Sat, 21 Sep 2013, 20:15 PM Super Stock Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  452 Steven Kent                          4404 Terry Emmons                 
E3                   0.165  9.093 147.21     ****WINNER****  0.030 10.129 127.21
        SS/B  Dial: 9.12 (+/-): -0.027           SS/FA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Wright    ) 0.329  9.137 -0.003      (D Rampy     ) 0.018 10.130  0.010
E1    (J Teuton    ) 0.075  9.152  0.072      (J Teuton    ) 0.078 10.301  0.251
 Qualified:            #19  9.157 -0.743                       #53 10.347 -0.103

7:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 3,007 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Kent is late off the line and breaks out trying to run down Emmons.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4865 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr                      428 Kevin Helms                  
E3                   0.010  9.949 127.58     ****WINNER****  0.000  9.291 134.63
       SS/HA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.019           SS/CA  Dial: 9.28 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Peery     ) 0.025  9.988  0.058      (B Candies   ) 0.032  9.285  0.015
E1    (H Gary      ) 0.008 10.010  0.090      (J Maples    ) 0.037  9.284 -0.006
 Qualified:            #42 10.098 -0.502                       #22  9.328 -0.722

Helms has a perfect light and puts together a .011 package to take the win.

Helms will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          2920 Edmond Richardson            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  9.406 133.42                     0.013  9.715 132.61
       SS/DA  Dial: 9.43 (+/-): -0.024           GT/CA  Dial: 9.74 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Candies   ) 0.036  9.550  0.120      (M Trumble   ) 0.007  9.744  0.044
E1    (B Clifton   ) 0.033  9.518  0.128      (L Wofford   ) 0.019  9.704  0.044
 Qualified:            #20  9.458 -0.742                       #54 10.406  0.006

Richardson gets the hole-shot but takes a little too much stripe giving the win to Lamb.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4240 Elisha Boyd                          4878 Darrin Christen              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.047 10.160 130.02                    -0.005  9.931 130.99
       GT/FA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-): -0.040          SS/GA  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Compton   ) 0.019 10.227  0.047      (G Stinnett  ) 0.062 10.037  0.127
E1    (A J Covert  ) 0.021 10.161  0.011      (M Prothero  ) 0.071 18.060  8.170
 Qualified:            #24 10.114 -0.686                       #31  9.915 -0.635

Christen leaves a little too soon and gives the win to Boyd. Boyd will take on Lamb in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Jared Swinehart                        22 Mike Crutchfield             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.651 136.30                     0.097  8.920 146.83
       GT/AA  Dial: 9.58 (+/-):  0.071           SS/DM  Dial: 8.93 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (V Harmon    ) 0.070  9.641  0.031      (G Johnson   ) 0.027  9.049  0.129
E1    (L Stewart   ) 0.040  9.563 -0.027      (C Kimball   ) 0.097  8.942  0.012
 Qualified:            #43  9.614 -0.486                       #10  8.950 -0.800

Swinehart gets a big hole-shot and takes the win. he will take on Emmons in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  439 Stephen Bell                         213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E3                   0.063  9.419 151.94     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.207 127.62
       SS/BA  Dial: 8.95 (+/-):  0.469           SS/AS  Dial: 9.07 (+/-):  0.137
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.095  8.976 -0.014      (R Marshall  ) 0.085  9.300  0.230
E1    (T Cowell    ) 0.002  9.680  0.180      (J Jenkins   ) 0.009  9.081  0.031
 Qualified:            #28  9.253 -0.647                       #48  9.279 -0.321

Bell is last off the line and slows at the end of the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4563 Vic Penrod                             41 Slate Cummings               
E3                   0.070 10.401 125.80     ****WINNER****  0.030  9.210 127.93
       SS/HA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.031          SS/BS  Dial: 9.15 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.010 10.415  0.005      (R Richardson) 0.019  9.118 -0.032
E1    (N Bowers    ) 0.002 10.378 -0.012      (K Mawhee    ) 0.056  9.178  0.118
 Qualified:            #52 10.468 -0.132                       #32  9.021 -0.629

Cummings gets the hole-shot and moves on to the next round where he will face Bertozzi.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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