Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 07:08 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                   4 Jimmy DeFrank                
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.019 10.112 115.84
                                                AA/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.788
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (R Hall      ) 0.029 10.202  0.162
E3                                           (D Glenn     ) 0.064 10.161  0.131
E2                                           (T Hembree   ) 0.026 10.073 -0.007
E1                                           (D Dickens   ) 0.064 10.228  0.138
 Qualified:                                                      #47 10.075 -0.825

4:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,485 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Jody Lang                            1044 John Shaul                   
E5                  -0.026 14.923  66.89     ****WINNER****  0.090 10.041 115.47
       N/SA  Dial: 12.72 (+/-):  2.203          AA/SA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-):  0.091
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.004 12.751  0.011      (J Jerome    ) 0.026  9.968  0.058
E3    (D Lambeck   ) 0.003 12.918  0.208      (L Peterson  ) 0.122  9.923 -0.007
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.023 12.751  0.001      (P Mandella  ) 0.018 10.060  0.070
E1    (D Keen      ) 0.018 12.805  0.055      (T Janes     ) 0.023 10.021  0.081
 Qualified:            #66 12.890 -0.410                       #36  9.950 -0.950

Lang left too soon and Shaul gets a bye to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1962 Billy Leber                           737 Dwight Machael               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.298 121.13                     0.059 10.582 125.51
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-): -0.002           B/SA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Corda     ) 0.000 10.318 -0.002                     -0.028 10.589 -0.011
E3    (R Pauley    ) 0.020 10.372  0.082      (J Waldo     ) 0.054 10.561 -0.029
E2    (J Hill      ) 0.025 10.344  0.014      (N Stephenson) 0.005 10.635  0.005
E1    (B Stewart   ) 0.005 10.372  0.052      (B McClanahan) 0.006 10.617  0.017
 Qualified:            #67 10.491 -0.409                       #37 10.606 -0.944

Billy Leber wins on a double-breakout. He faces DeFrank in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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