Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 17:39 PM Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock 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
 2207 Jeff Taylor                           446 J. Allen Sherman             
E5   ****WINNER****  0.013  9.587 129.26                    -0.001  8.762 150.90
       GT/DA  Dial: 9.51 (+/-):  0.077           SS/BM  Dial: 8.81 (+/-): -0.048
 Prior rounds:
E4                         No Time            (B Butner    ) 0.010  9.024  0.204
E3    (D Keen      ) 0.030  9.528  0.008      (G Stassi Jr ) 0.036  9.017  0.117
E2    (L Zavala    ) 0.005  9.652  0.092      (K Etter     ) 0.005  8.917  0.017
E1    (D Bridgewate) 0.039  9.624  0.064      (R Menard    ) 0.043  8.996  0.096
 Qualified:            #11  9.573 -0.927                       #55  8.811 -0.389

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

Sherman is just a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. Taylor will get the bye into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  640 Don Thomas                            332 Marion Stephenson            
E5                  -0.020  9.944 132.88     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.882 134.36
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.94 (+/-):  0.004           GT/FA  Dial: 9.84 (+/-):  0.042
 Prior rounds:
E4    (I Johns     ) 0.066  9.921 -0.009      (A Bertozzi  ) 0.012  9.801 -0.009
E3    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.033  9.962  0.032      (H Doolittle ) 0.046  9.884  0.054
E2    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.068  9.973  0.013      (T Seipel    ) 0.055  9.878  0.008
E1    (J Adkinson  ) 0.059  9.968 -0.012      (K Alby      ) 0.079  9.867  0.007
 Qualified:            #40  9.993 -0.657                        #5  9.801 -0.999

Thomas is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  639 Christopher Cour                           Bye
E5   ****WINNER****  0.032  9.854 117.69     
       GT/EA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-): -0.796   
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Nelson    ) 0.055  9.732 -0.008   
E3    (J Bystrom   ) 0.024  9.887  0.177   
E2    (M Graham    ) 0.021  9.775  0.005   
E1    (R Loge      ) 0.050  9.799  0.039   
 Qualified:            #12  9.744 -0.906                     Bye

Cour with ths bye here and he will face Stephenson in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink