Sun, 7 Oct 2007, 03:38 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2124 Jeff Strickland                      1937 Lee Zane                     
E5   ****WINNER****  0.036 11.330 112.09                     0.038 11.003 121.34
      C/FIA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.010          A/FIA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Broadbent ) 0.006 11.487  0.167      (M Iacono    ) 0.011 11.053  0.003
E3    (R Skipper   ) 0.043 11.416  0.096      (N Hall      ) 0.019 11.129  0.059
E2    (B Howell    ) 0.029 11.261  0.011      (P Biondo    ) 0.005 10.962  0.022
E1    (J Perrone   ) 0.045 11.215 -0.015      (R Urquhart  ) 0.023 11.039  0.029
 Qualified:            #40 11.167 -0.833                       #61 10.982 -0.318

Strickland goes to his 17th final round and he hopes to add to his tally of 6 national event wins.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2700 Shane Carr                              3 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                  -0.014 10.578 112.37     ****WINNER****  0.043 10.653 106.22
       B/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.972           B/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -0.897
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Moyer     ) 0.006 10.662 -0.018      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.021 10.830  0.150
E3    (J Harrington) 0.030 10.627  0.047      (D Jones     ) -0.008 10.666 -0.004
E2    (B Rowe      ) 0.031 10.702  0.162      (M Whaley    ) 0.015 10.590  0.090
E1    (K Fogerty Jr) 0.015 10.548 -0.002      (K Gardner   ) 0.010 10.673  0.123
 Qualified:             #8 10.479 -1.071                       #17 10.536 -1.014

It's a heads up race that is over quickly.

Fletcher goes to another final round and will face Strickland.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink