Sun, 09 Nov 2014, 18:57 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, Short Line Express Market Gambler Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Drew Skillman                        7857 John Gray                    
E5                   0.061  9.190 142.94     ****WINNER****  0.010 11.349 114.73
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.19 (+/-):  0.000            F/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E4    (R Warter    ) 0.005  9.188 -0.012      (T Cain      ) 0.029 11.352  0.002
E3                   0.022  9.174 -0.996      (J Meador    ) 0.025 11.382  0.042
E2    (J DeFrank   ) 0.026  9.102  0.012      (J Percy     ) 0.005 11.297  0.017
E1    (G Thomson   ) 0.056  9.120  0.020      (K Skinner   ) 0.003 11.265 -0.005
 Qualified:             #2  9.064 -1.106                       #67 11.280 -0.780

3:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 27.69 inches, adjusted altitude 4,234 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Gray gets a big advantage off the line and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                         7411 Jon Irving                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.888 142.73                     0.037 11.234 114.54
      AAA/SA  Dial: 8.87 (+/-):  0.018            D/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-):  0.014
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Lamb      ) 0.022  8.884  0.014      (B Aceves    ) 0.047 11.250  0.030
E3    (L Scarth    ) 0.012  8.904  0.034      (C Holroyd   ) 0.058 11.242  0.022
E2    (T McLaughlin) 0.013  8.949  0.079      (S Langdon   ) 0.036 11.192  0.002
E1    (D Lambeck   ) 0.032  8.885  0.015      (D Keen      ) 0.062 11.184  0.034
 Qualified:             #5  8.817 -1.053                       #85 11.124 -0.626

Calvert gets his best light of the day and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1136 Peter Biondo                          724 Robbie Irving                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.384 118.51                     0.081 11.853 110.66
       CC/SA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-):  0.044           H/SA  Dial: 11.86 (+/-): -0.007
 Prior rounds:
E4    (S Polvadore ) 0.011 10.347  0.007      (T Patterson ) 0.073 11.867  0.007
E3    (J Sanderson ) 0.013 10.327 -0.033      (M Madison   ) 0.053 11.846  0.076
E2    (L Peterson  ) 0.017 10.333  0.063      (J A McLaughl) 0.082 11.753 -0.027
E1    (P Haszlauer ) 0.018 10.213 -0.067      (D Bridgewate) 0.099 11.974  0.194
 Qualified:           #122 11.046  0.266                       #87 11.754 -0.606

Irving is late off the line and that was all Biondo needed to take the win.

Biondo will take on Calvert in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  785 Tony Mandella                         611 Cal Method                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.000 11.155 113.09                     0.070 11.486 113.13
        E/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.105           H/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.086
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Holder    ) 0.020 11.073 -0.017      (P Cannan    ) 0.077 11.479 -0.021
E3    (D Barcelon  ) 0.065 11.079 -0.001      (R Speer     ) 0.009 12.103 -0.257
E2    (M Williams  ) 0.055 11.010 -0.890      (J Allen Sher) 0.010 11.441  0.041
E1    (B Spens     ) 0.039 11.055 -0.035      (R Chen      ) 0.069 11.497 -0.863
 Qualified:            #62 11.101 -0.799                       #12 11.365 -0.995

Mandella gets a perfect light and holds off Method for the win.

Mandella will take on Gray in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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