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Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 14:30 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                       1990 David Barton                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.900 101.01                     0.076  8.902 152.38
        E/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.130           FS/B  Dial: 8.75 (+/-):  0.152
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L Zane      ) 0.031 10.753 -0.047      (A Smyth     ) 0.041  8.757  0.007
E3    (K Sansone   ) 0.032 10.748 -0.952      (B Fazio     ) 0.062  8.719  0.029
E2    (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.008 11.072  0.242      (V Guilmino  ) 0.062  8.928  0.088
E1    (J Harris    ) 0.010 10.896  0.086                     0.015  8.781 -1.569
 Qualified:            #27 10.746 -0.954                        #1  8.778 -1.572

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 1,264 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Iacono with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1601 Jim Farrell                          1707 Jim Boburka                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.027 11.563 113.47                     0.027  9.197 138.30
        H/SA  Dial: 11.64 (+/-): -0.077          BB/SA  Dial: 9.29 (+/-): -0.093
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Leach     ) 0.049 11.648  0.058      (J Gray      ) 0.026 13.074  3.784
E3    (G Jordan    ) 0.016 11.575 -0.045                     0.120  9.301  0.301
E2    (S Smyth     ) 0.028 11.744  0.044      (L Williams  ) 0.021  9.341  0.011
E1    (B Rowe      ) 0.067 11.698  0.048      (M Epprecht  ) -0.063  9.339  0.039
 Qualified:            #79 11.642 -0.508                       #25  9.337 -0.963

They leave together and Farrell gets the win in the double break out race. Farrell will face Iacono in the semifinal.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Howard Smith                         1150 Russell Linke                
E5                   0.047 12.066 107.11     ****WINNER****  0.012 10.541 120.16
        M/SA  Dial: 12.09 (+/-): -0.024           C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Farrell   ) 0.012 12.144  0.024      (A Fetch     ) 0.011 10.520  0.010
E3    (D Pires     ) 0.049 12.113  0.043      (T Dauber    ) 0.013 10.540  0.010
E2    (B Broadbent ) 0.003 12.307  0.087      (J Mocci     ) 0.008 10.730  0.080
E1    (E Bednaz    ) 0.051 12.166  0.066      (D Connolly  ) 0.006 10.560  0.040
 Qualified:            #65 12.094 -0.756                       #51 10.527 -0.873

Linke with the starting line advantage and the win. He will get the bye into the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink