Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 06:36 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA, 37th annual NHRA Doorslammer National Open:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4171 Greg Hill                            3610 Leonard Mattingly            
E3                   0.051  6.523 101.80     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.450 101.12
       D/SA  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.003            B/SA  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Ellard    ) 0.073  6.578  0.048      (C Belanger  ) 0.092  6.426  0.006
E1                   0.057  6.524  0.014      (J Gower     ) 0.099  6.424  0.024
 Qualified:             #1  6.494 -0.926                        #3  6.397 -0.843

Leonard Mattingly's MOV: 0.0140 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3135 Matt Morris                           315 Ryan Walther                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.570  86.04                     0.050  7.075  94.67
       J/SA  Dial: 7.57 (+/-):  0.000            F/SA  Dial: 7.09 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Cline     ) 0.008  7.606  0.036                     0.018  7.091 -0.509
E1    (N Davis     ) 0.038  7.633  0.053      (T Turner    ) -0.011  7.113 -0.017
 Qualified:            #31  7.533 -0.407                       #26  7.109 -0.491

Morris had Morris covered, ran dead-on his dial-in.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3012 Carlton Sweasy                       3643 Mike McDonald                
E3                   0.069  7.117  93.75     ****WINNER****  0.059  7.024  94.74
       H/SA  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  0.017            F/SA  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Mahlosky  ) 0.034  7.113  0.003      (K Friedman  ) 0.075  6.936  6.936
E1    (J Belanger  ) 0.067  7.144  0.034      (D Beeler    ) 0.041  7.294  0.274
 Qualified:            #16  7.094 -0.666                       #20  7.008 -0.592

Great drag race. Mike McDonald's MOV: 0.0030 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3499 Gary Summers                         3582 John Lovins                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.105  7.290  93.56                    -0.023  7.655  86.74
       L/SA  Dial: 7.29 (+/-):  0.000            M/SA  Dial: 7.67 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Morris    ) 0.137  7.296  0.016      (D Walther   ) 0.012  7.687  0.017
E1    (J Osborne   ) 0.094  7.288  0.018      (B Akers     ) 0.021  7.687  0.027
 Qualified:             #2  7.236 -0.844                       #22  7.654 -0.526

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3578 Chris Mattingly                        33 Tommy Mattingly              
E3                   0.050  6.548 104.87     ****WINNER****  0.051  7.906  83.03
       C/SA  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.008            O/SA  Dial: 7.90 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C McFarland ) 0.015  6.555  0.015      (J Sharp     ) 0.056  7.924  0.004
E1    (R Campbell  ) 0.025  6.548  0.028      (W Knight    ) 0.046  7.990  0.080
 Qualified:             #4  6.502 -0.818                       #30  7.885 -0.445

Another great race and an even closer finish. Tommy Mattingly's MOV: 0.0010 seconds (approximately 2 inches).