Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 14:59 PM Stock Eliminator Round 6 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 6 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
 1150 Russell Linke                              Bye
E6   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.539 125.75     
        C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.019   
 Prior rounds:
E5    (H Smith     ) 0.012 10.541  0.021   
E4    (A Fetch     ) 0.011 10.520  0.010   
E3    (T Dauber    ) 0.013 10.540  0.010   
E2    (J Mocci     ) 0.008 10.730  0.080   
E1    (D Connolly  ) 0.006 10.560  0.040   
 Qualified:            #51 10.527 -0.873                     Bye

2:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 1,264 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Linke had a bye into the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1601 Jim Farrell                          1977 Michael Iacono               
E6                   0.063 11.557 113.57     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.767 119.40
        H/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-): -0.003           E/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E5    (J Boburka   ) 0.027 11.563 -0.077      (D Barton    ) 0.029 10.900  0.130
E4    (J Leach     ) 0.049 11.648  0.058      (L Zane      ) 0.031 10.753 -0.047
E3    (G Jordan    ) 0.016 11.575 -0.045      (K Sansone   ) 0.032 10.748 -0.952
E2    (S Smyth     ) 0.028 11.744  0.044      (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.008 11.072  0.242
E1    (B Rowe      ) 0.067 11.698  0.048      (J Harris    ) 0.010 10.896  0.086
 Qualified:            #79 11.642 -0.508                       #27 10.746 -0.954

Iacono will race Linke for the Stock Eliminator title in the final round. Michael Iacono's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0090 seconds (approximately 18 inches), opponent broke out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink