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Sun, 04 Mar 2012, 14:25 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 5 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
   44 David Latino                          428 Kevin Helms                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.290 118.09                     0.071 10.090 132.37
        B/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.010           A/SA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Bratsen   ) 0.002 10.284  0.004      (K Ratcliff  ) 0.019 10.043 -0.007
E3    (B Cummings  ) 0.044 10.796 -0.454      (J Brimer    ) 0.025 10.072 -0.928
E2    (R Marlow    ) 0.034 10.253 -0.067      (K Stubbs    ) 0.026 10.055  0.005
E1    (B Bogues    ) 0.032 10.389  0.039      (J Lemoine   ) 0.053 10.179 -0.071
 Qualified:            #13 10.429 -0.821                       #18 10.214 -0.786

1:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 829 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Somebody from Louisiana will be in the final round...and it will be Latino, better at both ends of the track.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4074 Jimmie Hutto                         4775 Jason Buckner                
E5                   0.070 10.101 129.55     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.077 115.91
       CC/SA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.031           G/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Doughty   ) 0.073 10.086 -0.024                     -0.046 11.029 -0.071
E3    (D Doughty   ) 0.005 10.133  0.033      (J Allen Sher) 0.020 11.135  0.035
E2    (W Bailey    ) 0.116 10.062  0.012      (S Hall      ) 0.002 11.113  0.063
E1    (J Pitt      ) 0.056 10.187  0.017      (J Swinehart ) 0.027 11.295  0.095
 Qualified:            #41 10.178 -0.422                        #9 11.124 -0.876

And one of these Texas drivers will face latino in the finals...Buckner gets the honors. Jason Buckner's MOV: 0.0395 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink