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Sun, 06 Sep 2015, 21:01 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations
By David Gerard





BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 J Allen Sherman                       428 Kevin Helms                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.034 10.182 130.02                     0.036  9.156 138.17
        B/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.032           FS/C  Dial: 9.12 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Burton    ) 0.126 10.578 -0.672      (A Berberich ) 0.031  9.091 -0.009
E2    (K Vaughn    ) 0.089 10.160  0.000      (C Howes     ) 0.041  9.163  0.023
E1    (B Massingill) 0.031 10.153  0.043      (T Hoven     ) 0.006  9.152  0.012
 Qualified:            #27 10.138 -1.112                       #19  9.157 -1.143
8:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.11 inches, adjusted altitude 3,979 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Just 0.002 difference in RT's and a close finish.J Allen Sherman's MOV: 0.0067 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                         5018 Corey Hopkins                
E4                  -0.004 10.479 116.57     ****WINNER****  0.124 11.234 101.61
        B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.079           G/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Sepanek   ) 0.003 10.397  0.017      (J Shipp     ) 0.073 11.198  0.038
E2    (R Eakins    ) 0.075 10.358 -0.042      (D Ficacci   ) 0.037 11.221  0.041
E1    (J Bardekoff ) 0.036 10.349 -0.901      (G Richard   ) 0.083 11.194  0.024
 Qualified:           #129 10.382 -0.868                       #88 11.047 -0.953
Emmons goes red by -0.004. Hopkins gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2032 Jack Zimmerman                       3913 Wade Owens                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.075 10.402 122.50                     0.100 10.666 123.75
        B/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.102           D/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.086
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.036 10.262  0.022      (T Cassil    ) 0.018 10.573  0.023
E2    (K Riley     ) 0.056 10.310 -0.030      (R Montford  ) 0.013 10.595 -0.045
E1    (J Dourlet   ) 0.031 10.314  0.074      (S Dziorny   ) 0.040 10.586  0.046
 Qualified:            #71 10.268 -0.982                       #63 10.546 -1.004
Close in the lights. Jack Zimmerman's MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 20 inches).

He will race Sherman tomorrow.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1776 Clint Walters                        4121 Kyle Ratcliff                
E4                   0.042 11.086 113.28     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.613 124.56
        F/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.036           C/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Morris    ) 0.047 11.013  0.003      (T Weinzapfel) 0.034 10.544  0.024
E2    (S Hutar     ) 0.036 11.051  0.021      (J Pennington) 0.001 10.568  0.028
E1    (B Michael   ) 0.046 10.992 -0.128      (D Fletcher  ) 0.018 10.530 -0.010
 Qualified:           #133 10.985 -0.865                      #118 10.507 -0.893
Kyle Ratcliff's MOV: 0.0283 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3012 Carlton Sweasy                       4024 Shane Burkett                
E4                   0.107 11.417 116.26     ****WINNER****  0.005 11.485 109.86
        H/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-):  0.077           I/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Wilkes    ) 0.069 11.301  0.031      (B Sempsrott ) 0.066 11.364  0.024
E2    (R Seibenick ) 0.045 11.304  0.004      (B Zaskowski ) 0.027 11.422  0.012
E1    (M Welker    ) 0.050 11.286  0.086      (C Holbook   ) 0.015 11.372  0.042
 Qualified:            #60 11.144 -1.006                       #68 11.317 -0.983
Great 0.005 light for Shane Burkett and the win. MOV: 0.1243 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

He races Hopkins tomorrow.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3428 Tom Rambo                            1499 Jim Boudreau                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.025 11.249 106.86                     0.066 10.370 127.51
        G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.049           B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Pettigrew ) 0.067 11.143  0.053      (J Lopez     ) 0.007 10.322  0.032
E2    (J Hale      ) 0.051 11.162  0.002      (C Stephenson) 0.024 10.334 -0.016
E1    (B Rogers    ) 0.030 11.093  0.003      (T Bishop    ) 0.022 10.405  0.135
 Qualified:           #109 11.093 -0.907                       #21 10.120 -1.130
Close finish. Tom Rambo's MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1489 Steven Ficacci                       1788 Bruce Noland                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.021  8.975 149.95                    -0.001 12.747  66.59
       FS/XX  Dial: 8.95 (+/-):  0.025            A/SA  Dial: 10.14 (+/-):  2.607
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Holt      ) 0.015  8.981  0.081      (B Butner    ) 0.027 10.115  0.015
E2    (L Mattingly ) 0.028  8.921  0.001      (K Whitcher  ) 0.020 10.148  0.018
E1    (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.047  8.935  0.015      (P Wong      ) 0.018 10.103  0.043
 Qualified:            #81  8.942 -0.958                       #89 10.050 -0.950
Noland goes red by -0.001. Steven Ficacci will face Rambo in round five.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                        2066 Adam Davis                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.109 129.69                    -0.008 10.979 119.43
        A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.009           F/SA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-): -0.031
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C McFarland ) 0.026 10.096  0.056      (D Skillman  ) 0.039 10.983  0.043
E2    (K Skinner   ) 0.050 10.094  0.034      (T Lowe      ) 0.027 10.992  0.012
E1    (D Tool      ) 0.055 10.063  0.013      (T Kadar     ) 0.017 10.993  0.013
 Qualified:            #98 10.064 -0.936                       #42 10.802 -1.048
Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: opponent's red light by -0.008. He races Ratcliff in the next round.

8:58 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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