Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 05:36 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7220 Jeff Huffman                 
E5                                            ****WINNER**** -0.047 10.601 127.14
                                                  B/S  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.041
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (N Webber    ) 0.070 10.547 -0.013
E3                                           (E Blake     ) 0.000 10.576  0.036
E2                                           (B O'Connor  ) 0.083 10.620  0.060
E1                                           (B McClanahan) 0.074 10.548 -0.012
 Qualified:                                                      #46 10.592 -0.608

2:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,965 feet.

Bye Run for Huffman. He tests the lights and loses.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7446 Chuck Rayburn                         778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E5                   0.061 11.374 114.54     ****WINNER****  0.061 10.280 128.37
       I/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -0.066           B/SA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-): -0.040
 Prior rounds:
E4    (G Kielman   ) 0.022 11.441  0.011      (L Gilley    ) 0.016 10.284  0.024
E3    (B Edgeworth ) 0.053 11.421 -0.009      (J Interlicch) 0.002 10.277 -0.013
E2    (B Stewart   ) -0.009 11.454 -0.006      (M Ann Method) 0.027 10.396  0.046
E1    (J Calvert   ) 0.005 11.591  0.191                     0.031 10.379 -0.871
 Qualified:             #9 11.454 -0.846                        #1 10.343 -0.907

Identical RT's and Jimmy DeFrank wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jody Lang                             713 Jim Durham                   
E5                   0.028 12.565  91.66     ****WINNER****  0.021 11.062 119.47
       N/SA  Dial: 12.48 (+/-):  0.085           F/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Etter     ) 0.005 12.444  0.004      (R Mc Neil   ) 0.054 10.981  0.021
E3    (L Peterson  ) 0.048 12.580  0.120      (T Lang      ) 0.086 10.939 -0.911
E2    (B Thompson  ) 0.006 12.799  0.239      (L Hill      ) 0.025 11.120  0.010
E1    (C Loge      ) 0.046 12.775  0.305      (E Waldo     ) 0.036 11.043  0.013
 Qualified:            #72 12.849 -0.151                       #10 11.007 -0.843

Two close lights and Durham's car moves towards the center line and that will cost him some ET, but still gets the four foot win.

2:32 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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