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Fri, 14 Oct 2011, 05:16 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Class Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 class eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Brad Burton                          7783 Angelo Phillips              
C2                   0.024 11.267 116.51     ****WINNER****  0.008 12.172  90.84
       E/SA Index: 11.70 (+/-): -0.433           M/SA Index: 12.85 (+/-): -0.678
 Prior rounds:
C1                   0.047 11.495 119.20      (B Elliott   ) 0.070 12.533  77.71
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

1:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.57 inches, adjusted altitude 3,672 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Easy win for Phillips and a pass to the final round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                                Bye
C2   ****WINNER****  0.036 12.052 109.50     
       L/SA Index: 12.70 (+/-): -0.648    
 Prior rounds:
C1    (G Hampton   ) 0.017 12.281  92.28   
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                           Bye

Kadar gets a bye to the final round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                        3361 Bo Butner                    
C2                   0.045  9.546 144.09     ****WINNER****  0.010  9.576 142.34
      AA/SA Index: 10.60 (+/-): -1.054          AA/SA Index: 10.60 (+/-): -1.024
 Prior rounds:
C1                   0.027  9.564 144.23      (B McClanahan) 0.030  9.707 118.96
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Close race with Butner getting the hole shot win.

MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 14 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  383 Larry Hill                           3610 Leonard Mattingly            
C2                   0.021 10.564 125.32     ****WINNER****  0.074 10.498 121.58
       B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -0.686           B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -0.752
 Prior rounds:
C1    (S Burton    ) 0.042 10.570 125.33                     0.036 14.014  67.59
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Hill gets a starting line advantage, but is no match for Mattingly.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                5300 Al Corda                     
C2                                            ****WINNER****  0.025 13.205  70.47
                                                 B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-):  1.955
 Prior rounds:
C1                                           (D Machael   ) 0.010 10.438 125.15
 Qualified:                                                      #99 No Time

Bye run to the finals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3578 Chris Mattingly                      7053 Bernie Cunningham            
C2   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.744 121.32                     0.037 10.845 122.93
       C/SA Index: 11.40 (+/-): -0.656           C/SA Index: 11.40 (+/-): -0.555
 Prior rounds:
C1    (C Loge      ) 0.018 10.866 116.08      (R Guest     ) 0.094 10.859 122.51
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Chris Mattingly has the best package for the C/SA class win. MOV: 0.1102 seconds (approximately 20 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5335 Dic Geary                            7360 Mike Loge                    
C2   ****WINNER****  0.010 11.556 113.75                     0.050 11.689 112.96
       H/SA Index: 12.15 (+/-): -0.594           H/SA Index: 12.15 (+/-): -0.461
 Prior rounds:
C1                   0.128 11.807  96.09      (K Newsome   ) 0.072 11.717 112.43
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Dic Geary parlays a hole shot and better performance into the class win. MOV: 0.1730 seconds (approximately 29 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                         5680 Marlene Nelson               
C2   ****WINNER****  0.043 11.551 114.07                     0.056 12.204 108.55
       I/SA Index: 12.30 (+/-): -0.749           I/SA Index: 12.30 (+/-): -0.096
 Prior rounds:
C1                   0.025 11.565 114.26      (K Mozeris   ) 0.037 12.138 108.31
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Nelson is no match for Ashley for the easy class win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Rusty Hall                           5035 Keith Lynch                  
C2                   0.074 10.344 127.75     ****WINNER****  0.128 10.126 118.61
       A/SA Index: 11.00 (+/-): -0.656           A/SA Index: 11.00 (+/-): -0.874
 Prior rounds:
C1    (D Gertschen ) 0.073 10.362 127.37                           No Time      
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Hall has a much better RT, but can't hold off Lynch for the class win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Toby Lang                            1781 Dan Fletcher                 
C2                   0.005 11.652 111.85     ****WINNER****  0.021 11.398 105.52
       F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.198           F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.452
 Prior rounds:
C1    (B Jensen    ) 0.014 11.421 113.84      (R Vargas    ) 0.064 11.456 100.50
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                             #99 No Time

Lang has a great 0.005 RT, but Fletcher runs -0.452 under the F/SA index for the class win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink