Sun, 01 Sep 2013, 11:19 AM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   14 Jim Boudreau                         3540 Chuck Downing                
E5                   0.036 10.454 125.49     ****WINNER****  0.053 10.864 120.61
        B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.034            F/S  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Winchester) -0.038 10.417  0.007      (G Richard   ) 0.113 10.830  0.020
E3    (M Pustelny  ) 0.060 10.442  0.012      (H Costello  ) 0.025 10.899  0.019
E2    (S Richardson) 0.029 10.348 -0.902      (J McCormack ) 0.063 10.942  0.092
E1    (B Gibson    ) 0.029 10.418 -0.012      (P Cambria   ) 0.011 10.894 -0.006
 Qualified:            #50 10.317 -0.933                       #46 10.857 -0.943

11:07 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,197 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Quarterfinals, winners get to run on Labor Day.

Chuck Downing's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                        3384 Mike McGinley                
E5                   0.037 10.355 127.99     ****WINNER****  0.032 11.426 111.56
        B/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.045           H/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Butner    ) 0.013 10.318  0.018      (L Mattingly ) 0.014 11.386  0.006
E3    (K Sepanek   ) 0.032 10.348  0.008      (C Mattingly ) 0.013 11.458  0.008
E2    (B Sempsrott ) 0.029 10.452  0.122      (E Reyes     ) -0.048 11.430 -0.720
E1    (S Pourciau  ) 0.018 10.381  0.051      (M Buth      ) 0.037 11.391  0.051
 Qualified:            #27 10.249 -1.001                       #79 11.279 -0.871

Mike McGinley's MOV: 0.0342 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6104 Brad Plourd                          1547 Jack Matyas                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.033 11.519 113.51                    -0.006  9.745 136.21
        H/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.009          CC/SA  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Stubbs    ) 0.052 11.585  0.065      (F Periard   ) 0.096  9.720 -0.010
E3    (C Holbrook  ) 0.068 12.157  0.667      (J Myers     ) 0.030  9.787  0.057
E2    (J Shipp     ) 0.035 11.480  0.000      (E Brooks    ) 0.060  9.722 -0.018
E1    (M Ficacci   ) 0.081 11.471 -0.079      (D Connolly  ) 0.049  9.762  0.032
 Qualified:           #116 11.343 -0.807                       #72  9.719 -0.881

"Fast Jack" went red by six thousandths and Plourd races Downing in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2808 Bobby Warren                         3339 Travis Sturgell              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.528 122.03                     0.017 11.314 122.38
        C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.872           C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.086
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Burton    ) 0.007 10.481 -0.019      (P Candies   ) 0.059 10.735  0.005
E3    (J Boburka   ) 0.042 10.632  0.092      (S Dziorny   ) 0.058 10.749 -0.001
E2    (S Cummings  ) 0.045 10.535  0.035      (K Lynch     ) 0.046 10.744 -0.056
E1    (E Bednaz    ) 0.012 10.522  0.012      (M Skinner   ) 0.042 10.814  0.034
 Qualified:            #49 10.463 -0.937                      #133 10.645 -0.755

Heads-up! Warren faces McGinley in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink