Sun, 26 Sep 2021, 13:26 PM Factory Stock Showdown Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 David Janac                           439 Stephen Bell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.976 169.89                     0.041  9.710 121.77
 Qualified:             #8  7.836 173.18                        #9  7.855 174.17

12:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 1,900 feet.

Bell hits the throttle, loses traction and has to pedal. Janac goes down the groove and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  689 Leah Pruett                             8 John Cerbone                 
E1                   0.091  7.982 169.04     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.883 177.72
 Qualified:             #5  7.821 174.64                       #12  7.880 176.35

Cerbone gets out of the gate first and holds off Pruett for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3663 Dan Condon                              7 Doug Hamp                    
E1                  -0.005  7.836 177.37     ****WINNER****  0.044  7.915 173.99
 Qualified:             #4  7.821 177.51                       #13  7.888 172.98

Condon misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Hamp.

Hamp will take on Cerbone in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Mark Pawuk                           B346 Lee Hartman                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.123  7.816 182.50                     0.036  7.987 173.83
 Qualified:             #2  7.772 179.14                       #15  7.956 174.91

Hartman gets out of the gate first, stays in front to half track, then Pawuk goes around and takes the win.

Mark Pawuk's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.087), 330 ft(-0.050), 660ft(-0.002), 1,000ft(0.042). MOV: 0.0844 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 David Barton                         3662 Scott Libersher              
E1                   0.041  7.982 175.73     ****WINNER****  0.052  7.884 177.25
 Qualified:             #6  7.825 178.73                       #11  7.869 175.32

Barton pulls the wheels off of the line, makes a move toward the wall, and loses precious time. Libersher goes down the groove and takes the win.

With the loss, Barton loses his chance of taking the championship.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3397 David Davies II                      3285 Joseph Welch                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  7.825 177.63                     0.074  7.818 183.10
 Qualified:             #7  7.829 177.79                       #10  7.866 182.50

Davies gets out of the gate first and takes the holeshot win.

David Davies II's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

Davies will take on Pawuk in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Aaron Stanfield                      3047 Kim Shirley                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.840 176.53                     0.084  8.207 168.22
 Qualified:             #1  7.765 176.12                       #16  8.132 167.53

Stanfield gets the holeshot and pulls away for the win. Shirley was off of the throttle early, not sure why.

Stanfield will take on Janac in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jesse Alexandra                      L177 Leonard Lottig               
E1                   0.050  7.838 175.55     ****WINNER****  0.049  7.798 179.16
 Qualified:            #14  7.900 173.99                        #3  7.782 178.10

A coin flip off of the line, Lottig gets the early lead and pulls away for the win.

Leonard Lottig's incremental margins: 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.021), 660ft(0.033), 1,000ft(0.032). MOV: 0.0414 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

With Alexandra's loss Stanfield is the 2021 champion.

Lottig will take on Libersher in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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