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Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 14:51 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                        4121 Kyle Ratcliff                
E5                  -0.001 10.227 116.65     ****WINNER****  0.029 10.610 124.84
        A/SA  Dial: 10.12 (+/-):  0.107           C/SA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E4    (A Davis     ) 0.028 10.109  0.009      (C Walters   ) 0.017 10.613  0.033
E3    (C McFarland ) 0.026 10.096  0.056      (T Weinzapfel) 0.034 10.544  0.024
E2    (K Skinner   ) 0.050 10.094  0.034      (J Pennington) 0.001 10.568  0.028
E1    (D Tool      ) 0.055 10.063  0.013      (D Fletcher  ) 0.018 10.530 -0.010
 Qualified:            #98 10.064 -0.936                      #118 10.507 -0.893

2:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,908 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

DeFrank went red by "a stinkin' thou'"


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4024 Shane Burkett                        5018 Corey Hopkins                
E5                   0.009 11.460 111.49     ****WINNER****  0.054 11.252 104.52
        I/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.010           G/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E4    (C Sweasy    ) 0.005 11.485  0.055      (J Emmons    ) 0.124 11.234  0.024
E3    (B Sempsrott ) 0.066 11.364  0.024      (J Shipp     ) 0.073 11.198  0.038
E2    (B Zaskowski ) 0.027 11.422  0.012      (D Ficacci   ) 0.037 11.221  0.041
E1    (C Holbook   ) 0.015 11.372  0.042      (G Richard   ) 0.083 11.194  0.024
 Qualified:            #68 11.317 -0.983                       #88 11.047 -0.953

Nice double-oh light for Burkett, but he took too much stripe. Hopkins advances to race Ratcliff in the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1489 Steven Ficacci                       3428 Tom Rambo                    
E5                   0.048  9.020 144.47     ****WINNER****  0.066 11.252 111.57
       FS/XX  Dial: 8.97 (+/-):  0.050            G/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Noland    ) 0.021  8.975  0.025      (J Boudreau  ) 0.025 11.249  0.049
E3    (S Holt      ) 0.015  8.981  0.081      (T Pettigrew ) 0.067 11.143  0.053
E2    (L Mattingly ) 0.028  8.921  0.001      (J Hale      ) 0.051 11.162  0.002
E1    (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.047  8.935  0.015      (B Rogers    ) 0.030 11.093  0.003
 Qualified:            #81  8.942 -0.958                      #109 11.093 -0.907

Ficacci had the better light, but Rambo was closer to his dial for the win. Tom Rambo's MOV: 0.0007 seconds (approximately 2 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2032 Jack Zimmerman                         45 J Allen Sherman              
E5                  -0.021 10.348 127.56     ****WINNER**** -0.008 10.602 118.17
        B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.902           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.648
 Prior rounds:
E4    (W Owens     ) 0.075 10.402  0.102      (K Helms     ) 0.034 10.182  0.032
E3    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.036 10.262  0.022      (S Burton    ) 0.126 10.578 -0.672
E2    (K Riley     ) 0.056 10.310 -0.030      (K Vaughn    ) 0.089 10.160  0.000
E1    (J Dourlet   ) 0.031 10.314  0.074      (B Massingill) 0.031 10.153  0.043
 Qualified:            #71 10.268 -0.982                       #27 10.138 -1.112

Heads-up! Sherman went red and Zimmerman will race Rambo in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink