Sat, 28 Oct 2017, 11:14 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series,
17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6736 Terry Hembree 7980 Steve Wann
E3 0.032 11.004 119.01 ****WINNER**** 0.021 10.274 119.49
E/SA Dial: 10.96 (+/-): 0.044 A/SA Dial: 10.23 (+/-): 0.044
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Brimer ) 0.020 11.045 0.025 (J Lang ) 0.048 10.322 0.042
E1 (N Stein ) 0.045 10.981 0.021 (B Seaburg ) 0.071 10.242 0.022
Qualified: #16 10.959 -0.941 #7 10.202 -0.988
7:59 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent,
barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 3,523 feet, track temperature 67 degrees.Wann gets the
advantage off the line and goes around Hembree for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5799 Brian Schultz 701 John Calvert
E3 0.126 10.898 119.91 ****WINNER**** 0.047 8.652 156.32
E/SA Dial: 10.92 (+/-): -0.022 FS/AA Dial: 8.61 (+/-): 0.042
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Braswell ) 0.129 11.053 0.123 (J Hughes ) 0.024 8.637 0.017
E1 (M Loge ) 0.088 10.864 -0.036 (P Mandella J) -0.031 8.596 0.006
Qualified: #4 10.861 -1.039 #13 8.593 -0.967
Schultz is a little behind off the line and breaks out trying to hold off Calvert.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7010 Duane Dickens 7025 Jerry Stein
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.049 12.216 91.50 -0.003 11.342 91.85
K/SA Dial: 11.87 (+/-): 0.346 D/SA Dial: 10.97 (+/-): 0.372
Prior rounds:
E2 (B Basham ) 0.053 11.974 0.054 (C Maddox ) 0.028 11.038 0.038
E1 (E Plaizier ) 0.070 11.830 -0.010 (S Couch ) 0.052 10.931 -0.009
Qualified: #6 11.844 -1.016 #34 10.869 -0.871
Stein just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Dickens.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
76 Chad Langdon 3321 Marion Stephenson
E3 0.088 11.187 114.59 ****WINNER**** 0.041 11.865 106.10
E/SA Dial: 11.12 (+/-): 0.067 G/SA Dial: 11.78 (+/-): 0.085
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Meador ) 0.017 11.160 0.020 (L Gilley ) 0.027 11.848 0.048
E1 (B Pollard ) 0.045 11.171 0.061 (B Gullett ) 0.041 11.765 0.025
Qualified: #47 11.093 -0.807 #75 12.185 -0.015
Stephenson gets the advantage off the line and goes around Langdon to take the stripe for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7947 Bill O'Connor 7474 Justin Lamb
E3 0.010 17.148 73.81 ****WINNER**** 0.019 9.701 136.39
EF/S Dial: 17.06 (+/-): 0.088 FS/C Dial: 9.69 (+/-): 0.011
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Adkinson ) 0.076 17.005 0.025 (D Little ) 0.033 9.776 0.046
E1 (D Keen ) 0.124 17.024 0.124 (N Warling ) 0.048 9.752 0.072
Qualified: #46 16.942 -0.808 #55 9.721 -0.749
Lamb has clinched the Super Stock championship and still has a chance to take the Stock
championship. he will need to make it to the sixth round to clinch.O'Conner gets a good light
but can't run the number. Lamb goes around him near the end of the run and takes the stripe for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7155 Leo Glasbrenner Bye
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.093 10.982 94.52
C/SA Dial: 11.59 (+/-): -0.608
Prior rounds:
E2 (L DeForrest ) 0.039 10.745 0.005
E1 (M Johnston ) 0.076 10.737 -0.853
Qualified: #21 10.659 -0.931 Bye
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6636 Mick Alley 7402 Tibor Kadar
E3 0.068 11.097 96.46 ****WINNER**** 0.026 10.131 114.08
A/SA Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.093 A/SA Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -1.059
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Buczynski ) 0.027 10.534 0.104 (C Method ) 0.021 10.243 0.013
E1 (J DeFrank ) 0.011 10.437 0.037 (J Cooper ) 0.011 10.201 -0.009
Qualified: #5 10.167 -1.023 #14 10.235 -0.955
Alley leaves the line and pulls the wheels, almost putting the back bumper on the ground. Kadar
gets the holeshot and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7341 Rick Kolber 339L Randi Lyn Shipp
E3 -0.012 10.943 119.37 ****WINNER**** 0.028 10.921 117.93
E/SA Dial: 10.93 (+/-): 0.013 D/SA Dial: 10.92 (+/-): 0.001
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Irving ) 0.003 10.920 -0.980 (M Nelson ) 0.027 10.962 0.042
E1 (B McClanahan) 0.064 10.939 0.029 (P Wong ) 0.045 10.890 0.010
Qualified: #8 10.918 -0.982 #54 10.982 -0.758
Kolber leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Shipp.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5576 Stephen Hagberg 77 Mike Cotten
E3 -0.001 10.168 128.37 ****WINNER**** 0.029 11.220 116.74
A/SA Dial: 10.17 (+/-): -0.002 F/SA Dial: 11.24 (+/-): -0.020
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Sorensen ) 0.006 10.254 0.074 (L McLanahan ) 0.073 11.250 0.020
E1 (A Corda ) 0.008 10.129 -1.061 (K Comstock ) 0.044 11.182 0.022
Qualified: #22 10.263 -0.927 #31 11.176 -0.874
Hagberg just misses the tree and gives Cotten the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
72 Scott Burton 7702 B.J. Graham
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.019 10.532 123.46 -0.109 13.541 95.75
B/SA Dial: 10.52 (+/-): 0.012 T/SA Dial: 13.52 (+/-): 0.021
Prior rounds:
E2 (J Jerome ) 0.036 10.494 -0.946 (D Scheitlin ) 0.023 13.630 0.130
E1 (W Kelly ) 0.029 10.680 0.160 0.142 13.492 0.032
Qualified: #11 10.468 -0.972 #1 13.466 -1.174
Graham leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Burton.
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