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Sat, 16 Nov 2019, 13:10 PM

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, 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7739 C.W. Hoefer                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016 11.064 119.18     
        G/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.936   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Libersher ) 0.026 11.073  0.013   
E1    (J Lang      ) 0.028 11.095  0.015   
 Qualified:            #16 11.064 -0.936                     Bye

9:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,415 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Hoefer gets the round three bye run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E3                   0.004  9.996 128.26     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.245 116.47
        A/SA  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.004          AA/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.015  9.978  0.018      (P Cotten    ) 0.021 10.295  0.085
E1    (S Scherschli) 0.043  9.968 -0.002      (J Gray      ) 0.040 10.206  0.006
 Qualified:             #6 10.034 -0.966                       #58 10.165 -0.535

Two strong lights and Rizzoli gets the breakout win.

Wann runs just -0.004 under his dial after a 0.004 light! OUCH!


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          5400 Al Corda                     
E3                   0.012  9.756 132.02     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.117 130.61
        FS/D  Dial: 9.73 (+/-):  0.026            A/SA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Jerome    ) 0.018  9.678 -0.072      (M Williams  ) 0.036 10.110 -0.010
E1    (B Gullett   ) -0.028  9.666 -0.024      (M Svensson  ) 0.027 10.111  0.011
 Qualified:            #32  9.719 -0.881                       #39 10.138 -0.862

Close side by side finish!
Al Corda runs seven to his dial for the close win. MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

He will race Rizzoli in round four.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                           7500 Doug Holder                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.023  9.766 133.79                     0.058 11.690 106.57
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.026            K/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Dickens   ) 0.084  9.731 -0.009      (J Adkinson  ) 0.045 11.683  0.023
E1    (J Roderick  ) 0.058  9.741  0.011      (B Bushmaker ) -0.045 11.644 -0.016
 Qualified:            #12  9.749 -0.951                        #5 11.676 -0.974

John Shaul gets the win and will face Hoefer next round. MOV: Opponent broke out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  776 Doug Lambeck                         7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E3                   0.016 10.126 129.28     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.045 129.55
        A/SA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.036           FS/E  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Buczynski ) 0.014 10.093  0.013      (D Keen      ) 0.041 10.030  0.020
E1    (D LaVoie    ) 0.021 10.085  0.035      (K Comstock  ) 0.029 10.000  0.000
 Qualified:            #30 10.116 -0.884                       #23 10.030 -0.920

Another really close finish.

Leo Glasbrenner's MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 21 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Ryan Mangus                             3 Jeff Taylor                  
E3                   0.049 10.826 119.72     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.159 143.90
        E/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.026           FS/B  Dial: 9.14 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Gandee Jr ) 0.018 10.809 -0.011      (J Jerome    ) 0.045  9.128  0.018
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.002 10.826  0.026      (M Kirby     ) 0.024  9.105  0.005
 Qualified:            #29 10.812 -0.888                       #37  9.131 -0.869

Jeff Taylor's MOV: 0.0232 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Phil Mandella Jr.                    7274 Larry Gilley                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.149 113.08                     0.553 10.783 121.50
        G/SA  Dial: 11.03 (+/-):  0.119           E/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.053
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B O'Connor  ) 0.077 11.021 -0.009      (S Richardson) 0.027 10.703  0.003
E1    (C Lane      ) 0.027 11.040  0.000      (M Johnston  ) 0.058 10.796  0.106
 Qualified:            #25 11.087 -0.913                        #3 10.710 -0.990

Winner will race Taylor next round.

Gilley is way late and that gives the easy win to Mandella.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7192 Ryan Herem                           7002 Jim Meador                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017 10.421 119.34                     0.097 10.616 123.76
        B/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.061           D/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Strang    ) 0.037 10.372 -0.008      (D Kramer    ) 0.009 10.611  0.041
E1    (C Loge      )       10.317  0.067      (M Loge      ) 0.057 10.566  0.006
 Qualified:             #4 10.266 -0.984                       #11 10.598 -0.952

Ryan Herem leave with a seventeen light for the win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0150 seconds (approximately 3 feet), Meador was late and broke out by just -0.004.

10:05 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink