Mon, 24 May 2021, 12:46 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in School of Automotive Machinists Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jesse Alexandra                      3662 Scott Libersher              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.921 176.88                     0.032  7.993 172.96
 Qualified:             #8  7.945 173.85                        #9  7.956 173.25

Libersher with th starting line advantage, but Alexandra has the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  689 Leah Pruett                             5 Arthur Kohn                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  7.893 174.96                     0.082  7.950 172.81
 Qualified:            #10  7.959 174.73                        #7  7.941 173.52

Pruett with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3663 Dan Condon                              6 David Janac                  
E1                   0.027  7.939 174.93     ****WINNER****  0.024  7.892 173.74
 Qualified:             #2  7.869 176.21                       #15  8.083 168.18

Janac with a slight starting line advantage and the win. Janac will have lane choice over Pruett by 0.001 seconds in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Doug Hamp                            3285 Joseph Welch                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  8.774 111.57                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #6  7.921 173.83                       #11  7.997 169.44

Welch is a no-show...

Hamp with the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  439 Stephen Bell                         3805 Kevin Skinner                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.049  7.977 170.92
 Qualified:             #5  7.915 172.74                       #12  8.006 172.89

Bell is no-show...

Skinner is straight down the groove with a good looking pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 David Barton                            3 Mark Pawuk                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  7.896 175.96                     0.076  8.708 157.80
 Qualified:             #4  7.915 172.87                       #13  8.050 172.21

Barton with the starting line advantage and the win. He will have lane choice over Skinner in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4523 Dennis Chaisson                       373 Bill Skillman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.329  8.799 124.16                           No Time      
 Qualified:            #16  8.308 165.62                        #1  7.823 177.72

Skillman is a no-show to give Chaisson the freebie. He will give up lane choice to Alexandra in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 T200 Anthony Troyer                          1 Aaron Stanfield              
E1                   0.065  7.968 172.63     ****WINNER****  0.056  7.899 174.17
 Qualified:            #14  8.053 172.17                        #3  7.895 174.14

Stanfield with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Hamp in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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