Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 14:51 PM
Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 5 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
778 Jimmy DeFrank 4121 Kyle Ratcliff
E5 -0.001 10.227 116.65 ****WINNER**** 0.029 10.610 124.84
A/SA Dial: 10.12 (+/-): 0.107 C/SA Dial: 10.61 (+/-): 0.000
Prior rounds:
E4 (A Davis ) 0.028 10.109 0.009 (C Walters ) 0.017 10.613 0.033
E3 (C McFarland ) 0.026 10.096 0.056 (T Weinzapfel) 0.034 10.544 0.024
E2 (K Skinner ) 0.050 10.094 0.034 (J Pennington) 0.001 10.568 0.028
E1 (D Tool ) 0.055 10.063 0.013 (D Fletcher ) 0.018 10.530 -0.010
Qualified: #98 10.064 -0.936 #118 10.507 -0.893
2:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.13 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,908 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.DeFrank went red by "a stinkin' thou'"
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4024 Shane Burkett 5018 Corey Hopkins
E5 0.009 11.460 111.49 ****WINNER**** 0.054 11.252 104.52
I/SA Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.010 G/SA Dial: 11.24 (+/-): 0.012
Prior rounds:
E4 (C Sweasy ) 0.005 11.485 0.055 (J Emmons ) 0.124 11.234 0.024
E3 (B Sempsrott ) 0.066 11.364 0.024 (J Shipp ) 0.073 11.198 0.038
E2 (B Zaskowski ) 0.027 11.422 0.012 (D Ficacci ) 0.037 11.221 0.041
E1 (C Holbook ) 0.015 11.372 0.042 (G Richard ) 0.083 11.194 0.024
Qualified: #68 11.317 -0.983 #88 11.047 -0.953
Nice double-oh light for Burkett, but he took too much stripe. Hopkins advances to race Ratcliff in the
semifinals.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
1489 Steven Ficacci 3428 Tom Rambo
E5 0.048 9.020 144.47 ****WINNER**** 0.066 11.252 111.57
FS/XX Dial: 8.97 (+/-): 0.050 G/SA Dial: 11.22 (+/-): 0.032
Prior rounds:
E4 (B Noland ) 0.021 8.975 0.025 (J Boudreau ) 0.025 11.249 0.049
E3 (S Holt ) 0.015 8.981 0.081 (T Pettigrew ) 0.067 11.143 0.053
E2 (L Mattingly ) 0.028 8.921 0.001 (J Hale ) 0.051 11.162 0.002
E1 (V Cagnazzi ) 0.047 8.935 0.015 (B Rogers ) 0.030 11.093 0.003
Qualified: #81 8.942 -0.958 #109 11.093 -0.907
Ficacci had the better light, but Rambo was closer to his dial for the win. Tom Rambo's MOV: 0.0007 seconds
(approximately 2 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2032 Jack Zimmerman 45 J Allen Sherman
E5 -0.021 10.348 127.56 ****WINNER**** -0.008 10.602 118.17
B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.902 B/SA Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.648
Prior rounds:
E4 (W Owens ) 0.075 10.402 0.102 (K Helms ) 0.034 10.182 0.032
E3 (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.036 10.262 0.022 (S Burton ) 0.126 10.578 -0.672
E2 (K Riley ) 0.056 10.310 -0.030 (K Vaughn ) 0.089 10.160 0.000
E1 (J Dourlet ) 0.031 10.314 0.074 (B Massingill) 0.031 10.153 0.043
Qualified: #71 10.268 -0.982 #27 10.138 -1.112
Heads-up! Sherman went red and Zimmerman will race Rambo in the semifinals.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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