Sun, 21 Sep 2008, 06:58 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA, Fourth annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3492 Donnie Beeler                          11 Lee Zane                     
E5                   0.040 11.321 112.09     ****WINNER****  0.012 10.972 105.89
        G/S  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.041           D/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Kincaid   ) 0.060 11.304  0.024                     0.017 10.914 -0.036
E3    (B Wenzel    ) 0.054 11.301  0.061      (L Smith     ) 0.016 11.036  0.056
E2    (J Mc Cormack) 0.041 11.305  0.065      (B Gere      ) 0.025 10.972  0.012
E1    (S Mc Farland) 0.033 11.208  0.028      (J Dinkel    ) 0.056 11.125  0.265
 Qualified:             #6 11.028 -1.172                       #33 10.845 -1.005

6:54 p.m. Lee Zane's MOV: 0.0273 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Katie Sepanek                          31 Greg Hill                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.040 11.734 101.49                     0.046 10.905 117.58
       I/SA  Dial: 11.68 (+/-):  0.054           E/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Miller    ) 0.019 11.696  0.016      (J Marcinowsk) 0.073 10.938  0.038
E3                   0.086 11.690 -0.910      (F Suiter    ) 0.010 10.948 -0.012
E2    (C Schafer   ) 0.023 11.770  0.000      (M Eschman   ) 0.047 10.947 -1.053
E1    (B Sempsrott ) 0.023 11.693  0.033      (T Lowe      ) 0.046 10.860  0.030
 Qualified:            #43 11.648 -0.952                        #5 10.826 -1.174

Sepanek will race Zane in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dan Fletcher                          428 Kevin Helms                  
E5                   0.027 10.444 123.24     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.071 114.38
       B/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-): -0.026           D/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Szupka    ) 0.029 10.481  0.021      (B Baker     ) 0.021 11.194  0.044
E3    (E Bennett II) 0.051 10.561 -0.989      (W Belanger  ) 0.011 11.273  0.123
E2    (M Fuller    ) 0.038 10.600 -0.950      (C Downing   ) 0.013 11.219  0.069
E1    (J Bureski   ) 0.037 10.662  0.092      (B Owen      ) 0.011 11.153 -0.037
 Qualified:            #29 10.534 -1.016                       #68 11.046 -0.804

Big race and just as close as you'd expect, but Helms wins the double-breakout and earns a bye to the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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