Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 09:44 PM Stock Eliminator Final, Round 7 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of final, round 7 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
 5788 Steve Koppien                         585 Brett Speer                  
E7   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.809 102.74                     0.033 11.306 100.14
       B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.289           A/SA  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.876
 Prior rounds:
E6                   0.000 15.963  5.963      (R Ryan      ) 0.054 10.543  0.113
E5    (R Neugebauer) 0.035 10.537 -0.023      (L Wernet    ) 0.005 10.461 -0.029
E4    (C Hieb      ) 0.054 10.596  0.026                     -0.003 10.647 -0.653
E3    (B Wenzel    ) 0.076 10.582  0.002      (S Hagberg   ) 0.056 10.198 -1.102
E2    (W Prince    ) 0.030 10.636  0.036      (J Line      ) 0.013 10.576  0.006
E1    (B Koski     ) 0.087 10.619 -0.001      (N Bredemus  ) 0.041 10.772 -0.528
 Qualified:             #7 10.545 -1.005                       #23 10.442 -0.858

8:37 p.m. Brett Speer has 2 National event wins - here in 2004 and here again in 2008. This is Steve Koppien's first National event final round appearence. Speer had some kind of problem before half track. Steve Koppien takes the Stock Eliminator Wally!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink