Sun, 6 Jun 2010, 09:50 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Miller Welders:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1280 Chuck Veach                          3077 Bill Dyer                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.059 11.424 106.78                     0.128 12.382 105.79
       G/SA  Dial: 11.29 (+/-):  0.134            N/S  Dial: 12.30 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Alley     ) 0.047 11.304  0.004                     -0.010 12.294 -0.086
E3    (J Adkinson  ) 0.035 11.276 -0.024      (B Speer     ) 0.007 12.354  0.014
E2    (D Duke      ) 0.037 11.443  0.053      (A Denysenko ) 0.032 12.450  0.070
E1    (R Banks     ) 0.101 11.471  0.131      (D Skillman  ) 0.033 12.366  0.026
 Qualified:            #35 11.385 -0.615                       #37 12.350 -0.600

8:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.24 inches, adjusted altitude 2,004 feet, track temperature 79 degrees.

Dyer's car stumbled coming off the line. Chuck Veach's MOV: 0.0175 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         3955 Wally Krueger                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.073 10.511 107.52                     0.067 10.780 122.99
       B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.739           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.470
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Haugaard  ) 0.015 10.396 -0.074      (R Simpson   ) 0.068 10.725 -0.055
E3    (S Szupka    ) 0.032 10.433  0.003      (D Bureski   ) 0.057 10.770 -0.040
E2    (C Knudsen   ) 0.048 10.578  0.028      (J Schaechter) 0.008 10.882  0.072
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.029 10.496  0.006      (T Mosbek    ) 0.100 10.829  0.019
 Qualified:            #14 10.475 -0.775                       #52 10.819 -0.431

Heads-up! Biondo gets a bye to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                               Bye
E5   ****WINNER**** -0.002 10.347 127.22     
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  0.347    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Diekema   ) 0.034 10.372  0.012   
E3    (J Coughlin J) 0.030 10.339 -0.021   
E2    (J Gower     ) 0.050 10.669  0.079   
E1    (B Zaskowski ) 0.015 10.409  0.039   
 Qualified:            #65 10.435 -0.165                     Bye

Fletcher will face Veach in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink