Sun, 05 Sep 2021, 17:58 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 David Janac                             1 Aaron Stanfield              
E3                   0.041  7.963 170.90     ****WINNER****  0.043  7.913 171.79
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Skillman  ) 0.058  7.962 170.49      (D Condon    ) 0.024  7.922 171.23
E1    (L Wheelock  ) 0.030  7.950 170.95      (L Scott Libe) 0.024  7.892 171.71
 Qualified:            #14  7.994 171.58                        #8  7.944 172.08

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,744 feet.

Stanfield is 4 - 0 against Janac in prior events.

Janac with a couple ticks on the tree, but Stanfield chases him down for the win. He will have the bye into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jesse Alexandra                         8 John Cerbone                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.859 177.51                     0.041 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Bell      ) 0.011  7.922 170.62      (G Turk      ) 0.014  7.911 173.54
E1    (M Pawuk     ) 0.025  7.924 170.36      (A Kohn      ) 0.021  7.958 169.06
 Qualified:             #3  7.874 172.47                        #9  7.950 174.68

Cerbone is 1 - 0 against Alexandra in prior events.

Alexandra with the starting line advantage and the win. Cerbone is out of the groove early and crosses the centerline, he comes back across his lane and gets into the wall.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 T200 Anthony Troyer                       3285 Joseph Welch                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.153  9.525 109.17                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Lottig    ) 0.027  7.985 170.30      (L Pruett    ) 0.016  7.831 177.65
E1    (W Rodriguez ) 0.055  7.970 169.98                     0.054  8.373 176.70
 Qualified:             #7  7.929 171.08                        #1  7.776 179.95

This is the first time Troyer and Welch have faced each other in eliminations.

Welch brought up the rpms and the car didn't hold and it left before the tree was activated to give Troyer the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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