Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 21:30 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 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
 3222 Chris Stephenson                     5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.009 11.221 115.07                     0.072 10.269 125.39
        E/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.021           A/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B O'Connor  ) 0.016 11.212 -0.688      (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.000 10.294  0.004
E2    (D Clarke    ) 0.056 11.054 -0.056      (D Fletcher  ) 0.016 10.210  0.020
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.013 11.132 -0.008      (P Mandella J) 0.018 10.185 -0.015
 Qualified:            #43 11.071 -0.829                        #9 10.220 -0.970

6:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 27.87 inches, adjusted altitude 4,081 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Stephenson gets the advantage off the line and holds off Scheitlin for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  244 Jeff Taylor                          5400 Al Corda                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017  9.472 140.04                     0.044 10.368 124.02
        FS/B  Dial: 9.44 (+/-):  0.032            B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J DeFrank   ) 0.003  9.465  0.045      (E Blake     ) 0.052 10.649  0.289
E2    (B Burton    ) 0.018  9.379  0.019      (D Alvey     ) 0.028 10.411  0.011
E1    (J Jerome    ) 0.024  9.407  0.037      (L Duran     ) 0.039 10.395 -0.045
 Qualified:            #59  9.413 -0.757                        #5 10.434 -1.006

Taylor gets the holeshot and takes the win.

Jeff Taylor's MOV: 0.0031 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                         541 Larry DeForrest              
E4                   0.029  9.083 140.34     ****WINNER****  0.041  9.910 135.40
        FS/A  Dial: 9.03 (+/-):  0.053            FS/D  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Wann      ) 0.006  9.106  0.036      (C Lane      ) 0.000 10.016  0.116
E2    (M McMahan   ) 0.026  8.911 -0.949      (J Roderick  ) 0.018  9.832  0.022
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.085  8.958 -0.002      (T Seymour   ) 0.006 10.090  0.310
 Qualified:            #30  8.974 -0.886                       #16  9.848 -0.932

Skillman gets the advantage off the line but DeForrest gets the stripe and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                          737 Dwight Machael               
E4                   0.019 11.485 113.81     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.567 123.00
        G/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-): -0.015           B/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B McClanahan) 0.077 11.527  0.037      (R Pond      ) 0.019 10.628  0.058
E2    (J Durham    ) 0.037 11.454  0.034      (P Wong      ) 0.059 10.549 -0.021
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.058 11.422 -0.008      (B Jensen    ) 0.046 10.545 -0.025
 Qualified:             #2 11.078 -1.122                       #26 10.538 -0.902

Machael gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                        76 Jerry Stein                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.069 10.907  97.78                    -0.338 11.382 119.81
        D/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-): -0.833           D/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-): -0.358
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lang      ) 0.005 11.102  0.062      (W Kelly     ) 0.042 10.960 -0.040
E2    (D Morris    ) 0.036 10.933  0.003      (L Goldstein ) 0.072 10.897  0.007
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.033 10.987  0.057      (B Grubbs    ) 0.045 10.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #37 10.893 -0.847                       #32 10.855 -0.885

Stein leaves too early and goes red giving the win to Glasbrenner.

In the next round it will be DeForrest taking on Stephenson, Glasbrenner vs. Taylor and Machael will have a bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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