Sun, 08 Nov 2026, 15:26 PM Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 5 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 C W Hoefer                              8 Jeff Adkinson                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.014 11.306 101.64                     0.024 10.213 118.15
        G/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-):  0.116           FS/B  Dial: 9.42 (+/-):  0.793
 Prior rounds:
E4    (J Jordan    ) 0.062 11.154 -0.016                     6.058 11.115  2.115
E3    (B Grubbs    ) 0.023 11.161  0.011      (D Radford   ) 0.049  9.711  0.321
E2    (D Scheitlin ) 0.011 11.183  0.003      (B Gullett   ) 0.019  9.459  0.029
E1    (C Method    ) 0.047 11.232  0.042      (J Johnson   ) 0.042  9.416 -0.014
 Qualified:             #6 11.136 -1.064                       #54  9.394 -0.776

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, adjusted altitude 3,226 feet.

Hoefer with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 Jerry Emmons                         5209 James Beuthel                
E5   ****WINNER****  0.045 10.635 108.85                     0.021 10.969 117.41
        B/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.035           F/SA  Dial: 10.98 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Corradi   ) 0.085 10.622  0.022      (W Kelly     ) 0.045 10.971  0.001
E3    (T Cassil    ) 0.021 10.607  0.037      (P Theobald  ) 0.007 10.932  0.022
E2    (J Hughes    ) 0.018 11.037  0.387                     -0.006 10.993 -1.057
E1    (R Bong      ) 0.015 10.559 -0.061      (J Defrank   ) 0.015 10.963  0.003
 Qualified:            #39 10.577 -0.863                        #1 10.909 -1.141

Beuthel with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Emmons the win. He will have a bye in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   10 Jody Lang                            4688 Michael Cotten               
E5                   0.027 12.258  95.01     ****WINNER****  0.018 11.172 114.26
        M/SA  Dial: 12.23 (+/-):  0.028           G/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E4    (D Williams  ) 0.014 12.186  0.026      (J Lamb      ) 0.038 11.133  0.033
E3    (A Strang    ) 0.038 12.165  0.025      (B Sheasgreen) 0.038 11.080  0.000
E2    (W Emmons    ) 0.025 12.228 -0.002      (R Vickers   ) 0.050 11.191  0.031
E1    (L Robbins   ) 0.012 12.238  0.068      (T O`Loughlin) 0.027 11.160  0.040
 Qualified:            #18 12.112 -0.958                        #5 11.112 -1.088

Cotten with the starting line advantage for the win. Michael Cotten's MOV: 0.0153 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He will face Hoefer in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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