Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 05:28 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                              Bye
E5   ****WINNER**** -0.037 10.911 122.63     
       C/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.001    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Deikema   ) 0.017 10.905  0.005   
E3    (C Holroyd   ) 0.029 10.828  0.088   
E2    (C Battis    ) 0.078 10.935  0.085   
E1    (M Faul      ) 0.028 10.688 -1.012   
 Qualified:            #34 10.739 -0.961                     Bye

2:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,030 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Johnson gets the Bye Run to round six. He pushes the tree and then runs within 0.001 of his dial.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jody Lang                              11 Lee Zane                     
E5                  -0.001 15.020  63.46     ****WINNER****  0.014 14.196  65.01
       M/SA  Dial: 12.42 (+/-):  2.600           D/SA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-):  3.186
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.003 12.396  0.036      (L Glasbrenne) 0.024 11.052  0.082
E3    (J Irving    ) 0.038 12.326 -0.014      (D Lambeck   ) 0.036 11.236  0.316
E2    (E Blake     ) 0.042 12.563  0.183      (J DeFrank   ) 0.017 10.989  0.029
E1    (C Echmalian ) 0.035 12.459  0.079      (K Pott      ) -0.007 10.940 -0.030
 Qualified:            #57 12.527 -0.623                       #28 10.847 -1.003

Lane misses the green by -0.001 to give the easy win to Zane. He'll have a bye next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6261 Larry Peterson                       7007 Roger Bedford                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.098 10.497 123.52                     0.120 10.510 125.38
       B/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -1.053           B/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -1.040
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.023 10.553 -0.997      (T Janes     ) 0.036 10.584  0.024
E3    (B Unkefer   ) 0.069 10.535 -0.015      (S Wann      ) 0.044 10.563  0.013
E2    (A Bushmaker ) 0.121 10.573 -0.017      (J Jerome    ) 0.027 10.601  0.001
E1    (J Mozeris   ) 0.061 10.603  0.083      (M Nelson    ) 0.098 10.553  0.013
 Qualified:            #20 10.521 -1.029                       #32 10.585 -0.965

Heads UP! Peterson has the best of bad lights and breaks out less than Bedford for the win. He'll race Johnson later today.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink