Thu, 29 Oct 2015, 19:10 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Class Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 class eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Earl Blake                            715 Justin Jerome                
C3   ****WINNER****  0.015 11.189 116.60                     0.022 11.193 115.88
        F/SA Index: 12.06 (+/-): -0.871           F/SA Index: 12.06 (+/-): -0.867
 Prior rounds:
C2    (J Gray      ) 0.038 11.133 117.66                     0.053 11.149 117.21
C1                   -0.032 11.256 102.19      (R Ariotti   ) 0.017 11.128 117.38
 Qualified:            #22 11.236 116.20                       #32 11.275 115.64

Blake with a slight starting line advantage and he gets the Class win in a close one. Earl Blake's MOV: 0.0111 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  385 Bruno Massel                         3805 Kevin Skinner                
C3                   0.015  8.686 156.01     ****WINNER****  0.010  8.647 150.51
       FS/XX Index: 9.90 (+/-): -1.214           FS/XX Index: 9.90 (+/-): -1.253
 Prior rounds:
C2                   0.024  8.810 127.86      (C Holbook   ) 0.002  8.619 150.03
C1    (G Coe       ) 0.038  8.834 135.86      (C Watson    ) 0.192  8.731 137.50
 Qualified:             #2  8.728 147.57                        #4  8.797 136.57

Skinner with a great light and the win. Skinner gets the Class win and will advance to the Factory Stock Showdown final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6340 Jim Storms                           7005 George Barr                  
C3   ****WINNER****  0.005 11.373 112.96                           No Time      
        G/SA Index: 12.21 (+/-): -0.837           G/SA Index: 12.21 (+/-): 87.789
 Prior rounds:
C2    (D Smith     ) 0.051 11.232 115.66                     0.125 11.724 110.06
C1                   0.019 11.314 114.58      (K Snow      ) 0.086 11.785 109.04
 Qualified:            #24 11.394 113.58                       #76 11.807 108.51

Barr is a no show and Storms gets the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                         6360 Bill Bushmaker               
C3                   0.224 11.975 109.49     ****WINNER****  0.113 11.817  95.38
        I/SA Index: 12.52 (+/-): -0.545           I/SA Index: 12.52 (+/-): -0.703
 Prior rounds:
C2    (L Lindholm  ) 0.051 11.940 110.94                     -0.025 12.017  83.24
C1    (M Faul      ) 0.062 11.877 111.20      (B Elliott   ) 0.124 11.746  99.11
 Qualified:            #62 11.950 110.37                       #44 11.814 110.38

Bushmaker with the starting line advantage and the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7307 Jeff Jerome                            45 J Allen Sherman              
C3                   0.029 10.649 122.16     ****WINNER****  0.070 10.456 105.46
        B/SA Index: 11.45 (+/-): -0.801           B/SA Index: 11.45 (+/-): -0.994
 Prior rounds:
C2    (D Machael   ) 0.041 10.550 123.50      (S Burton    ) 0.092 10.526 109.64
C1                   -0.055 10.492 124.75      (L Peterson  ) 0.079 10.694 102.05
 Qualified:            #14 10.591 123.23                       #20 10.623 123.49

Jerome with the starting line advantage, but Sherman gets the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7593 Richard Pauley                          3 Jimmy Hildalgo Jr.           
C3                  -0.030 10.796 119.16     ****WINNER****  0.051 11.141  82.05
        C/SA Index: 11.60 (+/-): -0.804           C/SA Index: 11.60 (+/-): -0.459
 Prior rounds:
C2    (L Glasbrenne) 0.044 10.721 121.23                     0.031 11.202  85.51
C1    (J Stein     ) 0.027 10.683 121.41      (T Gaynor    ) 0.035 10.703 121.46
 Qualified:            #19 10.772 119.96                       #43 10.879 121.65

Pauley goes red and Hildago Jr. gets the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1967 Jim Marshall                         5702 Barry Pollard                
C3   ****WINNER****  0.041 11.645 110.47                     0.074 11.634 110.18
        H/SA Index: 12.37 (+/-): -0.725           H/SA Index: 12.37 (+/-): -0.736
 Prior rounds:
C2                   0.069 11.534 108.62      (C Method    ) 0.020 11.541 112.40
C1    (R Warter    ) 0.001 11.489 112.88      (R Winchester) 0.017 11.515 112.97
 Qualified:            #39 11.627 110.76                       #31 11.584 111.35

Marshall with the starting line advantage and the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                          5717 Bobby DeArmond               
C3   ****WINNER****  0.036 10.414 108.12                    -0.040 10.324 125.60
        A/SA Index: 11.20 (+/-): -0.786           A/SA Index: 11.20 (+/-): -0.876
 Prior rounds:
C2    (J Cooper    ) 0.050 10.321 107.96      (M Alley     ) 0.071 10.238 127.94
C1    (J Dourlet   ) 0.074 10.291 113.08      (A Smyth     ) 0.035 10.222 128.74
 Qualified:            #11 10.265 128.01                       #10 10.253 126.85

DeArmond goes red and Kadar with the win and goes to the Class final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                7980 Steve Wann                   
C3                                            ****WINNER**** -0.010 10.278 126.19
                                                  A/SA Index: 11.20 (+/-): -0.922
 Prior rounds:
C2                                           (J Hutto     ) 0.048 10.219 127.99
C1                                           (D Little    ) 0.037 10.220 127.81
 Qualified:                                                      #42 10.478 123.92

Wann with the bye and he will face Kadar in the CLass final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           5809 Brad Burton                  
C3                  -0.008 11.718  87.46     ****WINNER****  0.029 11.154  91.11
        D/SA Index: 11.75 (+/-): -0.032           D/SA Index: 11.75 (+/-): -0.596
 Prior rounds:
C2    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.071 10.932 119.84                     0.037 11.158  94.22
C1    (M Stephenson) 0.089 10.971 119.49      (D Goheen    ) 0.052 10.941 120.20
 Qualified:            #49 11.059 118.41                       #30 10.961 119.33

Meador goes red and Burton gets the Class win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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