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Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 08:48 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5429 Rick Ryan                             428 Kevin Helms                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.018 11.334 118.04                     0.022 10.500 123.86
        D/S  Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.006           AA/S  Dial: 10.51 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Cook      ) -0.035 11.342 -0.068      (C Knudsen   ) 0.042 10.492 -0.048
E3    (A Mesenbring) 0.029 11.461 -0.019      (B Feist     ) 0.037 10.567  0.007
E2    (A Corda     ) 0.053 11.530  0.010      (B Dyer      ) 0.017 10.653  0.043
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.027 11.525 -0.005      (H Newstrom  ) 0.042 10.933  0.313
 Qualified:            #77 11.494 -0.306                       #74 10.520 -0.380

7:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.53 inches, adjusted altitude 3,291 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  585 Brett Speer                          5698 Logan Wernet                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.461 121.03                     0.025 11.038 119.01
       A/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-): -0.029           E/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E4                   -0.003 10.647 -0.653      (R Mattson   ) 0.062 11.125  0.045
E3    (S Hagberg   ) 0.056 10.198 -1.102      (D Jeska     ) 0.061 11.109  0.029
E2    (J Line      ) 0.013 10.576  0.006      (J Stealy    ) 0.030 11.169 -0.021
E1    (N Bredemus  ) 0.041 10.772 -0.528      (D Wiese     ) 0.100 11.203  0.073
 Qualified:            #23 10.442 -0.858                       #26 11.156 -0.844

Brett Speer wins on a double-breakout. He'll face Ryan in round six.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5788 Steve Koppien                        5525 Rod Neugebauer               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.035 10.537 124.36                    -0.012 10.900 120.10
       B/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.023           D/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Hieb      ) 0.054 10.596  0.026      (M Faul      ) 0.062 10.882  0.002
E3    (B Wenzel    ) 0.076 10.582  0.002      (B Klomps    ) 0.064 10.892 -0.038
E2    (W Prince    ) 0.030 10.636  0.036      (D Olson     ) 0.033 10.959  0.019
E1    (B Koski     ) 0.087 10.619 -0.001      (J Briner    ) 0.136 10.937 -0.913
 Qualified:             #7 10.545 -1.005                       #16 10.956 -0.894

Steve Koppien wins on a red light. He'll have a bye run in round six.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink