Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 02:30 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator 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
 3125 Joey Wilkes                             6 Brad Burton                  
E5                   0.099 10.944 122.38     ****WINNER****  0.057 10.823 118.86
       F/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.056           E/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B McClanahan) 0.056 10.967  0.047      (M Iacono    ) 0.031 10.816 -0.014
E3    (B Phillips  ) 0.018 10.863  0.003      (B Sempsrott ) 0.037 10.904  0.124
E2    (T Hembree   ) 0.040 10.954  0.014      (M Welker    ) 0.040 10.870  0.040
E1    (I Johns     ) 0.017 10.911  0.011      (D Beeler    ) 0.033 10.795  0.035
 Qualified:            #66 10.992 -0.858                       #46 10.796 -0.904

2:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,157 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Brad Burton wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                            1 Edmond Richardson            
E5   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.129 119.76                    -0.005 11.393  92.08
       F/SA  Dial: 11.18 (+/-): -0.051           C/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.673
 Prior rounds:
E4    (P Candies   ) 0.001 11.192  0.002      (C Veach     ) 0.029 10.708 -0.012
E3    (B Hughes    ) 0.039 11.098 -0.002      (D Latino    ) 0.028 10.668  0.038
E2    (C Sweasy    ) 0.003 11.161  0.041      (E V Buth    ) 0.001 10.738  0.108
E1    (M Welfel    ) 0.044 11.185  0.065      (M Faul      ) 0.000 10.795  0.105
 Qualified:           #129 11.106 -0.744                       #91 10.575 -0.825

Oh, no! Dan Fletcher wins on a -0.005 red light by Richardson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Gary Emmons                          1322 Tim Bishop                   
E5                   0.076 10.613 115.06     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.277 128.69
       C/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-): -0.027            B/S  Dial: 10.29 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E4    (E Monahan   ) 0.077 10.612  0.012      (B Leber     ) 0.040 10.310  0.020
E3    (N Folk      ) 0.031 10.540  0.000      (K Helms     ) 0.073 10.262 -0.938
E2    (P Downing   ) 0.032 10.817  0.277      (J Zimmerman ) 0.075 10.276  0.006
E1    (D Patrick   ) 0.015 10.523 -0.027      (M Lind      ) 0.110 10.272  0.072
 Qualified:           #109 10.621 -0.779                       #41 10.286 -0.914

Tim Bishop wins on a double-breakout and will race Fletcher in round six.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1109 John Gray                            3520 Steve Polhill                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.077 11.063 118.12                     0.028 16.228  79.41
       G/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-): -0.097           EF/S  Dial: 16.48 (+/-): -0.252
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Lisa      ) 0.014 11.274 -0.726      (B Gere      ) 0.056 16.427  0.027
E3    (A Fetch     ) 0.004 11.089  0.009      (J Duzac     ) 0.039 16.307  0.007
E2    (C Holbrook  ) 0.035 11.140  0.020      (C Fitzsimmon) 0.176 16.431  0.001
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.014 11.108  0.048      (J Bennett   ) 0.041 16.413  0.033
 Qualified:            #36 11.066 -0.934                        #8 16.298 -1.152

Five second head start, the better light and Pohill breaks out by a ton.

Gray goes on to the next round and will face Burton.

2:27 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink