Sun, 07 Oct 2018, 11:27 AM Factory Stock Showdown Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Waldemar Rodriguez                    429 Brian Massengil              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.082  8.339 164.49                     0.082  9.095 155.54
 Qualified:             #8  8.263 164.99                       #16 No Time      

10:13 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.38 inches, adjusted altitude 3,143 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Massengil leaves the line and makes a move to the left. he steers it back to the groove but Rodriguez was out in front at that point. Rodriguez makes a clean pass and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7773 Leah Pritchett                        445 Aaron Stanfield              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.079 169.64                     0.028  8.141 170.21
 Qualified:            #10  8.397 164.35                        #2  8.128 168.20

Stanfield gets the advantage off the line but Pritchett goes around him at half track and takes the win to keep her championship hopes alive.

Leah Pritchett's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.012), 330 ft(-0.019), 660ft(0.008), 1,000ft(0.031). MOV: 0.0451 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 L362 Leonard Libersher                       2 Pete Gasko Jr                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  8.261 164.47                     0.049  8.288 164.81
 Qualified:            #15 12.294 112.04                        #7  8.261 165.07

Gasko gets the holeshot but Libersher gets around him after half track to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4967 Randy Taylor                            6 Scott Libersher              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  8.186 166.52                     0.071  8.221 165.38
 Qualified:            #14  9.319 162.27                        #6  8.232 164.41

Taylor is 2-0 when facing Libersher.

Taylor gets out of the gate first and pulls away for the win.

Taylor will take on Pritchett in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  402 David Janac                          5715 Randy Eakins                 
E1                  -0.002  8.395 164.49     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.198 166.29
 Qualified:            #13  8.556 164.89                        #5  8.224 165.92

Janac leaves a little quickly and goes red giving the win to Eakins.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3663 Dan Condon                              5 Stephen Bell                 
E1                   0.115  8.238 164.89     ****WINNER****  0.089  8.147 169.91
 Qualified:            #12  8.452 164.79                        #4  8.179 166.91

Bell gets out of the gate first and pulls away for the win and keeps his championship hopes alive.

Bell will take on Rodriguez in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4031 Kevin Lumsden                        4473 Arthur Kohn                  
E1                   0.098  8.232 164.99     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.133 168.16
 Qualified:            #11  8.439 163.28                        #3  8.163 166.70

Kohn gets the advantage off the line and holds off Lumsden for the win. Kohn keeps his championship hopes alive.

Kohn will take on Libersher in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  387 Mark Pawuk                           3805 Kevin Skinner                
E1                   0.046  8.204 165.60     ****WINNER****  0.044  8.188 166.81
 Qualified:             #9  8.269 165.72                        #1  8.096 167.22

A coin flip off the line, Skinner is able to pull ahead and take the stripe for the win.

Skinner will take on Eakins in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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