Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sun, 13 Nov 2016, 17:26 PM

Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations
By David Gerard



POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  373 Bill Skillman                        7856 Jim Grossi                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.037  9.007 147.96                    -0.004  9.230 142.91
       FSS/E  Dial: 9.01 (+/-): -0.003           GT/AA  Dial: 9.23 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Hall      ) 0.018  8.955  0.005      (G Porter    ) 0.053  9.173 -0.017
E3                   0.018  8.930 -0.030      (K Etter     ) -0.035  9.430  0.030
E2    (A Loewen    ) 0.032  9.019  0.029      (J Lamb      ) 0.016  9.206 -0.004
E1    (L Glasbrenne) 0.023  8.983  0.023      (G Stassi Jr ) -0.008  9.201 -0.899
 Qualified:             #1  8.957 -1.093                       #10  9.215 -0.885
2:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,291 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Bill Skillman's MOV: opponent's red light by -0.004 and then runs right on his dial. OUCH!.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 David Rampy                          1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E5                   0.026 10.203 129.47     ****WINNER****  0.009 10.401 117.41
       GT/HA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.023          FSS/I  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.031
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Keen      ) 0.011 10.152  0.002      (A Emmer     ) 0.017 10.360  0.040
E3    (M Cotten    ) 0.011 10.135  0.005      (A Stanfield ) 0.022 10.311  0.001
E2    (T Janes     ) 0.014 10.203  0.043      (D Barcelon  ) 0.033 10.351  0.011
E1    (D Bridgewate) 0.006 10.154  0.024      (K Angeles Pa) 0.016 10.356  0.026
 Qualified:             #9 10.157 -0.893                       #56 10.242 -0.208
Dan Fletcher leaves first with a nine light and smokes the tire in the light to not break out.MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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