Sun, 07 Oct 2018, 13:50 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 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
 5715 Randy Eakins                         3805 Kevin Skinner                
E2                   0.060  8.184 165.27     ****WINNER****  0.074  8.116 166.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Janac     ) 0.027  8.198 166.29      (M Pawuk     ) 0.044  8.188 166.81
 Qualified:             #5  8.224 165.92                        #1  8.096 167.22

12:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.35 inches, adjusted altitude 3,439 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Eakins gets out of the gate first but Skinner is able to reel him in before they reach the 330 foot mark and pull away for the win.

Kevin Skinner's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.011), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.027), 1,000ft(0.039). MOV: 0.0548 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Waldemar Rodriguez                      5 Stephen Bell                 
E2                  -0.025  8.311 164.21     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.195 169.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Massingil ) 0.082  8.339 164.49      (D Condon    ) 0.089  8.147 169.91
 Qualified:             #8  8.263 164.99                        #4  8.179 166.91

Rodriguez leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Bell.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 L362 Leonard Libersher                    4473 Arthur Kohn                  
E2                   0.027  8.236 164.55     ****WINNER****  0.034  8.149 167.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Gasko Jr  ) 0.073  8.261 164.47      (K Lumsden   ) 0.025  8.133 168.16
 Qualified:            #15 12.294 112.04                        #3  8.163 166.70

Libersher gets a small holeshot but Kohn is able to go around him quickly and pull away for the win.

Kohn will take on Skinner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7773 Leah Pritchett                       4967 Randy Taylor                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  8.167 152.71                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Stanfield ) 0.045  8.079 169.64      (S Libersher ) 0.030  8.186 166.52
 Qualified:            #10  8.397 164.35                       #14  9.319 162.27

Taylor rolls the beams giving the win to Pritchett.

Pritchett will take on Bell in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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