Sat, 11 Feb 2017, 14:49 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                          713 Jim Durham                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.540 120.63                     0.069 10.982 119.69
        B/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-):  0.100           E/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Little    ) 0.062 10.447 -0.003      (T DeFrank   ) 0.054 10.944  0.014
E1    (R Mangus    ) 0.071 10.440 -0.010      (B DeArmond  ) 0.032 10.934 -0.006
 Qualified:            #59 10.802 -0.448                       #35 10.952 -0.748

11:33 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 28.96 inches, adjusted altitude 2,310 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Great 0.004 light for Jerry Emmons and a close finish. MOV: 0.0176 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7179 Bob Elliott                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.037 10.212 129.52                     0.029 10.551 124.43
        A/SA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.022           B/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hakkert   ) 0.047 10.216  0.046      (J Lamb      ) 0.056 10.529 -0.011
E1    (C Hanson    ) 0.079 10.174 -0.826      (J Lindstrom ) 0.083 10.512 -0.738
 Qualified:            #24 10.201 -0.799                       #48 10.571 -0.679

Two close RT's and Steve Wann gets the win MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.009.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  715 Justin Jerome                         737 Dwight Machael               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.965 119.50                     0.094 10.313 119.46
        F/SA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-): -0.015           A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-): -0.077
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Dickens   ) 0.015 10.968 -0.042      (R Schloe    ) 0.022 10.449  0.059
E1    (C Langdon   ) 0.027 10.995  0.035      (C Method    ) 0.023 10.356 -0.004
 Qualified:             #6 10.952 -0.898                       #46 10.295 -0.705

Justin Jerome's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0030 seconds (approximately 6 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Jerry Stein                            77 Mike Cotten                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.033 10.772 120.40                     0.133 11.028 117.46
        D/SA  Dial: 10.71 (+/-):  0.062           F/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Roderick  ) 0.086 10.797  0.027      (J Irving    ) 0.075 12.897  1.827
E1    (J Cooper    ) 0.044 10.781  0.101      (J Schloe    ) 0.063 11.131  0.061
 Qualified:            #15 10.732 -0.818                       #39 11.110 -0.740

Winner will face J. Emmons in round four.

Jerry Stein's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Chad Loge                            339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054 10.718  96.81                     0.033 No Time      
        B/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.268           C/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): 89.429
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jerome    ) 0.028 10.469 -0.011      (D Holder    ) 0.028 10.573  0.003
E1    (B Gullett   ) 0.077 10.586  0.106      (M Svensson  ) 0.039 10.617  0.077
 Qualified:            #37 10.507 -0.743                       #13 10.554 -0.846

Shipp has a drive line failure off the line and she pulls the car over to the wall.

Easy win for Loge.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Jon Irving                           7776 Christopher Whitney          
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030 10.993  98.85                    -0.100 10.405 114.90
        D/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.213            A/S  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.125
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Butner    ) 0.023 10.717  0.007      (M Loge      ) 0.142 10.327  0.047
E1    (J Lang      ) 0.024 10.732  0.032      (D Smith     ) 0.067 10.476  0.196
 Qualified:            #12 10.701 -0.849                       #36 10.202 -0.748

Jon Irving's MOV: opponent's big red light.

He races Wann next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  720 Carl Battis                            75 Chris Hall                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000 11.303 114.77                     0.052 10.423 125.93
        H/SA  Dial: 11.27 (+/-):  0.033           B/SA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Mandella  ) 0.017 11.291  0.011      (N Stein     ) 0.025 10.493  0.093
E1    (K Cocuzza   ) 0.019 11.436  0.186      (B O'Connor  ) 0.017 10.537  0.127
 Qualified:             #9 11.271 -0.879                       #17 10.436 -0.814

Carl Battis drills the tree with a perfect light. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0120 seconds (approximately 2 feet), opponent broke out by -0.007.

Loge will be in the other lane in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          701 John Calvert                 
E3                   0.013 10.312 120.06     ****WINNER****  0.009  8.693 157.04
        FS/F  Dial: 10.33 (+/-): -0.018          FS/AA  Dial: 8.70 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Johnston  ) 0.027 10.514  0.184      (C Downing   ) 0.009  8.698 -0.002
E1    (A Corda     ) 0.016 10.532  0.232      (R Pauley    ) 0.021  8.808  0.018
 Qualified:            #42 10.484 -0.716                       #50  8.732 -0.668

John Calvert's MOV: Double breakout.One less opportunity for a 100th win for Calvert.

11:44 a.m. He faces Jerome later today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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