Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 04:09 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe



LAS VEGAS - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    1 Kevin Helms                          6780 Eric Waldo
E4                   0.084 10.529  0.019     ****WINNER****  0.027 11.010  0.070
        A/S  Dial: 10.51                          C/S  Dial: 10.94
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Waldo     ) 0.026 10.512  0.022      (R Meierhenry) 0.029 10.910  0.020
E2    (M Williams  ) 0.057 10.615  0.055      (S Case      ) 0.043 10.966 -0.044
E1    (D Alvey     ) 0.054 10.642  0.062      (L Glasbrenne) 0.012 11.067  0.017
 Qualified:            #18 10.448 -1.082                       #24 10.882 -1.058
12:56 PM Helms is late off the line and can't make up the difference. Eric Waldo's MOV: 0.0066 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7945 Earl Snow                            7185 Dave Bridgewater
E4   ****WINNER****  0.045 12.535  0.025                     0.083 11.257 -0.053
       I/SA  Dial: 12.51                        C/FIA  Dial: 11.31
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Smith     ) 0.006 12.542  0.072      (V Torres Jr ) 0.038 11.199  0.029
E2    (A Keen      ) 0.149 12.581  0.071      (J Hughes    ) 0.097 11.188  0.008
E1    (D Workman   ) 0.036 12.960  0.370      (D Davison   ) 0.046 11.303  0.063
 Qualified:            #90 12.481 -0.429                       #10 11.160 -1.140
Snow gets a big hole-shot and takes the win. Snow will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 1781 Dan Fletcher                            7 Jeff Hefler
E4                   0.009 10.904  0.054     ****WINNER****  0.010 11.110  0.050
       B/SA  Dial: 10.85                        B/FIA  Dial: 11.06
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Hefler    ) 0.041 10.958  0.068      (B Cunningham) 0.025 11.117  0.067
E2    (B Pollard   ) 0.017 11.060  0.090      (J Meador    ) 0.045 11.100  0.060
E1    (D Machael   ) 0.020 11.045  0.015      (G Faul      ) 0.027 11.183  0.053
 Qualified:            #44 10.885 -0.955                       #38 11.010 -0.980
Jeff Hefler's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 7016 Larry Belden                         7785 Stephanie Wong
E4                  -0.009 10.907 -0.013     ****WINNER****  0.002 13.668  2.628
       A/SA  Dial: 10.92                        B/FIA  Dial: 11.04
 Prior rounds:
E3                   0.048 10.897 -0.683      (E Blake     ) 0.017 11.036  0.006
E2    (B Kost      ) 0.053 10.916  0.016      (B De Armond ) 0.010 11.078  0.058
E1    (C Holroyd   ) 0.030 11.039  0.069      (B Maxwell   ) 0.111 11.123  0.063
 Qualified:            #76 10.889 -0.691                       #34 10.981 -1.009
Wong gets the win but breaks something just past half-track. Wong will take on Waldo in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
   61 Jody Lang                            7733 Ken Passerby
E4   ****WINNER****  0.019 12.833 -0.017                     0.028 12.242 -0.038
       M/SA  Dial: 12.85                         I/SA  Dial: 12.28
 Prior rounds:
E3    (P Biondo    ) 0.040 12.890  0.040      (B Pott      ) 0.072 12.259  0.089
E2    (G Buell     ) 0.019 12.950  0.040      (L Zane      ) 0.038 12.236 -0.004
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.032 13.012  0.042      (J Irving    ) 0.041 12.331  0.021
 Qualified:            #75 12.783 -0.697                       #94 12.587 -0.323
A double break-out, Lang broke out the least.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5035 Keith Lynch                             3 Toby Lang
E4   ****WINNER****  0.003 10.765  0.035                     0.044 12.061  0.001
       B/SA  Dial: 10.73                         G/SA  Dial: 12.06
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Greene    ) 0.010 10.871  0.071      (B Plourd    ) 0.013 12.106  0.026
E2    (A Corda     ) 0.056 10.848 -0.002      (S Norsworthy) 0.033 12.163  0.043
E1    (R Painter   ) 0.019 11.045  0.125      (J Durham    ) 0.032 12.162  0.042
 Qualified:             #5 10.631 -1.209                       #97 12.432 -0.178
Lynch gets the hole-shot and hangs on for the win. Keith Lynch's MOV: 0.0079 seconds (approximately 15 inches). He will take on Jody Lang in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    8 Jeff Strickland                            Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.037 11.719 -0.581
      C/FIA  Dial: 12.30
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Lisson    ) 0.009 11.680  0.020
E2    (M Loge      ) 0.025 11.664 -0.086
E1    (B Phillips  ) 0.021 11.903  0.093
 Qualified:            #77 11.644 -0.656                     Bye
Strickland gets the bye and will take on Hefler in the next round.

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