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Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 15:29 PM

Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock 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
 3388 Mark Nowicki                          428 Kevin Helms                  
E5                   0.043  9.772 136.80     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.292 144.07
       FGT/D  Dial: 9.76 (+/-):  0.012           FSS/F  Dial: 9.27 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Sheehan   ) 0.044  9.766  0.006      (D Fletcher  ) 0.031  9.271 -0.009
E3    (R Skillman  ) 0.088  9.757 -0.013      (P Candies   ) 0.038  9.300  0.020
E2    (D Kelly     ) 0.071  9.761  0.001      (R Klein     ) 0.023  9.305  0.045
E1    (K Lynch     ) 0.028  9.775  0.015      (B Wilkinson ) 0.047  9.271 -0.009
 Qualified:            #18  9.341 -1.009                       #30  9.242 -0.958

2:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 991 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.13 inches, adjusted altitude 3,908 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Helms had the better light and drove the stripe nicely. Kevin Helms' MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  106 Jeff Roell                           4403 Gary Emmons                  
E5   ****WINNER****  0.010  9.560 139.57                     0.019  9.820 128.31
       FSS/G  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  0.000           SS/GA  Dial: 9.83 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Duncan    ) 0.043  9.552  0.002      (A Bongiovann) 0.070  9.816  0.016
E3    (D Rampy     ) 0.036  9.562  0.042      (J Lawrence  ) 0.026  9.852  0.042
E2    (M Voges     ) 0.002  9.601  0.061      (J Taylor    ) 0.006  9.857  0.027
E1    (J Niceswange) 0.039  9.694  0.174      (D Neal      ) 0.072  9.837 -0.003
 Qualified:            #81  9.411 -0.839                      #109  9.801 -0.749

Roell had less than a hundredth advantage at the green and he made it stick, running dead-on for a 0.010 package and the win light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Peter Biondo                            8 Brad Zaskowski               
E5                   0.049  9.662 129.03     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.959 125.82
       GT/CA  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): -0.018            GT/F  Dial: 9.97 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E4    (M Forbes    ) 0.045  9.678 -0.002      (S Cour      ) 0.035  9.995  0.035
E3    (M Stephenson) 0.010 10.340  0.670      (M Alvey     ) 0.059  9.942 -0.028
E2    (R Hill      ) 0.034  9.794  0.134      (N Marsden   ) 0.059  9.983  0.043
E1    (I Johns     ) 0.000  9.716  0.066      (R Cruzen    ) 0.041  9.944  0.004
 Qualified:            #95  9.618 -0.782                      #123  9.898 -0.702

Great matchup! Brad Zaskowski's MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0210 seconds (approximately 4 feet) in a double breakout. He races Roell in the semifinals.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Jimmy DeFrank                        598X Tyler Wudarczyk              
E5   ****WINNER****  0.031  8.839 155.11                     0.027 10.561 109.05
       SS/BS  Dial: 8.83 (+/-):  0.009           GT/IA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T DePillo   ) 0.044  8.897  0.057      (L Hodge     ) 0.035 10.746  0.236
E3    (J Miller    ) 0.012  8.823  0.013      (B Worner    ) 0.030 10.501 -0.029
E2    (J Teuton    ) 0.018  8.842  0.032      (A DeCarlo   ) 0.033 10.683  0.193
E1    (M Alvey     ) 0.051  8.912  0.092      (T Frantz    ) 0.038 10.480  0.010
 Qualified:            #36  8.713 -0.937                       #96 10.422 -0.778

Just four thousandths difference at the green and DeFrank overcame that for the win. Jimmy DeFrank's MOV: 0.0387 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He gets to run Helms in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink