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Sun, 02 Nov 2014, 11:59 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   66 Mick Alley                           5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
E5   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.418 125.76                     0.062 10.519 125.22
        A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.028           B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Speer     ) 0.035 10.397 -0.003      (N Lapointe  ) 0.008 10.532  0.002
E3    (M Stephenson) 0.047 10.423 -0.017      (J Hughes    ) 0.024 10.595  0.045
E2    (R Bedford   ) 0.089 10.537  0.107      (K Skinner   ) 0.063 10.559 -0.881
E1    (L Norton    ) 0.066 10.453  0.023      (E Richardson) 0.033 10.791 -0.649
 Qualified:            #59 10.415 -0.775                       #30 10.524 -0.916

8:51 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,136 feet, track temperature 64 degrees.

Alley gets the holeshot and hangs on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                          627 Brian Seaberg                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.049 10.608 123.79                     0.083 14.122  92.44
        B/SA  Dial: 10.59 (+/-):  0.018           U/SA  Dial: 14.20 (+/-): -0.078
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.035 10.594 -0.846      (P Biondo    ) 0.009 14.206  0.006
E3    (B Plourd    ) 0.048 10.704 -0.006      (C Whitney   ) 0.025 14.178 -0.042
E2    (B Calvert   ) 0.019 10.740  0.100      (C Ashley    ) 0.081 14.219 -0.071
E1    (R Chen      ) 0.040 10.699 -0.001      (R Thibert   ) 0.089 14.268  0.018
 Qualified:            #27 10.504 -0.936                       #70 14.415 -0.695


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                1990 David Barton                 
E5                                            ****WINNER****  0.014 No Time      
                                                  FS/B  Dial: 10.53 (+/-): 89.469
 Prior rounds:
E4                                           (J Hidalgo Jr) 0.026  9.104  0.164
E3                                           (T Kadar     ) 0.041  8.940  0.000
E2                                           (D Machael   ) 0.030  8.947  0.007
E1                                           (T Cain      ) 0.105  8.983  0.013
 Qualified:                                                       #3  8.965 -1.565

Barton leaves the line and the car noses over. He has the bye so will move on to the next round where he will take on Alley.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 724P Seth Polvadore                       5250 Todd Patterson               
E5   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.881 103.65                     0.101  9.456 126.47
        I/SA  Dial: 11.84 (+/-):  0.041          BB/SA  Dial: 9.33 (+/-):  0.126
 Prior rounds:
E4    (L DeForrest ) 0.002 11.836  0.016      (B Butner    ) 0.108  9.527  0.197
E3    (C Rayburn   ) 0.066 11.849  0.009      (J Emmons    ) -0.041  9.467  0.107
E2    (A Corda     ) 0.014 11.851  0.011      (L Peterson  ) 0.012  9.388  0.038
E1    (R Pond      ) 0.043 11.879  0.029      (J Allen Sher) 0.015  9.414  0.054
 Qualified:            #71 11.820 -0.690                       #10  9.367 -1.113

Polvadore gets a big holeshot and will take on Sorenson in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink