Sun, 09 Feb 2020, 16:29 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 60th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
 5400 Al Corda                             7410 Robert Pond                  
E5                  -0.004 10.907  92.08     ****WINNER****  0.037  9.972 120.11 
        A/SA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  0.787          AA/SA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-):  0.042 
 Prior rounds: 
E4    (L Gilley    ) 0.023 10.136  0.006      (D Dickens   ) 0.011  9.950  0.020 
E3    (D Lavoie    ) 0.020 10.228  0.128      (T Summerton ) 0.060  9.875  0.005 
E2    (B Burton    ) 0.009 10.113  0.043      (D Keen      ) -0.067  9.817 -0.003 
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.025 10.341  0.281      (D Muller    ) 0.088  9.798  0.038 
 Qualified:            #19 10.061 -0.939                       #21  9.768 -0.932 

1:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 28.65 inches, adjusted altitude 2,401 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Corda misses the green by just -0.004 and gives a free trip to the final round to Pond.

 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 
  600 Jeff Lane                             795 Brian McClanahan             
E5                   0.067  9.052 146.51     ****WINNER****  0.026  9.741 135.35 
        FS/B  Dial: 9.08 (+/-): -0.028           AA/SA  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.001 
 Prior rounds: 
E4    (J Taylor    ) 0.053  8.968 -1.032                     0.024  9.862 -0.838 
E3    (L Glasbrenne) 0.006  9.102  0.012      (J Sorensen  ) 0.049  9.870  0.150 
E2    (C Method    ) 0.045  9.068  0.008      (J Irving    ) 0.023  9.691 -0.019 
E1    (J Lang      ) 0.024  9.071  0.031      (C Hall      ) 0.010  9.714  0.024 
 Qualified:            #10  9.013 -0.987                       #36  9.891 -0.809 

Brian McClanahan gets the starting line advantage and runs 0.001 to his dial for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0120 seconds (approximately 3 feet), opponent broke out.

1:26 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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