Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 20:57 PM Stock Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4274 Jacob Pitt                            439 Stephen Bell                 
E4                   0.046 10.578 119.79     ****WINNER****  0.055  8.691 158.95
        C/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-): -0.002           FS/A  Dial: 8.69 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Marlow    ) 0.073 10.743  0.163      (K Helms     ) 0.001  8.726  0.026
E2    (K Pott-Hall ) 0.024 10.576  0.026      (D Janac     ) 0.063  8.692 -0.018
E1    (G Robillard ) 0.021 10.555  0.055      (H Emmons    ) 0.060  8.667 -1.033
 Qualified:            #17 10.458 -0.942                        #4  8.617 -1.083

7:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.34 inches, adjusted altitude 2,696 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Pitt gets the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4035 Danny Rucker                         2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E4                   0.043 11.351 115.54     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.355 110.81
        F/SA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-):  0.051          AA/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-):  0.075
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.017 11.313  0.023      (A Williams  ) 0.009 10.290  0.010
E2    (C Downing   ) 0.091 11.345  0.075      (R Warren    ) -0.028 10.325  0.045
E1    (V Buchanan  ) 0.018 11.267  0.037      (J Braswell  ) 0.043 10.305  0.025
 Qualified:            #57 11.210 -0.640                       #61 10.165 -0.535

Brenda Grubbs' MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 4 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4783 Rusty Hall                           4580 Tim Ames                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.204 126.44                     0.071 11.055 120.67
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-):  0.044            E/S  Dial: 11.10 (+/-): -0.045
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Davis     ) 0.023 10.182  0.052      (P DeVore    ) 0.162 11.093  0.023
E2    (B Zaskowski ) 0.043 10.191  0.071      (B Skillman  ) 0.008 11.082  0.012
E1    (S Holt      ) 0.067 10.207  0.057      (B Butner    ) 0.050 11.060  0.050
 Qualified:            #60 10.115 -0.585                       #56 11.000 -0.650

Hall gets the holeshot, the win and a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4681 Lowell Gerber                        4705 Bobby Brannon                
E4                   0.052 12.015 106.75     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.407 126.03
        H/SA  Dial: 12.04 (+/-): -0.025           A/SA  Dial: 10.39 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Cummings  ) 0.040 12.067  0.017      (J Hidalgo Jr) 0.011 10.398  0.008
E2    (J Hutto     ) 0.053 12.036  0.016      (P Candies   ) 0.027 10.379 -0.011
E1    (H Park      ) 0.046 11.990  0.010      (B Cummings  ) 0.055 10.352  0.002
 Qualified:            #68 11.916 -0.234                       #54 10.326 -0.674

Brannon gets the advantage off the line;Gerber breaks out.

Brannon will take on Grubbs in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4517 Patrick Courts                             Bye
E4   ****WINNER****  0.143 11.991 108.83     
        L/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-):  0.091   
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Basham    ) 0.085 12.044  0.114   
E2    (T Patterson ) 0.134 11.937  0.037   
E1    (B Marlow    ) 0.042 11.889 -0.041   
 Qualified:            #46 11.906 -0.794                     Bye

Courts will take on Bell in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink