Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 22:04 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 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
  737 Dwight Machael                             Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.528 125.04     
        B/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.042   
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Sorensen  ) 0.009 10.567 -0.003   
E3    (R Pond      ) 0.019 10.628  0.058   
E2    (P Wong      ) 0.059 10.549 -0.021   
E1    (B Jensen    ) 0.046 10.545 -0.025   
 Qualified:            #26 10.538 -0.902                     Bye

6:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 4,038 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3222 Chris Stephenson                      541 Larry DeForrest              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.005 11.205 115.16                     0.050  9.890 136.63
        E/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.015           FS/D  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Scheitlin ) 0.009 11.221  0.021      (D Skillman  ) 0.041  9.910  0.030
E3    (B O'Connor  ) 0.016 11.212 -0.688      (C Lane      ) 0.000 10.016  0.116
E2    (D Clarke    ) 0.056 11.054 -0.056      (J Roderick  ) 0.018  9.832  0.022
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.013 11.132 -0.008      (T Seymour   ) 0.006 10.090  0.310
 Qualified:            #43 11.071 -0.829                       #16  9.848 -0.932

Stephenson gets the advantage off the line and puts together a .020 package to take the win.

Stephenson will take on Machael in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                       244 Jeff Taylor                  
E5                   0.009 10.820 117.60     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.512 134.07
        D/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.090           FS/B  Dial: 9.45 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Stein     ) 0.069 10.907 -0.833      (A Corda     ) 0.017  9.472  0.032
E3    (J Lang      ) 0.005 11.102  0.062      (J DeFrank   ) 0.003  9.465  0.045
E2    (D Morris    ) 0.036 10.933  0.003      (B Burton    ) 0.018  9.379  0.019
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.033 10.987  0.057      (J Jerome    ) 0.024  9.407  0.037
 Qualified:            #37 10.893 -0.847                       #59  9.413 -0.757

Taylor gets a small holeshot and goes around Glasbrenner for the win.

Taylor will have a bye in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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