Drag Race Central - NHRA
Fri, 04 Sep 2015, 15:05 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 4 Class Eliminations (Revised)
By Larry Sullivan



BROWNSBURG, Ind. - (Revised) Results of round 4 class eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. National (incliuudes Factory Stock finals in class):

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3540 Charley Downing                       428 Kevin Helms                  
C4   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.270 140.07                           No Time      
        FS/C Index: 10.30 (+/-): -1.030           FS/C Index: 10.30 (+/-): 89.699
 Prior rounds:
C3    (J Boburka   ) 0.051  9.158 147.94      (B Massingill) 0.056  9.247 127.23
C2                   0.000  9.276 133.12      (J Lopez     ) 0.035  9.217 131.79
C1    (R Massey    ) 0.187  9.225 143.25      (P Cambria   ) 0.093  9.194 145.69
 Qualified:            #14  9.149 150.50                       #19  9.157 146.30
Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 4,015 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Helms is a no show and Downing gets the Class win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   45 J Allen Sherman                      4022 Jeff Teuton                  
C4   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.214 118.70                     0.007 19.934  47.38
        B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -1.036           B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-):  8.684
 Prior rounds:
C3    (J Boudreau  ) 0.009 10.076 128.36      (J Zimmerman ) 0.047 10.138 130.61
C2    (D Ficacci   ) 0.037 10.120 122.71      (F Thibeault ) 0.036 10.423 102.33
C1    (J Bardekoff ) 0.077 10.144 117.93      (M Truman    ) 0.073 10.229 116.99
 Qualified:            #27 10.138 130.54                       #48 10.213 128.64
Teuton with a great light, but has problems and Sherman with the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2066 Adam Davis                           4688 Mike Cotten                  
C4                   0.028 10.860 111.95     ****WINNER****  0.002 10.819 121.27
        F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.990           F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -1.031
 Prior rounds:
C3                   -0.002 11.623  91.19      (C Beach     ) 0.028 10.849 121.18
C2    (T Miller    ) 0.049 11.565  91.64                     -0.012 11.082 107.11
C1    (M Kight     ) 0.000 10.802 121.21      (K Hawkins   ) 0.177 10.873 120.80
 Qualified:            #43 10.802 121.21                       #50 10.820 121.29
Cotten with a near perfect light and gets the Class win. Mike Cotten's MOV: 0.0673 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Bo Butner                            1990 David Barton                 
C4   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.416 149.86                     0.040  9.387 151.83
        FS/X Index: 10.15 (+/-): -0.734           FS/X Index: 10.15 (+/-): -0.763
 Prior rounds:
C3    (J Welch     ) 0.022  9.099 120.01      (J Dourlet   ) 0.136  8.835 152.64
C2    (J Allegrucci) 0.035  8.965 145.00                     -0.004  8.921 135.50
C1    (F Henson    ) 0.046  9.132 120.60      (J Strickland) 0.174  8.988 133.53
 Qualified:             #9  8.918 151.54                        #3  8.804 152.76
2:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 3,932 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Butner had a nice holeshot, then Barton spun the tires hard. He almost ran Butner down anyway...almost. Bo Butner's MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 1 inch).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3805 Kevin Skinner                        3334 Chris Holbrook               
C4   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.518 151.75                     0.024  8.650 157.96
       FS/XX Index: 9.90 (+/-): -1.382           FS/XX Index: 9.90 (+/-): -1.250
 Prior rounds:
C3    (K Miele     ) 0.068  8.601 141.97      (A Berberich ) 0.063  8.602 152.35
C2    (S Ficacci   ) 0.163  8.597 145.91      (P Candies   ) 0.142  8.627 147.54
C1                   0.031  8.616 141.08      (C Watson    ) 0.078  8.615 145.33
 Qualified:             #2  8.553 141.39                        #4  8.560 158.86
Holbrook carried the wheels at least 100 feet. But Skinner was too quick for him, with a double-oh light and a quicker run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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