Sun, 19 May 2019, 15:11 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 2 eliminations in School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Scott Libersher                      3909 Drew Skillman                
E2                   0.060  9.669 132.30     ****WINNER****  0.052  8.011 170.54
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Pritchett ) 0.091  8.994 168.87      (D Fezell    ) 0.044  8.078 170.58
 Qualified:             #4  7.985 171.47                        #8  8.013 170.67

Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 3,230 feet, track temperature 136 degrees.

This is the first time Libersher and Skillman have faced each other in eliminations.

Skillman with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 David Barton                            3 Arthur Kohn                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  8.088 169.34                     0.053 13.871  70.40
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Skillman  ) 0.074  8.050 172.85      (K Lumsden   ) 0.062  8.031 171.27
 Qualified:            #11  8.038 173.03                        #7  8.004 170.99

Kohn is 2 - 1 against Barton in prior events.

Barton with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  360 Geoff Turk                           3334 Chris Holbrook               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  8.663 170.02                     0.059  9.594 147.41
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Janac     ) 0.017  9.187 169.15      (R Taylor    ) 0.077  8.105 170.97
 Qualified:            #14  8.060 171.99                       #10  8.031 171.86

Holbrook is 1 - 0 against Turk in prior events.

Turk with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Skillman in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1991 Pete Gasko Jr.                       3361 Bo Butner                    
E2                   0.089 11.237 108.05     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.015 176.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Pawuk     ) 0.064  8.022 171.36      (K Skinner   ) 0.057  7.992 172.17
 Qualified:             #5  7.986 171.99                        #1  7.943 173.38

This is the first time Gasko Jr. and Butner have faced each other in eliminations.

Butner with the starting line advantage and the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink