Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 05:04 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4022 Jeff Teuton                          400D Slate Cummings               
E5                   0.016 11.176 117.00     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.430 110.40
       H/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.014           B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Pourciau  ) 0.020 11.183  0.023      (J Hidalgo Jr) 0.044 10.402 -0.848
E3    (J Davis     ) 0.063 11.238  0.028      (S Hall      ) 0.021 10.619  0.049
E2                   0.014 11.194 -0.056      (P Courts    ) 0.028 10.594 -0.036
E1    (B Bratsen   ) -0.012 11.277  0.027      (D Workman   ) 0.036 10.728  0.078
 Qualified:             #2 11.207 -0.943                       #31 10.565 -0.685

4:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,663 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

teuton gets the advantage off the line but takes a little too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4004 R.J. Sledge                          464Q Austin Williams              
E5                   0.031 11.039 116.06     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.885 119.91
       F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.811           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.965
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.045 10.992 -0.858      (T Ewing     ) 0.040 11.044  0.004
E3    (G Turk      ) 0.045 11.032  0.002      (M Trumble   ) 0.048 11.049  0.009
E2    (D Rampy     ) 0.053 11.027 -0.823      (T Henderson ) 0.003 11.068  0.028
E1    (L Hudson    ) 0.055 11.017 -0.033      (B Basham    ) 0.126 10.999 -0.851
 Qualified:             #3 10.935 -0.915                       #15 11.078 -0.772

Williams gets the holeshot and takes the heads-up win to get a bye into the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 John Brimer                                Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.538 116.25     
       A/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.038    
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Cotten    ) 0.003 10.535  0.015   
E3    (J Hefler    ) 0.017 10.642  0.092   
E2    (B Unkefer   ) 0.124 10.521 -0.029   
E1    (B Miller    ) 0.092 10.734  0.194   
 Qualified:            #47 10.492 -0.508                     Bye

In the next round it will be Cummings vs. Brimer and Williams with the bye.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink