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Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 17:35 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7192 Ryan Herem                           4689 Paula Cotten                 
E5                   0.095 10.296 125.92     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.993 115.25
        B/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.016           F/SA  Dial: 10.97 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Gibson    ) -0.072 10.746  0.486      (B Butner    ) 0.033 11.003  0.053
E3    (J Meador    ) 0.021 10.310  0.000                     -0.010 10.987 -0.863
E2    (C Rayburn   ) 0.006 10.300  0.020      (K Lynch     ) 0.053 10.988  0.028
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.122 10.325  0.025      (D Holder    ) 0.038 11.016  0.046
 Qualified:             #6 10.235 -1.015                       #23 10.938 -0.912

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,313 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

cotten with the starting line advantage and the win light. Paula Cotten's MOV: 0.0525 seconds (approximately 10 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5717 Bobby DeArmond                       6104 Brad Plourd                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.006 10.152 125.39                     0.008 11.948 106.70
        A/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-): -0.048           K/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E4    (Bye         ) 0.370 14.662  3.662      (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.018 11.979  0.029
E3    (R Pauley    ) 0.184 10.158 -0.032      (M Faul      ) 0.015 11.987  0.007
E2    (R Kagawa    ) 0.090 10.155 -0.015      (S Wann      ) 0.012 12.019  0.039
E1    (B Bushmaker ) 0.003 10.254  0.144      (W Kelly     ) 0.036 12.028  0.048
 Qualified:            #24 10.101 -0.899                       #67 12.141 -0.509

A couple great lights here with DeArmond with the slight startinng line advantage and the win light in the double breakout race. He will get the bye into the final.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Drew Skillman                        7857 John Gray                    
E5                   0.014  8.908 149.98     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.116 116.21
       AA/SA  Dial: 8.95 (+/-): -0.042            F/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E4    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.025  8.922  0.012      (J DeFrank   ) 0.006 11.092 -0.008
E3    (J Durham    ) 0.023  8.953 -0.007      (R Warter    ) 0.014 11.170  0.010
E2                   0.030  9.028 -0.972      (J Emmons    ) 0.027 11.151  0.021
E1    (S Kathary   ) 0.016  8.988  0.038      (D Lambeck   ) 0.007 11.161  0.051
 Qualified:             #2  8.917 -1.083                       #55 11.179 -0.671

A couple really good lights here with Skillman getting the slight advantage, but Gray gets the win in the double breakout race. He will face Cotten in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink