Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 15:29 PM Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 5 eliminations in Super Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7405 Eric Bell                            5600 Michael Mans                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.230 141.65                    -0.023  8.670 156.30
       GT/EA  Dial: 9.24 (+/-): -0.010           SS/AS  Dial: 8.67 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E4    (T Wudarczyk ) 0.030  9.256  0.006                     0.023  8.757 -0.013
E3    (S Diekema   ) 0.061  9.247 -0.013      (B Haugaard  ) 0.022  8.713  0.023
E2    (C Hieb      ) 0.069  9.267  0.027      (J Adkinson  ) 0.005  8.663  0.013
E1                   0.014  9.420 -0.680      (D Zrust     ) 0.033  8.694  0.004
 Qualified:             #1  9.104 -0.996                        #3  8.658 -0.942

2:25 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 3,282 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Mans leaves too early and Bell gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6655 Darrell Dietz                          78 Don Thomas                   
E5   ****WINNER****  0.012  8.818 147.78                     0.072 10.300 128.01
       FSS/C  Dial: 8.76 (+/-):  0.058           GT/JA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Fenner    ) 0.037  8.803  0.013      (G Bichlmeier) 0.016 10.291  0.031
E3    (J Jenkins   ) 0.012  8.794  0.014      (M Stephenson) 0.005 10.268  0.008
E2    (J Findell   ) 0.031  8.785  0.005      (R Quam      ) 0.071 10.278  0.018
E1    (E Pearson   ) 0.043  9.252  0.452      (R Klein     ) 0.035 10.271  0.021
 Qualified:            #10  8.783 -0.867                       #31 10.248 -0.552

Dietz has the advantage at the tree and he gets the win by about 8 feet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink