Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 10:14 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By Jim Samuel



MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1783 Allison Smyth                        1559 Tom O'Loughlin               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.462 126.38                    -0.013 11.182 116.93
        C/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.062           F/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Goshert   ) 0.007 10.676  0.146      (J Allegrucci) 0.078 11.369  0.069
E1    (L Miller    ) 0.017 10.482  0.012      (J Beattie   ) 0.000 11.285  0.055
 Qualified:            #18 10.406 -0.994                       #75 11.224 -0.626
9:59 a.m. = Weather conditions: air temperature 51 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 598 feet, track temperature 60 degrees.



 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1017 Keith Sansone                        1977 Michael Iacono               
E3                   0.022 10.794 118.21     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.748 116.31
        E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.906           E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.952
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Ficacci   ) 0.040 11.011  0.021      (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.008 11.072  0.242
E1    (T Bishop    ) 0.014 10.953  0.053      (J Harris    ) 0.010 10.896  0.086
 Qualified:            #60 10.872 -0.828                       #27 10.746 -0.954
Heads-up!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1375 Mike Letellier                       1348 Mike Farrell                 
E3                  -0.002 19.182  89.84     ****WINNER****  0.020 11.051 100.87
       BB/SA  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  9.622            F/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-):  0.151
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Lisa      ) 0.002 19.415  9.785      (D Fezell    ) 0.011 11.042  0.072
E1    (F Thibeault ) 0.133  9.710  0.140      (R Epprecht  ) 0.078 10.993  0.033
 Qualified:            #71  9.582 -0.718                       #37 10.928 -0.922


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1150 Russell Linke                        1921 Tom Dauber                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.540 120.33                     0.094 11.449 110.08
        C/SA  Dial: 10.53 (+/-):  0.010           G/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-): -0.061
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Mocci     ) 0.008 10.730  0.080      (B Noland    ) 0.151 11.727  0.117
E1    (D Connolly  ) 0.006 10.560  0.040      (K Sepanek   ) 0.031 11.611  0.051
 Qualified:            #51 10.527 -0.873                       #85 11.568 -0.432
Russell Linke's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0100 seconds (approximately 19 inches), opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1139 John Leach                            198 Steve Szupka                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016 10.489 125.58                    -0.002 11.385 116.81
        C/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.009           I/SA  Dial: 11.39 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Rowe      ) 0.143 10.403 -0.997      (M Martel    ) 0.071 11.547  0.037
E1    (J Boudreau  ) 0.035 10.553 -0.007      (S Biondo    ) 0.070 11.466  0.066
 Qualified:            #61 10.581 -0.819                       #50 11.421 -0.879


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Howard Smith                            9 DJ Pires                     
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049 12.113 102.25                     0.016 11.498  99.00
        M/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-):  0.043           H/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-):  0.088
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Broadbent ) 0.003 12.307  0.087      (T Miller    ) 0.008 11.587  0.057
E1    (E Bednaz    ) 0.051 12.166  0.066      (A Bongiovann) 0.019 11.441  0.031
 Qualified:            #65 12.094 -0.756                       #54 11.295 -0.855
Smith will race Mike Farrell in the next round. Howard Smith's MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1937 Lee Zane                             1656 Kenneth Miele                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.019 11.328 107.03                     0.084  9.852 130.77
        H/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.088          CC/SA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Lynch     ) 0.026 11.426 -0.724      (J Gardiner  ) 0.011  9.928 -0.002
E1    (S Couturier ) 0.033 11.338  0.068      (R Infantino ) 0.018  9.926  0.046
 Qualified:            #33 11.218 -0.932                       #66  9.857 -0.743
Zane will race Iacono in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1228 Robert Don                            154 Anthony Fetch                
E3                   0.074 12.378 106.07     ****WINNER****  0.039 11.197 105.18
        N/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-): -0.072           G/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.087
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Fletcher  ) 0.052 12.603  0.203      (J Cokinos   ) 0.049 11.514  0.264
E1    (K Hawkins   ) 0.072 12.358 -0.172      (J Wayne Tota) 0.021 11.317 -0.683
 Qualified:            #80 12.507 -0.493                       #46 11.104 -0.896
Fetch will face Linke in round four.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1109 John Gray                            1301 Sam Capizzi Jr.              
E3   ****WINNER**** -0.096 11.117 116.40                    -0.005 13.339  96.38
        G/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.007           Q/SA  Dial: 13.39 (+/-): -0.051
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Conway    ) 0.015 11.264  0.044      (K Robinson  ) 0.032 13.627  0.107
E1    (G Richard   ) 0.055 11.180  0.060      (W Dent      ) 0.034 13.458  0.018
 Qualified:            #53 11.133 -0.867                       #87 13.390 -0.410


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  137 Roberet Fazio Jr                     1990 David Barton                 
E3                   0.044 12.557  98.89     ****WINNER****  0.062  8.719 147.20
        N/SA  Dial: 12.50 (+/-):  0.057           FS/B  Dial: 8.69 (+/-):  0.029
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Yago      ) 0.036 12.637  0.027      (V Guilmino  ) 0.062  8.928  0.088
E1    (J Perrone   ) 0.022 12.585  0.065                     0.015  8.781 -1.569
 Qualified:            #81 12.507 -0.493                        #1  8.778 -1.572
It will be Barton vs. Smith in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1601 Jim Farrell                          2561 Gene Jordan                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016 11.575 113.66                    -0.011 10.135 128.48
        H/SA  Dial: 11.62 (+/-): -0.045          BB/SA  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Smyth     ) 0.028 11.744  0.044      (J Matyas    ) 0.042 10.276  0.026
E1    (B Rowe      ) 0.067 11.698  0.048      (J Shaul     ) 0.016 10.158  0.038
 Qualified:            #79 11.642 -0.508                       #90 10.114 -0.186
Jim Farrell will race Leach in the fourth round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1707 Jim Boburka                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.120  9.301 125.24     
       BB/SA  Dial: 9.00 (+/-):  0.301    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Williams  ) 0.021  9.341  0.011   
E1    (M Epprecht  ) -0.063  9.339  0.039   
 Qualified:            #25  9.337 -0.963                     Bye
Boburka will race Gray in the next round.

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