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Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 20:25 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 397M Brina Splingaire                     400B Britt Cummings               
E3                  -0.002 17.736  54.48     ****WINNER****  0.058 10.612 125.30
        E/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  7.286           C/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Speer     ) 0.049 10.950  0.050      (D Turk      ) 0.037 10.631  0.061
E1    (K Stone     ) 0.016 10.889 -0.001      (T Henderson ) 0.013 10.604  0.024
 Qualified:            #16 10.870 -0.830                       #23 10.613 -0.787

7:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,323 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Splingaire leaves too quick and gives the win to Cummings.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3382 Bruce Kastle                          412 Chris Chaney                 
E3                  -0.016 11.267 117.44     ****WINNER**** -0.002 10.410 112.14
        E/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.027           A/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.080
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Pitt      ) 0.016 11.244  0.024      (J Diekema   ) 0.007 10.321  0.031
E1    (R Charnes   ) 0.046 11.218 -0.022      (J Hanlon    ) 0.066 10.350  0.050
 Qualified:            #56 11.407 -0.293                       #33 10.297 -0.703

Kastle leave too soon and goes red giving the win to Chaney.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Drew Skillman                        6104 Brad Plourd                  
E3                   0.032  9.006 147.13     ****WINNER****  0.026 12.074 100.95
        FS/B  Dial: 8.98 (+/-):  0.026            J/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Morgan    ) 0.015  8.983  0.033      (D Whalen    ) 0.055 12.098  0.018
E1    (T Tosto     ) 0.047  8.937  0.007      (C Mahlosky  ) 0.019 12.067  0.017
 Qualified:             #5  8.982 -1.018                       #58 12.238 -0.212

Plourd gets the advantage off the line and takes the close win.

Brad Plourd's MOV: 0.0082 seconds (approximately 21 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3447 Daryl Bureski                        2066 Adam Davis                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007 11.330 110.10                     0.046 11.108 103.07
        D/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-):  0.070           F/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.068
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.043 11.276  0.026      (L DeForrest ) 0.032 11.374  0.344
E1    (T Pettigrew ) 0.030 11.196 -0.034      (C Knudsen   ) 0.009 11.043  0.023
 Qualified:            #54 11.207 -0.343                       #17 11.020 -0.830

Bureski gets a big holeshot and holds off Davis for the win.

Bureski will take on Plourd in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  329 Dan Tool                             3222 Chris Stephenson             
E3                   0.131 14.616  91.84     ****WINNER****  0.028 11.798 106.40
        V/SA  Dial: 14.63 (+/-): -0.014           K/SA  Dial: 11.71 (+/-):  0.088
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.061 14.585 -0.115      (C Belanger  ) 0.018 11.736  0.016
E1    (C Method    ) 0.057 14.632  0.062      (L Smith     ) 0.019 11.694 -0.026
 Qualified:             #2 14.417 -1.083                       #10 11.763 -0.887

Stephenson gets a huge holeshot and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5204 Fred Suiter                          3000 M.J. Quinn                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.456 125.71                     0.049 11.391 113.87
        B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.036           H/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Turkal    ) 0.015 10.442  0.022      (G Nivans    ) 0.023 11.452  0.102
E1    (L Henderson ) 0.051 10.394  0.004      (A Kastle    ) 0.025 11.405  0.075
 Qualified:            #15 10.402 -0.848                       #22 11.352 -0.798

Suiter gets the advantage off the line and goes around Quinn for the win.

Suiter will take on Chaney in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3325 Kyle Riley                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3                  -0.013 11.819 110.68     ****WINNER****  0.036 10.380 128.08
        J/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-):  0.059           FS/G  Dial: 10.41 (+/-): -0.030
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Cummings  ) 0.008 11.743  0.003      (A Wick      ) 0.019 10.379  0.039
E1    (R Montford  ) 0.026 11.721  0.011      (M Lund      ) 0.013 10.332 -0.008
 Qualified:            #34 11.753 -0.697                       #12 10.491 -0.859

Riley goes red and gives the win to Fletcher.,p>Fletcher will take on Cummings in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4739 Greg Stanfield                        308 Robin Lawrence               
E3                   0.036  9.893 129.14     ****WINNER****  0.040  9.740 129.39
        FS/D  Dial: 9.82 (+/-):  0.073            FS/B  Dial: 9.69 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Stephenson) 0.002  9.824  0.014      (T Wudarczyk ) 0.013  9.783  0.093
E1    (K Hildahl   ) 0.001  9.800  0.010      (R Wilkes    ) 0.025  9.827  0.037
 Qualified:            #21  9.800 -0.800                       #59  9.814 -0.186

Stanfield gets a small holeshot but can't hold off Lawrence.

Lawrence will take on Stephenson in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink