Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 04:23 PM Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    4 Dan Fletcher                         2210 Ronnie Courtney
E5   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.183  0.013                     0.021  9.674 -0.036
      SS/HA  Dial: 10.17                         GT/C  Dial: 9.71
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Stokes    ) 0.028 10.158 -0.032      (B Zaskowski ) 0.000  9.726  0.046
E3    (F Bartoli   ) 0.009 10.203  0.013      (A Alvey     ) 0.037  9.671 -0.009
E2    (J Duncan    ) 0.041 10.170  0.010      (M Jeltema   ) 0.017  9.695  0.045
E1    (S Pearson   ) 0.045 10.228  0.038      (L Eagle     ) 0.055  9.682  0.012
 Qualified:            #47  9.955 -0.945                       #69  9.655 -0.845

3:15 PM

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5555 Jeff Stealy                          5488 Dean Mesenbring
E5   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.042  0.012                     0.057 10.670  0.000
      SS/IA  Dial: 10.03                        GT/IA  Dial: 10.67
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Leber     ) 0.004 10.017  0.007                     0.006 10.662  0.002
E3    (D Bogner    ) 0.021  9.982 -0.008      (T Frantz    ) 0.005 10.619 -0.001
E2    (I Johns     ) 0.021 10.021  0.021      (L Stewart Jr) 0.058 10.663  0.033
E1    (B Alvey     ) 0.088 10.138  0.048      (K Shawver   ) 0.014 10.672  0.002
 Qualified:            #32 10.005 -0.995                       #66 10.643 -0.857

Jeff Stealy's MOV: 0.0366 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 5493 Don Duke                             3740 Jeff Niceswanger
E5                   0.051  9.860 -0.030     ****WINNER****  0.047 10.280 -0.030
       SS/H  Dial: 9.89                         GT/GA  Dial: 10.31
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Denysenko ) 0.146  9.867  0.017      (R Boertman  ) 0.082 10.300 -0.900
E3    (J Coughlin  ) 0.053  9.844  0.014      (V Krol      ) 0.022 10.310  0.010
E2    (C Reigle    ) 0.094  9.855 -0.015      (D Turner    ) 0.026 10.357  0.027
E1    (W McLemore  ) 0.027  9.952  0.052      (C Westcott  ) 0.028 10.364 -0.046
 Qualified:            #46  9.852 -0.948                       #68 10.353 -0.847

A double 0.030 breakout, 0.0045-seconds difference at the finish line.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink