Sat, 17 Jul 2010, 12:28 PM Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7423 Charlie Allen                        7007 Roger Bedford                
E1                   0.015 13.147  91.34     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.544 125.09
       O/SA  Dial: 13.15 (+/-): -0.003           A/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.144
 Qualified:            #78 13.186  0.036                       #39 10.357 -0.643

8:33 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 764 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Its overcast and cool.

Almost a three second head start and Allen breaks out by -0.003. Bedford goes on to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4689 Paula Cotten                         7274 Larry Gilley                 
E1                   0.114 11.164 115.33     ****WINNER****  0.005 11.193 113.65
       G/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-): -0.046           E/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.083
 Qualified:            #16 11.195 -0.805                       #55 11.188 -0.512

Larry Gilley wins on a breakout, as Cotton is late.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7787 Dick Dreher                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072 10.512 106.09                     0.216 24.961  65.93
       B/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-):  0.072           C/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-): 14.011
 Qualified:            #20 10.472 -0.778                       #59 10.954 -0.446

Dreher's car can't find any power off the line and slowly drives down the track.

Free pass to round two for Wann.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                         7446 Chuck Rayburn                
E1                   0.114 10.159 115.68     ****WINNER****  0.005 11.591 102.24
       AA/S  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  0.109           I/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.191
 Qualified:            #48 10.008 -0.592                        #9 11.454 -0.846

Calvert is late and Rayburn cards a 0.005 light for the five foot win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6149 Wesley Libby                         6665 Brian Thompson               
E1                  -0.027 10.377 125.62     ****WINNER****  0.010 12.976  99.94
       B/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-): -0.043           P/SA  Dial: 12.97 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:            #13 10.421 -0.829                       #52 12.915 -0.535

Brian Thompson wins on a red light by Libby.

Brian Thompson's package: 0.016.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6111 Mary Ann Method                      7593 Richie Pauley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.972 120.32                    -0.048 10.563 123.46
       C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.428           C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.837
 Qualified:            #60 10.962 -0.438                       #21 10.622 -0.778

Heads up for the two C/SA cars and Pauley is way red. Method gets a early morning gift.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6826 Caleb Hansen                          736 Gary Humrichouse             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067 11.255 110.95                     0.116 11.347 115.02
        D/S  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.155           F/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #67 11.198 -0.302                       #28 11.133 -0.717

Humrichouse and its all over early.

Caleb Hansen's MOV: 0.0216 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6999 Brian Stewart                        7098 Kevin DuPre                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081 11.920 110.89                     0.134 11.137 116.73
       J/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-):  0.020           F/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #68 12.155 -0.295                       #29 11.134 -0.716

DuPre is late this time and runs 0.007 to his dial to no avail.

Brian Stewart's MOV: 0.0404 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7083 Andy Durham                          6390 Rory McNeil                  
E1                   0.026 10.523 115.14     ****WINNER****  0.070 12.482 104.58
       B/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-): -0.027            M/S  Dial: 12.48 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #25 10.506 -0.744                       #64 12.499 -0.351

Rory McNeil runs 0.002 to his dial and wins on a breakout by Durham.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   75 Les Norton                           7185 Dave Bridgewater             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.106 10.641 125.17                    -0.023 10.497 123.81
       A/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-):  0.201           B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #71 10.778 -0.222                       #32 10.556 -0.694

Les Norton wins on a red light. Bridgewater has a huge wheelstand off the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7360 Mike Loge                            6791 Tom Gaynor                   
E1                   0.010 11.458 110.91     ****WINNER****  0.099 10.294 129.26
       H/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-): -0.022           A/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-):  0.194
 Qualified:            #43 11.532 -0.618                        #4 10.134 -0.866

Gaynor gets a little spin off the line, but it doesn't matter as Loge breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6821 Mark Faul                            7307 Jeffrey Jerome               
E1                  -0.027 11.529 113.35     ****WINNER****  0.039 11.267 115.78
       G/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.471           G/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.733
 Qualified:            #75 11.953 -0.047                       #36 11.345 -0.655

Heads up race.

Jeffrey Jerome wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   61 Greg Kielman                         7897 Andy Kimball                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056 11.766 102.23                     0.232 10.936 121.95
       H/SA  Dial: 11.76 (+/-):  0.006            E/S  Dial: 10.82 (+/-):  0.116
 Qualified:            #53 11.619 -0.531                       #14 10.829 -0.821

Kimball is a ton late and Kielman runs 0.006 to his dial for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6241 Casey Plaizier                        704 Mark Lelchook                
E1                   0.001 10.735 122.78     ****WINNER****  0.005 10.738 121.68
       C/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.015           E/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #42 10.776 -0.624                        #3 10.824 -0.876

Finally, two good RT's 0.001 to 0.005.

Mark Lelchook wins on a double-breakout. -0.012 to -0.015

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7375 Ken Etter                             730 Caroline Jimerfield          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053 11.308 109.15                     0.065 12.054 109.14
       G/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.078           J/SA  Dial: 11.95 (+/-):  0.104
 Qualified:            #18 11.219 -0.781                       #57 11.979 -0.471

Close RT's and Ken Etter gets the win. MOV: 0.0388 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  724 Robbie Irving                        7179 Bob Elliott                  
E1                   0.238 11.485 108.98     ****WINNER****  0.023 12.543  98.63
       H/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-):  0.075           K/SA  Dial: 12.50 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #35 11.489 -0.661                       #74 12.590 -0.060

Another really bad light in the left lane. Elliott gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  791 Randy Bursell                        6471 Bill Edgeworth               
E1                   0.051 11.687 111.29     ****WINNER****  0.020 11.857 109.64
       H/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.013           L/SA  Dial: 11.83 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #58 11.700 -0.450                       #19 11.921 -0.779

Bill Edgeworth wins on a -0.013 breakout by Bursell.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7063 Brian Sanderson                      6632 Jim Mantle                   
E1                   0.018 10.746 121.92     ****WINNER****  0.080 14.688  88.27
       A/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.206           V/SA  Dial: 14.63 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #61 10.582 -0.418                       #22 14.738 -0.762

The Pacer Wagon takes the win, as Sanderson can't run his dial.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  746 Bob Aceves                           7077 Jeff Interlicchia            
E1                  -0.012 10.928 119.25     ****WINNER****  0.005 12.847 100.87
       E/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-):  0.038           P/SA  Dial: 12.89 (+/-): -0.043
 Qualified:            #11 10.861 -0.839                       #50 12.900 -0.550

Jeff Interlicchia wins on a -0.012 red light by Aceves.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7111 Steven Hook                          7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E1                   0.071 13.577 100.05     ****WINNER****  0.040 11.199  97.13
       P/SA  Dial: 13.11 (+/-):  0.467           D/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-):  0.459
 Qualified:            #65 13.117 -0.333                       #26 10.816 -0.734

Hooks Chevelle's wagon struggles off the line and gives the easy win to Glasbrenner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                        7240 Kayla Mozeris                
E1                   0.120 10.831 115.42     ****WINNER****  0.026 11.625 100.68
       C/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-):  0.051           J/SA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:            #45 10.785 -0.615                        #6 11.597 -0.853

Two nice wheels up leaves and Johnston is too late off the line.

Mozeris to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  713 Jim Durham                           6780 Eric Waldo                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036 11.043 118.48                     0.044 10.769 120.95
       F/SA  Dial: 11.03 (+/-):  0.013            C/S  Dial: 10.78 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #10 11.007 -0.843                       #49 10.795 -0.555

Jim Durham wins on a -0.011 breakout by Waldo.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7142 Bob Beals                             777 Earl Blake                   
E1                   0.027 12.947  97.38     ****WINNER****  0.121 11.231 115.70
       N/SA  Dial: 12.96 (+/-): -0.013           F/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-):  0.061
 Qualified:            #76 12.965 -0.035                       #37 11.198 -0.652

Blake is late, but Beals breaks out by -0.013.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7857 John Gray                            7053 Bernie Cunningham            
E1                   0.021 11.395 109.89     ****WINNER****  0.007 10.774 111.87
       G/SA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-):  0.015           C/SA  Dial: 10.76 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #47 11.403 -0.597                        #8 10.549 -0.851

Nice close race. Bernie Cunningham's MOV: 0.0158 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Bernie Cunningham's package: 0.021.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7106 Dave Workman                         7797 Don Keen                     
E1                  -0.006 12.630 103.79     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.576 124.98
       M/SA  Dial: 12.63 (+/-):  0.000            C/S  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.124
 Qualified:            #70 12.579 -0.271                       #31 10.650 -0.700

Workman is red by -0.006. Keen gets the pass to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  796 Tony Hewes                           7947 Bill O'Connor                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035 10.907 110.22                     0.020 17.687  73.31
       D/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.117           EF/S  Dial: 17.27 (+/-):  0.417
 Qualified:            #27 10.829 -0.721                       #66 17.125 -0.325

