Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 11:34 AM Factory Stock Showdown Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Inaugural Lucas Oil NHRA Summernationals at Indianapolis:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Stephen Bell                          402 David Janac                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  8.049 171.21                     0.052  8.117 169.42
 Qualified:             #9  8.072 170.02                        #8  8.061 170.36

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 3,972 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

This is the first time Bell and Janac have faced each other in eliminations.

Janac with the starting line advantage, but Bell has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3663 Dan Condon                              8 David Barton                 
E1                   0.093  8.123 171.16     ****WINNER****  0.067  8.079 169.96
 Qualified:            #10  8.076 172.01                        #7  8.045 170.60

Barton is 1 - 0 against Condon in prior events.

Barton with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1340 John Cerbone                          445 Aaron Stanfield              
E1                  -0.031  8.078 171.40     ****WINNER****  0.050  8.074 170.58
 Qualified:            #13  8.108 169.85                        #4  7.982 171.73

Cerbone goes red to give Stanfield the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Chris Holbrook                       7773 Leah Pruett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  7.980 174.55                     0.077  8.200 168.07
 Qualified:             #1  7.919 176.37                       #16  8.146 168.32

Holbrook is 1 - 0 against Pruett in prior events.

Holbrook with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of race day for the win. He will have lane choice over Bell in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bill Skillman                        1991 Pete Gasko Jr.               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  8.004 172.50                     0.122  8.226 167.93
 Qualified:             #2  7.940 172.87                       #15  8.134 170.04

This is the first time Skillman and Gasko Jr. have faced each other in eliminations.

Skillman with the starting line advantage and the win. He will have lane choice over Barton in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Drew Skillman                          10 Scott Libersher              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.972 173.25                     0.069  8.106 170.00
 Qualified:             #3  7.976 173.65                       #14  8.119 168.30

Skillman is 1 - 0 against Libersher in prior events.

Skillman with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of race day for the win.

Libersher with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  387 Mark Pawuk                              2 Arthur Kohn                  
E1                   0.048  8.135 169.85     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.057 170.88
 Qualified:            #12  8.078 170.28                        #5  7.984 172.25

Pawuk is 3 - 1 against Kohn in prior events.

Kohn with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Stanfield in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  107 Doug Hamp                             313 Jesse Alexandra              
E1                   0.073  8.072 172.94     ****WINNER****  0.070  8.008 170.08
 Qualified:            #11  8.076 167.97                        #6  7.996 171.71

Hamp is 1 - 0 against Alexandra in prior events.

Hamp with a few tick on the tree and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Drew Skillman in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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