Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 18:18 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5479 Jeff Cunningham                      5394 Randy Herman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039 12.330 101.80                     0.043 14.210  90.21
        H/SA  Dial: 12.29 (+/-):  0.040           R/SA  Dial: 14.14 (+/-):  0.070
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.011 12.189 -0.101      (M Coe       ) 0.123 14.515  0.455
E1    (L Weber     ) 0.028 12.267  0.117      (J Mooney    ) 0.094 14.051  0.021
 Qualified:             #9 12.090 -0.830                        #5 14.031 -0.909

4:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 24.15 inches, adjusted altitude 9,826 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Jeff Cunningham's MOV: 0.0345 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5576 Stephen Hagberg                      5325 Rick Wessels                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.872 116.01                     0.037 11.822 111.68
        A/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.032            D/S  Dial: 11.81 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Gregory   ) 0.036 10.802  0.032      (S Wells     ) 0.038 11.808  0.038
E1    (A Williams  ) 0.010 10.816  0.016      (S Burton    ) 0.034 11.756  0.016
 Qualified:             #3 10.720 -0.980                       #23 11.743 -0.487

Hagberg wins a close one. He'll face Cunningham in round four. Stephen Hagberg's MOV: 0.0012 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                           508 Ted Romero                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.006 11.721 109.85                     0.042 11.586  99.66
        D/SA  Dial: 11.69 (+/-):  0.031           C/SA  Dial: 11.53 (+/-):  0.056
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Rhodes    ) 0.047 11.720  0.090      (B Hatcher   ) 0.003 11.803  0.303
E1    (R Johnson   ) 0.019 11.589  0.039      (B Pollard   ) 0.112 11.474  0.024
 Qualified:            #14 11.550 -0.730                       #26 11.771 -0.349

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0611 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Carson Pedigo                           4 Michael Brand II             
E3                   0.004 11.438 115.82     ****WINNER****  0.019 11.827 106.78
        C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.038           F/SA  Dial: 11.81 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Johnson   ) 0.003 11.350  0.010      (D Fletcher  ) 0.053 11.893 -0.707
E1    (S Couch     ) 0.014 11.304  0.004      (T Marlow    ) 0.015 11.681 -0.049
 Qualified:             #8 11.259 -0.861                        #4 11.687 -0.913

Michael Brand II's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 14 inches). He'll face Lamb in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink