Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 15:11 PM Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Night of Fire at Rocky Mountain Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7772 Vince Porter                         6413 Jon Percy                    
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.018 10.234 131.52
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.60 (+/-): 90.399           CC/SA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Coe       ) 0.018  9.622  0.092      (B Smith     ) -0.063 11.582  1.402
E1    (Bye         ) 0.054  9.515 -0.935      (M Loge      ) 0.011 10.164 -0.036
 Qualified:             #1  9.331 -1.119                        #6 10.202 -0.878

1:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 25.67 inches, adjusted altitude 6,465 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Number one qualifier, Porter, is dumping water on the track after the burnout and is shut off. Percy gets a free pass to round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  776 Doug Lambeck                         5227 John Cooper                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.677 122.41                     0.024 10.709 123.00
        A/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-): -0.823           A/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-): -0.791
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Snow      ) 0.032 10.700  0.030      (K Lynch     ) 0.061 10.775 -0.725
E1    (S Hagberg   ) 0.043 10.648 -0.852      (J Boyce     ) 0.046 10.758 -0.022
 Qualified:             #4 10.586 -0.914                        #8 10.686 -0.814

1:04 p.m. Heads-up! Winner will race Percy next round.

Cooper gets a good head start, but Lambeck runs him down right before the lights for the three foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Michael Brand II                        2 Leo Glasbrenner              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 11.851 101.51                     0.067 11.060 115.71
        G/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.021           C/SA  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Sanderson ) 0.014 11.815  0.015      (M Rezny     ) 0.056 11.058 -0.002
E1    (A Messer    ) 0.010 11.817  0.017      (M Hering    ) 0.035 11.079  0.039
 Qualified:             #7 11.715 -0.825                        #3 10.989 -0.931

Winner gets the bye run next round.

Michael Brand II's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0160 seconds (approximately 3 feet), opponent broke out by -0.010.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          7025 Jerry Stein                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.055 11.162 116.48                     0.024 11.200 115.31
        D/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.908           D/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.870
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hughes    ) 0.033 11.491  0.061      (E Blake     ) 0.218 11.371  0.021
E1    (N Bosworth-S) 0.045 12.226  0.796      (C Loge      ) 0.025 11.344  0.014
 Qualified:            #18 11.385 -0.685                       #14 11.335 -0.735

Heads-up! Stein has a big head start and Lamb just nips him right in the lights for the sixteen inch win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5009 Scott Burton                               Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.870 120.04     
        B/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.020   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jerome    ) 0.029 10.852 -0.038   
E1    (L Norton    ) 0.030 10.974  0.124   
 Qualified:             #2 10.764 -0.996                     Bye

Bye run and he will race Lamb next round.

1:07 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink