Mon, 30 May 2016, 01:03 AM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA, JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals presented by Quick Fuel:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3473 Craig Marshall                         44 J Allen Sherman              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.007 11.078 115.77                     0.065 10.323 124.93
        E/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.028           C/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Robillard ) 0.022 11.066  0.006      (J Hidalgo Jr) 0.016 10.351  0.011
E3    (R Winchester) 0.039 11.089  0.029      (R Thibert   ) 0.056 10.366  0.036
E2    (J Hidalgo Sr) 0.032 11.075  0.045      (K Pott-Hall ) 0.046 10.330  0.000
E1    (D Byrd      ) 0.108 11.204  0.234      (N Hutton    ) 0.056 10.539  0.239
 Qualified:            #99 10.970 -0.730                       #23 10.420 -0.980

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.
Craig Marshall's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0230 seconds (approximately 4 feet), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4783 Rusty Hall                           2466 Gale Pinkston                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.096 10.708 115.22                     0.065 11.377 114.05
        B/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.028           G/SA  Dial: 11.39 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Pennington) 0.025 22.701 12.021      (M Lewis     ) 0.071 11.396 -0.054
E3    (R Kirkpatric) 0.023 10.775  0.125      (B McFarland ) 0.041 11.466  0.016
E2    (P Downing   ) 0.048 10.671  0.001      (J Hladky    ) 0.067 11.445  0.025
E1    (B Rogers    ) 0.049 10.599 -0.011      (R Johnson   ) 0.051 11.399  0.019
 Qualified:           #116 10.593 -0.657                      #120 11.382 -0.618

Hall was late and slowed, Pinkston did not notice and took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3024 Houston Raikes                       4311 Jeff Lopez                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.015 10.505 122.92                     0.117  9.319 136.88
        B/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.015           FS/C  Dial: 9.31 (+/-):  0.009
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T C Morris  ) 0.038 10.552  0.022      (J Strickland) 0.026  9.325 -0.975
E3    (K Vaughn    ) 0.030 10.586  0.046      (A Hill      ) 0.027  9.364  0.044
E2    (J Picht     ) 0.097 10.558  0.028      (J Osborne   ) 0.111  9.297  0.017
E1    (B Merkle    ) 0.066 10.490 -0.760      (A Williams  ) 0.052  9.282  0.012
 Qualified:            #86 10.454 -0.796                       #26  9.333 -0.967

Lopez left a tenth hanging on the tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2061 Robert Strane                        400D Slate Cummings               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.038 12.629 100.59                     0.045 10.271 128.14
        O/SA  Dial: 12.61 (+/-):  0.019           B/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Plourd    ) 0.016 12.628  0.018      (J Martens   ) 0.044 10.279 -0.001
E3    (S Novosel   ) 0.000 12.641  0.031      (B Cummings  ) 0.043 10.319  0.019
E2    (P Boster    ) 0.039 12.659  0.109      (M Howard    ) 0.020 10.374  0.054
E1    (L Smith     ) 0.012 12.565  0.055      (T Turner    ) 0.052 10.223  0.053
 Qualified:           #109 12.458 -0.692                       #89 10.467 -0.783

Robert Strane's MOV: 0.0390 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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