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Sat, 11 Nov 2017, 11:38 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                                 Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  9.975 132.49     
        A/SA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-):  0.015    
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Cocuzza   ) 0.063 10.029  0.059   
E1    (L Lindholm  ) 0.047 10.014  0.024   
 Qualified:             #2  9.892 -1.108                     Bye

8:25 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,885 feet, track temperature 66 degrees.

Wann gets the bye run to start today's racing.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  705 John Ancona                          3222 Chris Stephenson             
E3                   0.053 10.513 120.97     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.655 121.34
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.023           D/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Johnston  ) 0.001 10.563  0.073      (D Blabolil  ) 0.078 10.713  0.193
E1    (J Meador    ) 0.105 10.471 -0.069      (D Skillman  ) 0.056 10.582 -0.038
 Qualified:            #59 10.545 -0.155                        #8 10.581 -0.969

Chris Stephenson gets the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0172 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7307 Jeff Jerome                          7031 Gregg Luneack                
E3                  -0.006 10.352 127.78     ****WINNER****  0.042 10.174 129.82
        B/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.042           A/SA  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Loge      ) 0.002 10.371  0.031      (R Pauley    ) 0.081 10.188  0.008
E1    (B Broaddus  ) 0.079 10.358  0.008      (L Gilley    ) 0.031 10.238  0.038
 Qualified:            #20 10.341 -0.909                       #41 10.205 -0.795

Jerome goes red by -0.006 and Luneack goes to round four.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  611 Cal Method                           7650 Doug Gibson                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.002 11.327 107.05                     0.030 11.310 115.43
        H/SA  Dial: 11.29 (+/-):  0.037           G/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Nelson    ) 0.022 11.318  0.038      (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.010 11.362  0.032
E1    (T Ferruggia ) 0.018 11.267 -0.023      (J Jerome    ) 0.002 11.309 -0.041
 Qualified:            #13 11.215 -0.935                       #50 11.358 -0.642

Winner faces Wann next round.

Great two light for Cal Method and the win. MOV: Opponent broke out by -0.010.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7053 Bernie Cunningham                       4 Austin Williams              
E3                   0.088 10.650 119.36     ****WINNER****  0.017 11.095 111.58
        C/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.050           G/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Etter     ) 0.038 10.671  0.081      (J Lang      ) 0.013 11.066  0.026
E1    (D Holder    ) 0.029 10.647  0.027      (M Stephenson) 0.069 11.012 -0.988
 Qualified:            #51 10.770 -0.630                       #29 11.113 -0.887

Williams has a better light for the hole shot win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T733 Tim Seymour                            78 Chad Loge                    
E3                   0.077  9.271 143.98     ****WINNER****  0.053 10.347 125.08
        FS/B  Dial: 9.24 (+/-):  0.031            B/SA  Dial: 10.32 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B J Graham  ) 0.013  9.309  0.079      (J Calvert   ) 0.040 10.349  0.009
E1    (M Cotten    ) 0.037  9.234  0.004      (C Scheer    ) 0.060 10.335 -0.015
 Qualified:            #45  9.242 -0.758                       #24 10.349 -0.901

Chad Loge's MOV: 0.0285 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He will race Luneack later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Phil Mandella Jr.                      23 Jeff Adkinson                
E3                   0.033 11.169 115.81     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.557 116.64
        G/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.009           B/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Clarke    ) 0.018 11.172  0.032      (A Bushmaker ) 0.028 10.608  0.068
E1    (D Scheitlin ) 0.087 11.139 -0.021      (D Dickens   ) 0.001 10.529 -0.021
 Qualified:            #39 11.167 -0.833                       #47 10.517 -0.733

Both cars run close to their dials. Just 0.002 difference.
Jeff Adkinson's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Williams will be in the other lane later.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2543 Mike McMahan                         703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E3                   0.037 11.226 116.80     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.307 120.67
        H/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-):  0.006           A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B McClanahan) 0.162 11.284  0.024      (J Durham    ) 0.032 10.323  0.023
E1    (J DeFrank   ) 0.035 11.239  0.019      (J Stein     ) 0.013 10.285 -0.015
 Qualified:            #19 11.239 -0.911                       #55 10.420 -0.580

Really close door handle to door handle race.
Kyle Rizzoli gets a hole shot win, as McMahan runs six to his dial. MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

8:32 a.m. He races Stephenson in round four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink