Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 16:28 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   8 David Barton                 
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.057  7.913 170.51
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (D Wheelock  ) 0.085  7.942 170.69
 Qualified:                                                       #1  7.811 175.71

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,029 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Barton with the bye, he is straight down the groove.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Arthur Kohn                          1340 John Cerbone                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.944 172.47                     0.048  7.902 171.14
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Janac     ) 0.045  7.913 172.43      (L Pruett    ) 0.029  7.903 170.77
 Qualified:            #10  7.903 173.32                        #4  7.841 174.66

This is the first time Kohn and Cerbone have faced each other in eliminations.

Kohn with a great light and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Arthur Kohn's MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

He will give up lane choice to Barton in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Stephen Bell                          387 Mark Pawuk                   
E2                   0.022  7.905 173.45     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.901 173.09
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hamp      ) 0.055  7.912 173.72      (L Wheelock  ) 0.071  7.900 173.38
 Qualified:             #8  7.893 173.54                        #2  7.814 175.48

Bell is 2 - 0 against Pawuk in prior events.

Pawuk with a great light and the win. Mark Pawuk's MOV: 0.0204 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  445 Aaron Stanfield                       597 David Kramer                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  7.885 173.54                     0.040  8.925 144.27
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Skinner   ) 0.039  7.868 174.35      (J Alexandra ) 0.002  7.936 171.55
 Qualified:             #3  7.833 174.75                        #9  7.898 174.41

Stanfield is 1 - 0 against Kramer in prior events.

Stanfield with a tick advantage and the win. He will have lane choice over Pawuk in the semifinal.

Stanfield wins the SamTech Factory Stock Showdown Championship with the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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