12.258 -0.192

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3492 Donnie Beeler                        3421 Dick Kincaid                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.060 11.304 114.50                     0.055 10.925 120.70
        G/S  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.024           C/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Wenzel    ) 0.054 11.301  0.061      (J Larsen    ) 0.037 10.926  0.036
E2    (J Mc Cormack) 0.041 11.305  0.065      (B Seibenick ) 0.108 10.900  0.020
E1    (S Mc Farland) 0.033 11.208  0.028      (T Dye       ) 0.071 10.861  0.021
 Qualified:             #6 11.028 -1.172                       #52 10.807 -0.893

Donnie Beeler's MOV: 0.0163 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1351 Tex Miller                             19 Katie Sepanek                
E4                   0.057 11.210 117.86     ****WINNER****  0.019 11.696 108.23
       F/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-): -0.030           I/SA  Dial: 11.68 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Sweitzer  ) 0.062 11.282  0.042                     0.086 11.690 -0.910
E2    (J Nichols   ) 0.024 11.282  0.072      (C Schafer   ) 0.023 11.770  0.000
E1    (D Ford      ) 0.035 11.178  0.088      (B Sempsrott ) 0.023 11.693  0.033
 Qualified:            #28 11.128 -1.022                       #43 11.648 -0.952

Katie Sepanek's package: 0.035. She races Hill in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  198 Steve Szupka                            7 Dan Fletcher                 
E4                   0.063 11.933 111.01     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.481 119.16
       J/SA  Dial: 11.93 (+/-):  0.003           B/SA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Linke     ) 0.027 11.939 -0.021      (E Bennett II) 0.051 10.561 -0.989
E2    (J Shaul     ) 0.029 11.935 -0.015      (M Fuller    ) 0.038 10.600 -0.950
E1    (K Lynch     ) 0.026 11.822  0.032      (J Bureski   ) 0.037 10.662  0.092
 Qualified:            #65 11.913 -0.837                       #29 10.534 -1.016

Szupka left a lot on the tree and Fletcher moves on to the quarters to race Helms.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  11 Lee Zane                     
E4                                            ****WINNER****  0.017 10.914 121.41
                                                 D/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3                                           (L Smith     ) 0.016 11.036  0.056
E2                                           (B Gere      ) 0.025 10.972  0.012
E1                                           (J Dinkel    ) 0.056 11.125  0.265
 Qualified:                                                      #33 10.845 -1.005

Zane takes the bye and will race Beeler in the quarterfinals.2

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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