Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 08:08 PM Hemi Super Stock Challenge Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in MOPAR Hemi Super Stock Challenge at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1990 David Barton                         1517 Jim Daniels                  
E5                   0.027  8.559 155.15     ****WINNER****  0.018  8.560 155.74
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Hard      ) 0.128 10.150  96.47                     0.011  9.551 103.42
E3    (W Howes     ) 0.036  8.498 156.79      (J Pancake   ) 0.005  8.561 155.70
E2    (S Hebert    ) 0.062  8.564 156.43      (L Perkins   ) 0.029  8.573 155.78
E1    (L Wofford   ) 0.102  8.526 157.45      (R Warford   ) 0.030  8.595 156.03
 Qualified:             #5  8.625 -0.675                        #7  8.637 -0.663

7:57 p.m. Both drivers had good lights, but Daniels had a hundredth in hand at the tree and was only a thousandth slower than Barton at the stripe for another holeshot win on a day that almost ended before it began. Just minutes before the class pulled into the staging lanes, Daniels' car peeled off from the Mopar Hemi Challenge parade and exited via the 'short chute." Reportedly, the car was running badly because of a loose screw that lodged in the carburetor. He was able to get the problem sorted out just in time to pull back into the lanes just before the first pair of cars pulled across the ready line. The race was a close one all the way, but Barton was never able to get the nose of his Barracuda out in front of Daniels' Dart.

Jim Daniels' incremental margins: 60ft(0.034), 330 ft(0.013), 660ft(0.006), 1,000ft(0.003). MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 24 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink