Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 03:38 PM Stock Eliminator Round 6 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 6 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
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         1322 Tim Bishop                   
E6                   0.040 11.186 110.85     ****WINNER****  0.066 10.283 128.60
       F/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.036            B/S  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E5    (E Richardson) 0.039 11.129 -0.051      (G Emmons    ) 0.031 10.277 -0.013
E4    (P Candies   ) 0.001 11.192  0.002      (B Leber     ) 0.040 10.310  0.020
E3    (B Hughes    ) 0.039 11.098 -0.002      (K Helms     ) 0.073 10.262 -0.938
E2    (C Sweasy    ) 0.003 11.161  0.041      (J Zimmerman ) 0.075 10.276  0.006
E1    (M Welfel    ) 0.044 11.185  0.065      (M Lind      ) 0.110 10.272  0.072
 Qualified:           #129 11.106 -0.744                       #41 10.286 -0.914

3:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 3,272 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Fletcher gets a nice RT advantage off the line, but he gives up too much strip in the lights. Bishop runs 0.003 to his dial in.

Tim Bishop's MOV: 0.0073 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1109 John Gray                               6 Brad Burton                  
E6                   0.058 11.116 117.15     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.886 115.13
       G/SA  Dial: 11.06 (+/-):  0.056           E/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.076
 Prior rounds:
E5    (S Polhill   ) 0.077 11.063 -0.097      (J Wilkes    ) 0.057 10.823 -0.017
E4    (J Lisa      ) 0.014 11.274 -0.726      (M Iacono    ) 0.031 10.816 -0.014
E3    (A Fetch     ) 0.004 11.089  0.009      (B Sempsrott ) 0.037 10.904  0.124
E2    (C Holbrook  ) 0.035 11.140  0.020      (M Welker    ) 0.040 10.870  0.040
E1    (D Rampy     ) 0.014 11.108  0.048      (D Beeler    ) 0.033 10.795  0.035
 Qualified:            #36 11.066 -0.934                       #46 10.796 -0.904

Burton drills the tree with a 0.008 RT and holds off a quicker Gray for a place in the final round.

Brad Burton's MOV: 0.0303 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink