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Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 14:25 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 J529 Jackie Olson                           76 Chad Langdon                 
E3                   0.096 12.810 101.18     ****WINNER****  0.044 11.023 105.97
        P/SA  Dial: 12.75 (+/-):  0.060           E/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.083
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Irving    ) 0.059 12.796  0.046      (B Burton    ) 0.010 10.898  0.028
E1    (C Battis    ) 0.081 12.769  0.009      (M Johnston  ) 0.035 10.924  0.064
 Qualified:            #42 12.765 -0.685                       #21 10.861 -0.839

12:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.85 inches, adjusted altitude 1,729 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Chad Langdon's MOV: 0.0294 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                            703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E3                   0.025 12.130 104.17     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.412 118.36
        M/SA  Dial: 12.14 (+/-): -0.010          AA/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jerome    ) 0.024 12.170  0.070      (B North     ) 0.038 10.447  0.037
E1    (B Butner    ) 0.022 12.271  0.181      (J Cooper    ) 0.017 10.505 -0.195
 Qualified:            #34 12.076 -0.774                       #56 10.524 -0.176

Just 0.004 difference in RT's and Kyle Rizzoli gets the win. MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.010.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  785 Tony Mandella                        5306 Johnny Diekema               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058 10.809 119.71                    -0.001 11.313 109.81
        F/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-): -0.041           H/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cotten    ) 0.003 10.814 -1.036      (S Burton    ) 0.026 11.331  0.011
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.071 10.944  0.014      (B Elliott   ) 0.009 11.351  0.071
 Qualified:            #10 10.946 -0.904                       #18 11.298 -0.852

Diekema goes red by just -0.001 and Mandella gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                        7897 Andy Kimball                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030 17.120  75.20                     0.123 10.758 123.44
        EF/S  Dial: 17.12 (+/-):  0.000            D/S  Dial: 10.81 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Pond      ) 0.041 17.111  0.031      (A Miller    ) 0.102 10.826  0.036
E1    (D Cyr       ) 0.062 17.213  0.073      (D McGaugh   ) 0.003 10.786 -0.034
 Qualified:            #52 17.104 -0.346                       #44 10.848 -0.652

Six second head start for Bill O'Connor and he runs right on his dial for the win.MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0410 seconds (approximately 7 feet), opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035 11.026 107.93     
        E/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.674   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Schultz   ) 0.058 11.038  0.148   
E1    (D Alvey     ) 0.008 10.970  0.110   
 Qualified:            #17 10.840 -0.860                     Bye

Bye run and he races Langdon tomorrow morning.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                          741 John Irving                  
E3                  -0.011  8.604 157.41     ****WINNER****  0.056 12.457 104.23
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.58 (+/-):  0.024            N/SA  Dial: 12.47 (+/-): -0.013
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jerome    ) 0.008  8.576 -0.004      (J Lindstrom ) 0.122 12.441 -0.029
E1    (D McIntosh  ) 0.002  8.568  0.048      (C Hall      ) 0.062 12.465  0.025
 Qualified:            #26  8.585 -0.815                       #48 12.424 -0.576

John Irving's MOV: opponent's -0.011 red light.

O'Conner will be in the other lane tomorrow.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4402 Jerry Emmons                         7702 B.J. Graham                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.078 10.498 125.87                     0.076 13.315  98.16
        B/SA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-):  0.038           T/SA  Dial: 13.34 (+/-): -0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Fletcher  ) 0.068 10.507  0.007      (T Kadar     ) 0.029 13.303  0.053
E1    (N Warling   ) 0.050 10.512  0.042                     0.035 13.387 -1.013
 Qualified:            #53 10.912 -0.338                        #1 13.286 -1.114

Just 0.002 difference in RT's and Jerry Emmons gets the winMOV: Opponent broke out.

He races Rizzoli in the next round.Jerry Emmons' MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E3                   0.006 10.639  99.50     ****WINNER****  0.034 10.373 113.26
        C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.761           C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -1.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Ashley    ) 0.003 10.613  0.033      (B McClanahan) 0.022 10.598  0.018
E1    (R Pauley    ) 0.045 10.399 -1.001      (R Smith     ) 0.048 10.709  0.169
 Qualified:            #43 10.725 -0.675                       #22 10.562 -0.838

Heads-up! Glassbrenner has a much better six light, but can't hold off a charging Shipp.

12:21 p.m. She races Mandella tomorrow.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink