Sat, 02 Nov 2024, 11:12 AM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           701P Parker Theobald              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.070 10.757 116.59                     0.055 10.898 118.63
        B/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.007           C/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Mcclanahan) 0.057 10.687  0.027      (R Ponville  ) 0.004 10.875  0.015
E1    (D Burton    ) 0.061 10.760  0.020      (B Burton    ) 0.038 10.930  0.030
 Qualified:            #44 10.750 -0.690                       #36 10.837 -0.753

8:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 52 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,264 feet.

Theobald gets the advantage off of the line but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving Wann the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  652 Bob Gullett                           600 Jeff Lane                    
E3                  -0.012 11.347  95.36     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.562 123.60
         F/S  Dial: 11.07 (+/-):  0.277           FS/B  Dial: 9.48 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Splingaire) 0.019 11.022 -0.048      (J Hidalgo   ) 0.005  9.404 -0.006
E1    (J Butner    ) 0.014 11.159  0.019      (S Williams  ) 0.024  9.535  0.025
 Qualified:             #5 11.057 -0.943                       #43  9.471 -0.699

Gullett is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  637 Dylan Hough                          4688 Mike Cotten                  
E3                   0.074  9.965 127.13     ****WINNER****  0.040 11.315 113.33
      AAA/SA  Dial: 9.99 (+/-): -0.025            F/SA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Maddox    ) 0.055  9.945 -0.015      (J Irving    ) 0.075 11.267 -0.023
E1    (M Born      ) 0.023 10.024  0.014      (L Peterson  ) 0.007 11.408  0.088
 Qualified:            #52  9.981 -0.589                       #30 11.266 -0.784

Cotten with the holeshot;Hough breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Jerry Emmons                            5 Justin Lamb                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.557 120.22                     0.038  9.953 123.28
        A/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.013           FS/D  Dial: 9.97 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Lapointe  ) 0.046 10.531  0.001      (D Hewes     ) 0.032  9.882  0.032
E1    (S Grossi    ) 0.067 10.528  0.028      (J Brimer    ) 0.022  9.985  0.045
 Qualified:            #39 10.449 -0.741                       #17  9.924 -0.856

Emmons gets the advantage off of the line and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 706C Chad Langdon                         5306 Johnny Diekema               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.306 112.55                     0.044 10.643 114.69
        F/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.004           B/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-): -0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Lottig    ) 0.049 11.241  0.011      (T Gaynor    ) 0.032 10.304 -1.136
E1    (G Krause    ) 0.022 11.344  0.014      (L Mclanahan ) 0.002 10.747  0.067
 Qualified:            #26 11.239 -0.811                       #33 10.678 -0.762

Langdon gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                         6032 Jody Lang                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.028 11.362 105.18                     0.026 12.387 102.91
        F/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-):  0.042           L/SA  Dial: 12.40 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Poitra    ) 0.016 11.349 -0.001      (J Jordan    ) 0.032 12.324  0.004
E1    (D Morris    ) 0.038 11.325  0.015      (T O`Loughlin) 0.029 12.472  0.032
 Qualified:            #38 11.306 -0.744                       #61 13.026  0.116

A coin flip off of the line Lang runs a little too quick and breaks out giving the win to Sorensen.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Leo Glasbrenner                      5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
E3                   0.091  9.502 140.46     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.410 120.60
        FS/C  Dial: 9.49 (+/-):  0.012            A/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.080
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.016  9.443 -1.027      (A Candies   ) 0.023 10.407  0.117
E1    (C Hall      ) 0.036  9.590  0.060      (L Emmons    ) 0.015 10.365  0.025
 Qualified:             #2  9.452 -1.018                       #10 10.281 -0.909

Scheitlin is almost perfect off of the line and he holds off Glasbrenner to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  244 Jeff Taylor                             1 Kyle Rizzoli                 
E3                   0.053  9.434 139.70     ****WINNER****  0.007 10.315 117.74
        FS/B  Dial: 9.37 (+/-):  0.064            A/SA  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Williams  ) 0.039  9.343  0.013      (R Pauley    ) 0.016 10.372  0.102
E1    (J Percy     ) 0.085  9.514  0.084      (A Kimball   ) 0.029 10.376  0.026
 Qualified:            #34  9.409 -0.761                       #12 10.302 -0.888

Rizzoli gets the holeshot and holds off Taylor for the win.

In the next round it will be Emmons vs. Lane, Langdon vs. Cotten, Scheitlin vs. Wann, and Rizzoli vs. Sorensen.

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