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Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 20:43 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Jerry Stein                          6383 Will Kelly                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.960 117.99                     0.013 11.479 113.66
        D/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.040           G/SA  Dial: 11.52 (+/-): -0.041
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Goldstein ) 0.072 10.897  0.007      (J Alexandra ) 0.069 11.390 -0.020
E1    (B Grubbs    ) 0.045 10.903  0.003      (M Madison   ) 0.045 11.425  0.025
 Qualified:            #32 10.855 -0.885                       #42 11.369 -0.831
5:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 27.86 inches, adjusted altitude 4,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Kelly gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Stein.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                        3222 Chris Stephenson             
E3                  -0.028 17.062  75.82     ****WINNER****  0.016 11.212 116.40
        EF/S  Dial: 16.98 (+/-):  0.082           E/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-): -0.688
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Emmons    ) 0.043 17.003  0.033      (D Clarke    ) 0.056 11.054 -0.056
E1    (B Gullett   ) 0.106 16.992  0.032      (M Stephenson) 0.013 11.132 -0.008
 Qualified:            #53 16.979 -0.771                       #43 11.071 -0.829
O'Connor leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Stephenson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           3909 Drew Skillman                
E3                   0.043 10.398 125.55     ****WINNER****  0.006  9.106 140.75
        A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.008           FS/A  Dial: 9.07 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.012 10.734 -0.456      (M McMahan   ) 0.026  8.911 -0.949
E1    (C Hall      ) 0.035 10.184 -0.016      (J Irving    ) 0.085  8.958 -0.002
 Qualified:             #1 10.027 -1.163                       #30  8.974 -0.886
Skillman gets the holeshot and takes the close win.

Drew Skillman's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 20 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7410 Robert Pond                           737 Dwight Machael               
E3                   0.127 10.408 126.92     ****WINNER****  0.019 10.628 115.87
        A/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.078           B/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  0.058
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Kadar     ) 0.038 10.164 -1.026      (P Wong      ) 0.059 10.549 -0.021
E1    (J Brimer    ) 0.032 10.274 -0.036      (B Jensen    ) 0.046 10.545 -0.025
 Qualified:            #36 10.339 -0.851                       #26 10.538 -0.902
Machael gets the holeshot and holds off Pond for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
E3                   0.013 10.891 117.67     ****WINNER****  0.000 10.294 126.26
        D/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-): -0.019           A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Ferruggia ) 0.053 10.830  0.060      (D Fletcher  ) 0.016 10.210  0.020
E1    (N Warling   ) 0.044 10.936 -0.804      (P Mandella J) 0.018 10.185 -0.015
 Qualified:            #38 10.896 -0.844                        #9 10.220 -0.970
Scheitlin gets a perfect light and puts together a .004 package to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                         5 Jody Lang                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005 11.102 109.69                     0.039 12.406 100.71
        D/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.062           N/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-):  0.046
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Morris    ) 0.036 10.933  0.003      (L McLanahan ) 0.003 12.261 -0.009
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.033 10.987  0.057      (R Ariotti   ) 0.009 12.332  0.082
 Qualified:            #37 10.893 -0.847                       #27 12.318 -0.902
Glasbrenner gets the holeshot and holds off Lang for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  541 Larry DeForrest                       601 Cody Lane                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.000 10.016 122.86                     0.081 11.590 111.64
        FS/D  Dial: 9.90 (+/-):  0.116            G/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.080
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Roderick  ) 0.018  9.832  0.022      (M Alley     ) 0.001 11.429  0.009
E1    (T Seymour   ) 0.006 10.090  0.310      (G Gandee Jr ) 0.007 11.533  0.073
 Qualified:            #16  9.848 -0.932                       #64 11.487 -0.713
DeForrest gets a perfect light and goes around Lane for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Earl Blake                           5400 Al Corda                     
E3                  -0.057 11.398 104.07     ****WINNER****  0.052 10.649  94.69
        F/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.168           B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.289
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Irving    ) 0.031 11.164 -0.006      (D Alvey     ) 0.028 10.411  0.011
E1    (A Kimball   ) 0.031 11.187  0.037      (L Duran     ) 0.039 10.395 -0.045
 Qualified:            #15 11.112 -0.938                        #5 10.434 -1.006
Blake leaves too soon and goes red giving Corda the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                          795 Brian McClanahan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.077 11.527 111.74                     0.097 10.044 129.42
        G/SA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-):  0.037          AA/SA  Dial: 9.99 (+/-):  0.054
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Durham    ) 0.037 11.454  0.034      (L Gilley    ) 0.012  9.969  0.019
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.058 11.422 -0.008      (L Lindholm  ) 0.041  9.941 -0.939
 Qualified:             #2 11.078 -1.122                       #31  9.994 -0.886
Sorensen gets the holeshot and holds off McClanahan for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                         244 Jeff Taylor                  
E3                  -0.412 10.923  98.05     ****WINNER****  0.003  9.465 139.80
        B/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.543           FS/B  Dial: 9.42 (+/-):  0.045
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Burton    ) 0.119 10.298 -1.142      (B Burton    ) 0.018  9.379  0.019
E1    (J Braswell  ) 0.055 10.582  0.022      (J Jerome    ) 0.024  9.407  0.037
 Qualified:            #68 10.809 -0.631                       #59  9.413 -0.757
DeFrank leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Taylor.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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