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Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 07:00 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                         6570 Toby Lang                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.069 10.721 121.57                     0.043 12.005 108.67
       A/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-): -0.009           G/SA  Dial: 12.02 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Koppien   ) 0.034 14.223  2.643      (J Schloe    ) 0.042 12.042  0.022
E3    (R McClanahan) 0.043 10.759  0.029      (J Hughes    ) 0.021 11.997  0.027
E2    (R Cunningham) 0.017 10.739  0.059      (T Mandella  ) 0.019 11.938 -0.002
E1    (A Steinmetz ) 0.131 10.677  0.017      (R Pauley    ) 0.031 11.932  0.012
 Qualified:            #23 10.351 -1.229                      #115 11.955 -0.655

3:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,291 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Lang gets the hole-shot but takes too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Tibor Kadar                          7441 Staci Smith                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.054 12.262 107.42                    -0.011 11.862 109.01
       L/SA  Dial: 12.28 (+/-): -0.018          E/FIA  Dial: 11.88 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Missbrenne) 0.007 12.336  0.026      (B Bushmaker ) 0.028 11.877  0.027
E3    (J Jerome    ) 0.007 12.353  0.093      (M Cotten    ) 0.013 11.950  0.110
E2    (W Kelly     ) 0.031 12.216 -0.014      (M Coe       ) 0.011 11.817  0.017
E1    (S Hook      ) 0.011 12.284  0.044      (M Iacono    ) 0.016 11.818  0.018
 Qualified:            #53 12.227 -1.093                       #57 11.825 -1.085

Smith leaves too early and gives the win to Kadar. Kadar will take on Sorenson in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6073 Gary McCoy                              3 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                   0.075 11.791 114.53     ****WINNER****  0.027 11.113 109.73
        F/S  Dial: 11.55 (+/-):  0.241           B/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.183
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Zane      ) 0.033 11.566 -0.014      (P Wong      ) 0.023 10.952  0.042
E3    (B Burton    ) 0.133 11.558  0.018      (J Irving    ) 0.021 10.895  0.015
E2    (K Ariotti   ) 0.015 11.493  0.013      (M Faul      ) 0.029 10.840  0.030
E1    (S Wann      ) 0.010 11.463  0.013      (L Scarth    ) 0.004 10.839  0.029
 Qualified:            #82 11.453 -0.947                       #62 10.791 -1.049

McCoy spun the tires a little off the line. Fletcher drives around about 100 feet out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Leo Glasbrenner                      6032 Jody Lang                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.013 11.283 115.41                     0.019 12.823  99.29
       F/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-): -0.047           N/SA  Dial: 12.87 (+/-): -0.047
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Plourd    ) 0.015 11.332  0.002      (D Forester  ) 0.015 12.846  0.056
E3    (B Koski     ) 0.012 11.335  0.065      (D Alvey     ) 0.068 12.761  0.001
E2    (D Scheitlin ) 0.027 11.229 -0.011      (A Kimball   ) 0.011 12.689 -0.011
E1    (B Cunningham) 0.031 11.258  0.048      (C Holroyd   ) 0.003 12.697  0.007
 Qualified:            #28 11.235 -1.215                      #104 12.843 -0.787

Glasbrenner gets the hole-shot, Lang breaks out trying to run him down. Fletcher will take on Glasbrenner in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink