Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 05 Aug 2017, 16:21 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By David Gerard



KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6345 Vince Storms                            5 Jody Lang                    
E3                   0.075 10.995 117.39     ****WINNER****  0.016 12.245 101.58
        E/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.005           N/SA  Dial: 12.22 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Coe       ) 0.017 11.017  0.037      (J Storms    ) 0.033 12.174  0.004
E1    (T Haste     ) 0.090 10.996  0.006      (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.023 12.171 -0.009
 Qualified:            #22 10.990 -0.710                       #38 12.778 -0.222
1:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.58 inches, adjusted altitude 2,429 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Jody Lang's MOV: 0.0396 seconds (approximately 7 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6231 Kelly Thomas                         7474 Justin Lamb                  
E3                   0.046 12.027 107.82     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.662 136.36
        M/SA  Dial: 11.99 (+/-):  0.037           FS/C  Dial: 9.61 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Kelly     ) 0.086 11.970  0.030      (C Method    ) 0.020  9.606  0.026
E1    (R Green     ) 0.041 11.931 -0.009      (P Kost      ) 0.048  9.611  0.011
 Qualified:             #9 11.992 -0.858                       #25  9.634 -0.666
Close door handle to door handle finish.

Justin Lamb's MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 18 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  627 Brian Seaburg                        6952 Greg Kielman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.033 13.748  93.94                     0.024 11.667 110.33
        T/SA  Dial: 13.73 (+/-):  0.018           F/SA  Dial: 11.61 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Oliviero  ) 0.023 13.730  0.040      (P Brooks    ) 0.071 11.579  0.019
E1    (J Roderick  ) 0.032 13.708  0.018      (G Marshall  ) 0.050 11.533  0.003
 Qualified:            #31 13.902 -0.498                       #37 11.606 -0.244
Another close race.

Brian Seaburg's MOV: 0.0303 seconds (approximately 5 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  64 Ryan Warter                  
E3                                            ****WINNER****  0.035 11.869  96.42
                                                  J/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-): -0.581
 Prior rounds:
E2                                           (D Scheitlin ) 0.041 11.908  0.238
E1                                           (J Boyce     ) 0.093 11.699  0.009
 Qualified:                                                      #23 11.757 -0.693
Bye run for Warter and he will race Seaburg later.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6711 Tommy Gaynor                         6636 Mick Alley                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058 10.131 111.19                     0.077 14.053  81.13
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.869           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  3.053
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Johnstone ) 0.018 10.100  0.030      (S Burton    ) 0.021 10.180  0.030
E1    (B Bushmaker ) 0.023 10.095  0.045      (D Jung      ) 0.014 10.151  0.001
 Qualified:             #3 10.079 -0.921                       #19 10.237 -0.763
Heads-up! Winner will race Lang in the next round.

Alley smokes the tires at the green and Gaynor gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                         1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.020 12.121 101.64                     0.022 10.466 117.15
        L/SA  Dial: 12.11 (+/-):  0.011           FS/F  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Thompson  ) 0.035 12.090  0.030      (B Burton    ) 0.008 10.412  0.032
E1                   0.038 12.042 -0.658      (C Barnes    ) 0.006 10.363 -0.017
 Qualified:             #1 11.635 -1.065                       #18 10.429 -0.771
Just 0.002 difference in RT's and Sorenson gets there first by five feet for the win.

1:17 p.m. He will race Lamb in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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