Sun, 07 Oct 2018, 16:19 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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
    5 Stephen Bell                         7773 Leah Pritchett               
E3                   0.046  9.656 101.23     ****WINNER****  0.038  8.107 169.00
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Rodriguez ) 0.033  8.195 169.13      (R Taylor    ) 0.014  8.167 152.71
E1    (D Condon    ) 0.089  8.147 169.91      (A Stanfield ) 0.045  8.079 169.64
 Qualified:             #4  8.179 166.91                       #10  8.397 164.35

3:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 3,722 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

The winner of this race keeps there championship hopes alive. The loser will have to wait until next year.

Pritchett gets the advantage off the line. Bell gets about 400 feet out, gets out of the groove, and the rear of the car starts moving around wildly. He has to back off the throttle and Pritchett takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4473 Arthur Kohn                          3805 Kevin Skinner                
E3                   0.036  8.130 168.81     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.137 166.29
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Libersher ) 0.034  8.149 167.63      (R Eakins    ) 0.074  8.116 166.81
E1    (K Lumsden   ) 0.025  8.133 168.16      (M Pawuk     ) 0.044  8.188 166.81
 Qualified:             #3  8.163 166.70                        #1  8.096 167.22

Kohn has to win here to stay in the championship hunt.

Skinner gets the advantage off the line, Kohn starts making up ground, but Skinner hangs on and takes the win.

Kevin Skinner's incremental margins: 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.010), 660ft(0.001), 1,000ft(0.003). MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

With Kohn's loss, Leah Pritchett is the Factory Stock Showdown champion for 2018.

Skinner will take on Pritchett in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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