Almost a seven second head start for O'Connor and a close start, but he can't run his dial and loses to Hewes.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7272 Dave Moreno                          6261 Larry Peterson               
E1                  -0.061 10.747 123.86     ****WINNER****  0.023 10.418 123.59
        B/S  Dial: 10.78 (+/-): -0.033           B/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-): -0.052
 Qualified:            #62 10.804 -0.396                       #23 10.495 -0.755

Larry Peterson wins on a red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  660 Dallas Glenn                         6635 Norm Webber                  
E1                   0.066 10.572 124.20     ****WINNER****  0.021 12.051 106.78
       C/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-): -0.068           K/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:            #12 10.563 -0.837                       #51 12.106 -0.544

Norm Webber wins on a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7981 Don Wann                             7826 Kyle Seipel                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035 11.482 107.78                     0.064 11.185 111.69
       I/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-):  0.042           F/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:             #5 11.434 -0.866                       #44 11.232 -0.618

Don Wann wins on a -0.005 breakout by Seipel.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jody Lang                            7355 Chad Loge                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046 12.775  79.10                     0.030 14.814  66.07
       N/SA  Dial: 12.47 (+/-):  0.305           B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  4.294
 Qualified:            #72 12.849 -0.151                       #33 10.567 -0.683

Loge breaks going down the track and Lang gets to go on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6723 Gary Waldo                             74 Jon Irving                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008 12.025 108.82                    -0.006 12.414 103.29
        D/S  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.935           O/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #63 11.125 -0.375                       #24 12.398 -0.752

Irving is red by -0.006 and then Waldo's Nova stumbles off the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           7854 Ryan McClanahan              
E1                   0.094 11.260 110.20     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.017 117.00
       D/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.580          AA/SA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #15 10.729 -0.821                       #54 10.078 -0.522

Not even close. Meador misses the tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 703D Kyle Rizzoli                         7639 Bradley Hawk                 
E1                   0.050 10.332 115.58     ****WINNER****  0.067 12.897  84.90
       A/SA  Dial: 10.36 (+/-): -0.028           M/SA  Dial: 12.85 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:            #38 10.356 -0.644                       #77 12.847 -0.003

Bradley Hawk wins on a breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  735 Chris Tastard                           9 Toby Lang                    
E1                  -0.003 10.752 121.95     ****WINNER****  0.030 11.588 110.57
       C/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.022           F/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #40 10.763 -0.637                       #79 11.991  0.141

Toby Lang wins on a -0.003 red light by Tastard.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  750 Ron Bradley                           776 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                  -0.003 16.086  55.90     ****WINNER****  0.058 10.138 127.55
       G/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-):  4.606           A/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #56 11.492 -0.508                       #17 10.213 -0.787

Doug Lambeck wins on a -0.003 red light by Bradley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   71 Brian McClanahan                     7220 Jeff Huffman                 
E1                   0.145 10.034 131.96     ****WINNER****  0.074 10.548 123.41
        A/S  Dial: 10.06 (+/-): -0.026            B/S  Dial: 10.56 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:             #7 10.097 -0.853                       #46 10.592 -0.608

McClanahan doesn't set his alarm this morning and is dead late.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  383 Larry Hill                           7074 Doyle Tom Watts              
E1   ****WINNER****        No Time                                 No Time      
       A/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): 89.729            C/S  Dial: 11.05 (+/-): 88.949
 Qualified:            #30 10.297 -0.703                       #69 11.075 -0.275

Watts is shut off and is being pushed back, when Hill's Barracuda lurched and stops after leaving before the tree is activated. Officially Weird!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  741 John Irving                          6730 Jim Waldo                    
E1                   0.071 12.182 101.92     ****WINNER****  0.045 10.381 119.95
       M/SA  Dial: 12.19 (+/-): -0.008            B/S  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.121
 Qualified:            #41 12.216 -0.634                        #2 10.300 -0.900

Jim Waldo wins on a -0.008 breakout by Irving.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.031 10.379 114.50
                                                 B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.871
 Qualified:                                                       #1 10.343 -0.907

Bye Run to round two for the number one qualifier.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Gerald Stein                           62 Tommy Gaynor                 
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.016 11.197 114.77                           No Time      
       C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.203           C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): 88.599
 Qualified:            #73 11.267 -0.133                       #34 10.726 -0.674

Gaynor had problems yesterday and can't make the call this morning.

9:11 a.m.

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