Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 13:01 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 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
  445 Aaron Stanfield                         2 Arthur Kohn                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  8.036 170.19                     0.062  8.071 170.15
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Cerbone   ) 0.050  8.074 170.58      (M Pawuk     ) 0.033  8.057 170.88
 Qualified:             #4  7.982 171.73                        #5  7.984 172.25

This is the first time Stanfield and Kohn have faced each other in eliminations.

Stanfield 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
    3 Bill Skillman                           8 David Barton                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  7.951 172.43                     0.052  8.217 165.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Gasko Jr  ) 0.069  8.004 172.50      (D Condon    ) 0.067  8.079 169.96
 Qualified:             #2  7.940 172.87                        #7  8.045 170.60

Skillman is 4 - 1 against Barton in prior events.

Barton with a few ticks on the tree, but Skillman has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree. He never trails from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Chris Holbrook                          4 Stephen Bell                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  7.950 174.17                     0.033  8.044 170.21
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.041  7.980 174.55      (D Janac     ) 0.060  8.049 171.21
 Qualified:             #1  7.919 176.37                        #9  8.072 170.02

Bell is 1 - 0 against Holbrook in prior events.

Bell with the starting line advantage, but Holbrook has the difference made up by 500 feet and never trails from there on for the win. Holbrook with the quickest E.T. of round two for the win and lane choice over Stanfield in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Drew Skillman                         313 Jesse Alexandra              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.108  7.991 173.21                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Libersher ) 0.054  7.972 173.25      (D Hamp      ) 0.070  8.008 170.08
 Qualified:             #3  7.976 173.65                        #6  7.996 171.71

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

Alexandra rolled the beam and Skillman gets the freebie. Skillman is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to his father in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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