Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 26 Jun 2010, 08:32 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By David Gerard



NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3582 John Lovins                             5 Dustan Lowell                
E3                   0.026 12.394 105.04     ****WINNER****  0.065 11.055 111.66
       M/SA  Dial: 12.46 (+/-): -0.066           F/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.055
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Duell     ) 0.052 12.460  0.000      (J Carnero   ) 0.096 11.099  0.009
E1    (M Truman    ) 0.011 12.472  0.012      (R Wilkes    ) 0.044 11.167  0.037
 Qualified:            #49 12.484 -0.366                       #42 11.370 -0.480
8:21 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,825 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Welcome to day three and round three of Stock. We may be fighting weather this afternoon, but conditions are great now.

Dustan Lowell wins on a double-breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2124 Jeff Strickland                      3125 Joey Wilkes                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.027 10.702 119.44                     0.072 10.742 122.93
       A/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-): -0.018           E/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-): -0.058
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Ronzello  ) 0.002 10.785  0.025      (J Dinkel    ) 0.034 11.007  0.207
E1    (L Zane      ) 0.004 10.752 -0.008      (J Adkinson  ) 0.084 10.764 -0.066
 Qualified:            #59 11.046  0.046                        #5 10.831 -0.869
Almost identical and a side by side race to the finish line. Another double breakout and Strickland gets the nod.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1945 Ed Fernandez                          751 Ben Wenzel                   
E3                  -0.031 19.190  64.58     ****WINNER****  0.035 10.503 125.47
       T/SA  Dial: 13.87 (+/-):  5.320            C/S  Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.065 13.879 -0.031      (J Perrone   ) 0.040 10.570 -0.010
E1    (D Fezell    ) 0.085 13.904  0.904      (B Kenney    ) 0.029 10.731  0.211
 Qualified:            #32 13.863 -0.537                        #9 10.544 -0.806
Ben Wenzel wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4888 Luke Bogacki                            2 Anthony Fetch                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006 10.565 117.86                     0.041 10.927 106.96
      AA/SA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-):  0.035           D/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Boudreau  ) 0.051 10.566  0.006      (M Antrobius ) 0.034 10.950  0.010
E1    (W Mc Cracken) 0.010 10.627  0.027      (R Rodgers   ) 0.065 10.876  0.066
 Qualified:            #60 10.772  0.172                       #37 11.035 -0.515
We finally get a "legal" race. Bogacki takes a great 0.006 RT to the three foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3022 Jennifer McCormack                   2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E3                   0.084 11.683 109.91     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.715 123.25
       I/SA  Dial: 11.79 (+/-): -0.107           C/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Monahan   ) 0.102 11.598 -0.702      (G Parker    ) 0.001 10.794  0.034
E1    (H Updike    ) 0.118 11.978  0.258      (C Stephenson) 0.008 10.785  0.015
 Qualified:            #31 11.754 -0.546                       #23 10.751 -0.649
Brenda Grubbs wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2885 David Rampy                          1962 Billy Leber                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038 11.278 115.22                    -0.015 10.814 122.10
       F/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.032           D/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Marcinowsk) 0.033 11.376  0.006      (J Mc Cormack) 0.033 10.849  0.009
E1    (J Marshall  ) 0.043 11.387  0.037      (P Downing   ) 0.016 10.926  0.106
 Qualified:            #35 11.334 -0.516                       #43 11.075 -0.475
David Rampy wins on a -0.015 red light by Leber.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                         3852 Dave Edwards                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010 10.500 124.06                     0.076 10.484 126.10
       B/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-):  0.030           C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Richardson) 0.016 10.529  0.029      (J Bailey    ) 0.062 10.520 -0.050
E1    (D Kincaid   ) 0.021 10.520 -0.730      (T Rambo     ) 0.098 10.701  0.141
 Qualified:            #15 10.507 -0.743                        #7 10.577 -0.823
Biondo cards a 0.010 light and wins on Edwards' breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   39 Tim Gillespie                         198 Steve Szupka                 
E3                   0.000 11.147 114.33     ****WINNER****  0.006 11.641 112.88
       F/SA  Dial: 11.18 (+/-): -0.033           J/SA  Dial: 11.66 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Wolfe     ) 0.039 11.184  0.004      (C Holbrook  ) 0.037 11.708  0.038
E1    (R Garvey    ) 0.053 11.207 -0.643      (E Wallace   ) 0.000 11.668  0.008
 Qualified:            #25 11.212 -0.638                       #17 11.729 -0.721
Gillespie cuts a perfect light and then loses to Szupka on a double breakout. Ouch!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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