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Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 12:37 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division, first event at Royal Purple Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 John Brimer                           428 Kevin Helms                  
E3                   0.062 10.062 130.72     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.072 126.35
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.938           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.928
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Emmons    ) 0.020 10.232 -0.068      (K Stubbs    ) 0.026 10.055  0.005
E1    (W Birkett   ) 0.036 10.435  0.105      (J Lemoine   ) 0.053 10.179 -0.071
 Qualified:            #25 10.275 -0.725                       #18 10.214 -0.786

Heads-up! Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 30.19 inches, adjusted altitude 709 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Kevin Helms' MOV: 0.0271 seconds (approximately 5 feet), on a holeshot.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 David Latino                         400B Britt Cummings               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044 10.796  95.25                     0.034 11.913  76.37
        B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.454           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.663
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Marlow    ) 0.034 10.253 -0.067      (J Emmons    ) 0.013 10.257 -0.993
E1    (B Bogues    ) 0.032 10.389  0.039      (M Carey     ) 0.035 10.412 -0.838
 Qualified:            #13 10.429 -0.821                        #6 10.338 -0.912

Heads-up! Cummings' car stumbled a bit on the launch and he slowed on the top end.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4723 Kenny Doughty                        4403 Gary Emmons                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005 11.477 112.95                     0.074 10.504 124.64
        H/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-):  0.007           C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Doughty   ) 0.039 11.467 -0.003      (B McClister ) 0.009 10.591  0.041
E1    (A Williams  ) 0.092 12.057  0.387      (B Hatcher   ) 0.010 10.723  0.113
 Qualified:            #38 11.658 -0.492                       #17 10.595 -0.805

Kenny Doughty's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0060 seconds (approximately 13 inches), opponent broke out. Kenny Doughty's package: 0.012.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4446 J. Allen Sherman                     4775 Jason Buckner                
E3                   0.094 10.808 122.06     ****WINNER****  0.020 11.135 112.55
        D/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-): -0.022           G/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Basham    ) 0.018 10.867  0.007      (S Hall      ) 0.002 11.113  0.063
E1    (P Candies   ) 0.020 10.957  0.037      (J Swinehart ) 0.027 11.295  0.095
 Qualified:            #29 10.880 -0.670                        #9 11.124 -0.876

Jason Buckner's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0170 seconds (approximately 3 feet), opponent broke out. Buckner gets a bye to the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4074 Jimmie Hutto                         4728 Daniel Doughty               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.133 126.29                     0.060 12.497 104.87
       CC/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.033           O/SA  Dial: 12.46 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Bailey    ) 0.116 10.062  0.012      (M Colaluca  ) 0.044 12.462  0.002
E1    (J Pitt      ) 0.056 10.187  0.017      (D Buckner   ) -0.065 12.654 -0.496
 Qualified:            #41 10.178 -0.422                       #34 12.565 -0.585

Jimmie Hutto's MOV: 0.0593 seconds (approximately 9 feet), with a nice double-oh light. He races Doughty next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Brent Bratsen                        4427 Jarrod Granier               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004 11.299 111.26                     0.059 10.845 118.44
        H/SA  Dial: 11.28 (+/-):  0.019           D/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Womack    ) 0.012 11.239 -0.101      (S Cummings  ) 0.050 10.785 -0.085
E1    (J Cox       ) 0.073 11.429  0.029      (J Teuton    ) 0.016 11.045  0.075
 Qualified:            #23 11.400 -0.750                       #30 10.911 -0.639

Brent Bratsen's MOV: 0.0611 seconds (approximately 11 feet), also with a nice double-oh light. He faces Latino in the quarterfinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4222 Fred Henson                          4121 Kyle Ratcliff                
E3                  -0.044 10.010 131.24     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.602 122.69
        A/SA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-): -0.020           C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.082
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Carrell   ) 0.003  9.991 -0.009      (Bye         ) 0.019 10.490  0.010
E1    (C Battis    ) 0.118 10.098 -0.902      (J Hubbs     ) 0.046 10.404 -0.056
 Qualified:             #8 10.109 -0.891                        #1 10.440 -0.960

Ratcliff races Helms next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink