Sun, 25 May 2003, 04:07 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
    1 Kevin Helms                          4007 Marty Woffard
E5   ****WINNER****  0.049 10.339  0.019                    -0.002 11.902  0.042
        A/S  Dial: 10.32                          K/S  Dial: 11.86
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Hodge     ) 0.006 10.330  0.010      (K Lynch     ) 0.028 11.858 -0.022
E3    (V Buchanan  ) 0.042 10.317 -0.053                     -0.038 11.857 -0.993
E2    (T Mosbeck   ) 0.015 10.366 -0.004      (M Stephenson) 0.012 11.870 -0.010
E1    (F Allen     ) 0.124 10.417 -0.833      (N Folk      ) 0.016 11.965 -0.025
 Qualified:            #30 10.320 -0.930                        #2 11.731 -1.119

3:00 PM Quarterfinals...and Woffard goes red, barely red, but red.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 4850 Mike Wenke                           3066 Bert Morgan
E5   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.448 -0.012                     0.041 13.409 -0.021
       B/SA  Dial: 10.46                         R/SA  Dial: 13.43
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.136 10.480 -1.070      (R Turkal    ) 0.065 13.436  0.036
E3    (B Rink      ) 0.125 10.399 -0.041      (D Hulquist  ) 0.061 13.367 -0.033
E2    (D Wikle     ) 0.049 10.457  0.007      (P Biondo    ) 0.006 13.400  0.000
E1    (E Georges   ) 0.072 10.714  0.164      (J Lacy      ) 0.119 13.699  0.299
 Qualified:             #3 10.455 -1.095                       #41 13.452 -0.898

The Buick "grocery getter" is out'a here. Wenke meets Helms in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- (+/-)
 3278 Clint Blezien                        4122 Mike Manning
E5   ****WINNER****  0.046 12.231 -0.009                     0.031 12.539 -0.011
      F/FIA  Dial: 12.24                         K/SA  Dial: 12.55
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Hanlon    ) 0.000 12.278  0.028      (B Gipson    ) 0.029 12.546  0.046
E3    (J Schaechter) 0.067 12.183  0.013      (R Taylor    ) 0.043 12.461  0.021
E2    (J Hefler    ) 0.038 12.194  0.014      (M Wenke     ) 0.059 12.473 -0.037
E1    (B Shaw      ) 0.020 12.341  0.041      (J Schaechter) 0.056 12.657  0.027
 Qualified:            #65 12.245 -0.705                       #73 12.546 -0.404

The winner here gets a bye in the semifinals. Blezien is going to the finals, Manning's good-looking Monte Carlo is going home.

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