Drag Race Central - NHRA
Thu, 10 Oct 2002, 07:39 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations
By Larry Sullivan



ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 17th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  52 Jeff Hefler        11.297 -0.853 Q   90 Donald Hough       11.898 -0.552
      F/SA  Dial: 11.33                       H/SA  Dial: 11.89
   (R Shaw      ) 0.544 11.338  0.038 E1   (J Bartlett  ) 0.512 11.926  0.036
   (Bye         ) 0.546 11.315 -0.835 E2   (F Weaver Jr ) 0.521 11.910  0.020
 *****WINNER***** 0.525 11.388  0.058 E3                  0.598 11.872 -0.018

6:23 PM Two more go-arounds for these folks today, to get down to seven cars for Sunday, then they pull up stakes to make room for Pro Stock, Pro Mod, Top Alcohol, and Comp to move into the paved pits.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  13 Rusty Hall         10.492 -1.058 Q   77 Bryan Valentine    12.304 -0.696
      B/SA  Dial: 10.50                       L/SA  Dial: 12.17
   (J Petty     ) 0.560 10.513 -0.007 E1   (P Cotten    ) 0.563 12.221  0.001
   (J Cimarolli ) 0.500 10.499 -0.011 E2   (M Harris    ) 0.560 12.430  0.240
                  0.478 10.523  0.023 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.501 12.176  0.006


Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  67 Jerry Hefler       12.979 -0.771 Q   54 Marty Woffard      12.001 -0.849
      P/SA  Dial: 13.09                        K/S  Dial: 11.99
   (J Swanson   ) 0.565 13.039  0.029 E1   (R Taylor    ) 0.529 12.008 -0.022
   (J Johnson   ) 0.545 13.062  0.012 E2   (S Bourg     ) 0.510 12.108  0.088
                  0.571 13.045 -0.045 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.572 12.016  0.026


Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  46 Kevin Helms        10.610 -0.890 Q   33 Bernie Cunningham  11.022 -0.978
       B/S  Dial: 10.60                       E/SA  Dial: 11.22
   (J Lacy      ) 0.538 10.617  0.017 E1   (D Frederick ) 0.537 11.306  0.066
   (B Rowe      ) 0.545 10.622  0.022 E2   (B Rogers    ) 0.506 11.232  0.032
                  0.564 10.775  0.175 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.516 11.302  0.082

Helms' car hesitated on the launch, looked like too much tire spin. MOV: 0.1117 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  91 Ronnie Morrow      11.150 -0.550 Q    2 Amy Faulk          10.940 -1.210
      C/SA  Dial: 11.18                       F/SA  Dial: 10.90
   (F Joyner    ) 0.515 11.145 -0.005 E1   (M Schommer  ) 0.613 10.906 -1.244
   (R Murray    ) 0.589 11.193  0.043 E2   (B Mc Clister) 0.739 10.883 -1.267
                  0.492 11.119 -0.061 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.499 10.978  0.078


Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  58 Sammy Pizzolato    10.472 -0.828 Q   45 Lee Zane           11.836 -0.914
      A/SA  Dial: 10.46                       J/SA  Dial: 11.86
   (D Holder    ) 0.571 10.536  0.066 E1   (L Bannister ) 0.502 11.962  0.082
   (T Wood      ) 0.563 10.435 -0.865 E2   (J Hanig     ) 0.510 11.872 -0.028
 *****WINNER***** 0.574 10.496  0.036 E3                  0.527 11.944  0.084

Zane gave up the line...MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  98 Larry Hudson       13.232 -0.218 Q   85 Austin Ford        10.939 -0.611
      O/SA  Dial: 13.16                       B/SA  Dial: 10.94
   (L Stephenson) 0.592 13.254  0.014 E1   (T Gusso     ) 0.512 10.973  0.003
   (J Davis     ) 0.623 13.176 -0.044 E2   (B Wenzel Sr ) 0.515 10.962  0.022
                  0.586 13.232  0.072 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.509 10.974  0.034

Ford is sharp on the tree today...

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  37 Gene Mosbek        10.347 -0.953 Q   25 Steven Hall        10.541 -1.009
      A/SA  Dial: 10.43                       B/SA  Dial: 10.53
   (T Litwiller ) 0.570 10.453  0.003 E1   (P Cardwell  ) 0.488 10.547  0.017
   (P Lacy      ) 0.540 10.450  0.000 E2   (G Emmons    ) 0.508 10.530  0.000
 *****WINNER***** 0.585 10.466  0.036 E3                  0.503 10.661  0.131

Hall had a great light, but couldn't run the number. MOV: 0.0136 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  19 Kent LaPorte       11.970 -1.030 Q   31 John Shaul         10.309 -0.991
      L/SA  Dial: 12.00                       A/SA  Dial: 10.39
   (J Paul      ) 0.503 12.010  0.010 E1   (B Bogues    ) 0.559 10.399 -0.001
   (F Colley Jr ) 0.505 12.050  0.040 E2   (S Goertzen  ) 0.481 10.399  0.009
 *****WINNER***** 0.508 12.023  0.023 E3                  0.610 10.385 -0.005


Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  74 Fred Riba          15.991 -0.709 Q   35 Marty Burke        10.724 -0.976
       W/S  Dial: 16.18                       C/SA  Dial: 10.77
   (L Philpot   ) 0.521 16.310  0.090 E1   (K Doughty   ) 0.402 10.730  0.020
   (C Brimer    ) 0.544 16.202  0.002 E2   (J Teuton    ) 0.584 10.805  0.085
 *****WINNER***** 0.647 16.216  0.036 E3                  0.732 10.856  0.086

MOV: 0.1352 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  49 Bill Howell        10.672 -0.878 Q   62 Kevin Borgstrom    10.732 -0.818
      B/SA  Dial: 11.55                       B/SA  Dial: 11.55
   (M Colaluca  ) 0.514 10.755  0.075 E1   (B Lynn      ) 0.515 10.845  0.025
   (M Cotten    ) 0.527 10.693  0.003 E2   (M Mc Mahan  ) 0.516 10.836  0.026
 *****WINNER***** 0.538 10.642 -0.908 E3                  0.643 10.675 -0.875

Heads-up!!

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  55 Mike Dobrovich     11.453 -0.847 Q   42 Harvey Emmons III  11.528 -0.922
      G/SA  Dial: 11.60                       H/SA  Dial: 11.65
   (D Byrd      ) 0.579 11.619  0.139 E1   (C Peterson  ) 0.560 11.943  0.273
   (R Gresens   ) 0.565 11.721  0.101 E2   (S Dugdale   ) 0.501 11.700  0.050
                  0.546 11.636  0.036 E3 *****WINNER***** 0.552 11.655  0.005

MOV: 0.0257 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  56 Dan Fletcher       10.706 -0.844 Q   18 Jerry Emmons       11.265 -1.035
      B/SA  Dial: 10.70                       G/SA  Dial: 11.29
   (C Ford Jr   ) 0.526 10.801  0.071 E1   (L Owens     ) 0.556 11.379  0.049
   (R Watson    ) 0.503 10.937  0.217 E2   (E Dobson    ) 0.541 11.338  0.018
 *****WINNER***** 0.517 10.763  0.063 E3                  0.551 11.322  0.032

Last pair. Good drag race. MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 7 inches).



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