Sat, 05 May 2012, 19:52 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day Two:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  399 Lindell Hilling                      4860 Jimmy Hidalgo                
E3                   0.135 10.621 123.35     ****WINNER****  0.016 11.223 115.88
        E/CM  Dial: 10.65 (+/-): -0.029          E/FIA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K DOUGHTY   ) 0.038 10.621 -0.059      (W COLEMAN   ) 0.050 11.208  0.008
E1    (S BOGUES    ) 0.059 10.697  0.017                     0.086 11.203  0.013
 Qualified:            #15 10.641 -0.859                        #1 11.163 -1.337

6:41 p.m. Hilling left a bunch on the tree and the gorgeous '55 Chevy is done for today.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4728 Danny Doughty                          44 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E3                   0.082 12.614 104.91     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.356 113.33
        O/SA  Dial: 12.70 (+/-): -0.086          A/FIA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2                   -0.008 12.704  0.044      (B BAKIES    ) 0.013 10.429  0.089
E1    (J PITT      ) 0.019 12.705  0.045      (E LANDRY    ) 0.024 10.328 -0.062
 Qualified:            #20 12.639 -0.811                       #25 10.381 -0.769

"Dog and Puppy" are in the quarterfinals. Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.'s package: 0.015.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4553 Jay Landry                           4877 Ronnie Marlow                
E3                   0.092 13.308 101.16     ****WINNER****  0.018 12.126  85.57
        K/SA  Dial: 12.43 (+/-):  0.878           G/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-):  0.656
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H GARY      ) 0.035 12.420  0.070      (J BRIMER    ) 0.026 11.468 -0.032
E1    (L HUDSON    ) 0.027 12.373  0.003      (J COX       ) -0.016 11.480 -0.050
 Qualified:            #32 12.355 -0.595                       #19 11.482 -0.818

Ronnie Marlow's MOV: 0.2962 seconds (approximately 44 feet). He will face Hidalgo Jr. in the quarterfinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4261 Gerald Nivans                        4520 David Latino                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009 15.993  82.57                     0.118 10.541 114.46
        W/SA  Dial: 16.04 (+/-): -0.047          B/FIA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-): -0.079
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S POURCIAU  ) 0.070 16.039 -0.021      (J GRANIER   ) 0.045 10.581  0.011
E1    (T BARTLETT  ) 0.050 16.060 -0.030      (W NEELY     ) 0.003 10.572  0.022
 Qualified:            #12 16.074 -0.876                        #8 10.512 -1.038

latino was uncharacteristically late at the green and Nivans backed into him on the top end for the win. Gerald Nivans' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0770 seconds (approximately 13 feet) in a double breakout. He gets a bye to the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4745 Wayne Larsen                         2113 Chad Rhodes                  
E3                   0.075 11.055 118.96     ****WINNER****  0.076 11.933 109.99
        C/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.065          E/FIA  Dial: 11.89 (+/-):  0.043
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J LEMOINE   ) 0.027 11.042  0.012      (I TALBOT    ) 0.092 11.901  0.011
E1    (J DOUGHTY   ) 0.100 11.057  0.067      (R KASTNER   ) 0.202 11.910 -0.020
 Qualified:            #27 10.970 -0.730                       #31 11.891 -0.609

Chad Rhodes' MOV: 0.0212 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He races Hidalgo Sr. in the quarters.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink