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Sat, 13 Sep 2014, 11:49 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Michael Brand                        1967 James Marshall               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013 11.013 115.37                     0.004 12.403 106.75
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.837           J/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-): -0.047
 Qualified:            #25 11.064 -0.786                       #51 12.301 -0.149
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 75 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,837 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Marshall with a great light, but Brand gets the win in double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1150 Russell Linke                        N229 Lee Norton                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.642 123.14                     0.057 12.697 105.18
        C/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.022           O/SA  Dial: 12.69 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #24 10.608 -0.792                       #50 12.987 -0.163
Russell Linke's MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1710 Jerry MacNeish                       2561 Gene Jordan                  
E1                  -0.023 10.533 124.45     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.202 127.98
         C/S  Dial: 10.60 (+/-): -0.067          BB/SA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-): -0.058
 Qualified:            #26 10.575 -0.775                       #52 10.286 -0.014
MacNeish goes red and Jordan gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2400 Monty Bogan                          3751 Terry Nagel                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043 11.067 118.32                    -0.161 11.036 118.29
        E/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-): -0.163           F/SA  Dial: 11.08 (+/-): -0.044
 Qualified:            #42 11.140 -0.560                       #16 10.990 -0.860
Nagel goes red and Bogan gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1470 Adam Keir                             205 Jeff Warren                  
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.032 10.117 129.73                    -0.043 10.229 128.32
        A/SA  Dial: 10.16 (+/-): -0.043            A/S  Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:             #6 10.081 -0.919                       #32 10.233 -0.717
Warren goes red and Keir gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2924 Bud Rowe                             2707 Mickey Whaley                
E1                   0.114 10.775 123.45     ****WINNER****  0.024 10.920 116.27
        D/SA  Dial: 10.67 (+/-):  0.105           C/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.130
 Qualified:            #14 10.684 -0.866                       #40 10.814 -0.586
Whaley with the better light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3613 Randall Campbell                     2923 Gregory Rowe                 
E1                   0.032 12.786  96.33     ****WINNER****  0.097 10.685 123.24
        Q/SA  Dial: 12.86 (+/-): -0.074           C/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:             #3 12.824 -0.976                       #29 10.678 -0.722
Campbell with the starting line advantage, but Rowe gets win when Campbell took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1129 Victor Guilmino                      1656 Kenneth Miele                
E1                   0.049 10.858 115.89     ****WINNER****  0.053  9.957 132.37
        E/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.032          CC/SA  Dial: 9.91 (+/-):  0.047
 Qualified:             #9 10.807 -0.893                       #35  9.921 -0.679
Miele gets the win when Guilmino broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Drew Skillman                        3193 Mark Williams                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  8.964 151.07                    -0.035 10.541 125.42
       AA/SA  Dial: 8.98 (+/-): -0.016            B/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.091
 Qualified:             #1  8.986 -1.014                       #27 10.484 -0.766
Williams goes red and Skillman gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1128 Wallace Dent                         2007 Daren Poole-Adams            
E1                   0.145 10.593 124.78     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.200 122.13
        C/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.053          CC/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.140
 Qualified:            #18 10.561 -0.839                       #44 10.136 -0.464
Adams with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  154 Anthony Fetch                        1117 J Wayne Totaro               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.056 11.305 114.93                     0.038 10.249 133.42
        G/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.005            B/S  Dial: 10.30 (+/-): -0.051
 Qualified:            #37 11.334 -0.666                       #11 10.309 -0.891
Totaro with the starting line advantage, but Fetch gets the win in a double breakout race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2213 Kenneth Stott                        2466 Gale Pinkston                
E1                   0.010 11.683 104.31     ****WINNER****  0.051 11.454 112.54
        I/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-): -0.017           G/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #17 11.441 -0.859                       #43 11.477 -0.523
Stott with the starting line advantage and then took too much stripe to give Pinkson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2808 Bobby Warren                         2323 Heather Lamar                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.667 118.71                     0.299 10.875 122.08
        C/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.177           B/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:            #22 10.601 -0.799                       #48 10.931 -0.319
Warren with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1522 Jeff Myers                           1351 Tex Miller                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.003  9.500 123.42                     0.058 11.028 118.09
       BB/SA  Dial: 9.48 (+/-):  0.020            F/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #49 10.010 -0.290                       #23 11.054 -0.796
Myers with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   16 Joe Lisa                                5 Katie Sepanek                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026 11.061 113.73                    -0.030 No Time      
        E/SA  Dial: 11.06 (+/-):  0.001           I/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-): 88.499
 Qualified:            #31 10.983 -0.717                        #5 11.360 -0.940
Sepanek went red and then never got a time. Lisa with the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   28 Larry Hill                           1587 Don Fezell                   
E1                   0.062 13.088  96.16     ****WINNER****  0.140  8.921 151.31
         R/S  Dial: 13.14 (+/-): -0.052         AAA/SA  Dial: 8.85 (+/-):  0.071
 Qualified:            #46 13.512 -0.438                       #20  8.866 -0.834
Hill with the starting line and then took too much stripe to give Fezell the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2032 Jack Zimmerman                       158N Eddie Brooks                 
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.007 10.521 124.28                    -0.003 10.803 124.17
        B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.001           D/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-): -0.057
 Qualified:             #8 10.342 -0.908                       #34 10.868 -0.682
Brooks goes red and Zimmerman gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1115 Dave Thomas                          2107 Rodger Johnson               
E1                   0.084  9.438 129.54     ****WINNER****  0.123 10.313 129.62
       BB/SA  Dial: 9.44 (+/-): -0.002            B/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-):  0.083
 Qualified:            #28  9.568 -0.732                        #2 10.254 -0.996
Thomas with the starting line advantage and then took too much stripe to give Johnson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1608 Gary Richard                         1259 Tom Seemann                  
E1                   0.006 10.767 113.23     ****WINNER****  0.066 10.376 126.28
        C/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.137           A/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:            #13 10.530 -0.870                       #39 10.351 -0.649
Richard with a great light, but Seeman gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1162 Sal Biondo                           6104 Brad Plourd                  
E1                   0.042  9.082 139.73     ****WINNER****  0.023 12.045  95.59
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.08 (+/-):  0.002            K/SA  Dial: 12.03 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #12  9.118 -0.882                       #38 11.984 -0.666
This is a great drag race...Brad Plourd's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    9 DJ Pires                              131 Sterling Simmons             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015 11.502 101.30                     0.010 10.462 123.80
        H/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-):  0.032           C/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.038
 Qualified:            #33 11.451 -0.699                        #7 10.485 -0.915
A couple good lights, an Pires gets the win when Simmons took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2952 Jeff Longhany                          10 Robbie Shaw                  
E1                   0.037 10.934  99.03     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.143 130.68
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.066           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.857
 Qualified:            #45 10.545 -0.455                       #19 10.162 -0.838
Heads-up! Shaw with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                          216 Michael Beard                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020 10.418 121.77                     0.032 11.550 111.55
        B/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.008           G/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-):  0.000
 Qualified:            #21 10.446 -0.804                       #47 11.585 -0.415
This is a great drag race...Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Jeff Hairrington                     P270 Ricky Pennington             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013 10.784  96.53                     0.025 No Time      
        C/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.224           D/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-): 89.269
 Qualified:            #41 10.815 -0.585                       #15 10.686 -0.864
Harrington with the starting line advantage and the win, when Pennington broke right off the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1139 John Leach                           213A Anthony Bertozzi             
E1                   0.070 10.403 126.39     ****WINNER****  0.082 10.370 127.19
        C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.997           C/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -1.030
 Qualified:             #4 10.425 -0.975                       #30 10.678 -0.722
Heads-up! Leach with the starting line advantage and Bertozzi gets the win by 0.0218 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1296 George Cable                          210 Ryan Hardison                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.030 10.813  94.75                           No Time      
        B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.437           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): 88.749
 Qualified:            #36 10.578 -0.672                       #10 10.357 -0.893
Heads-up! Hardinson is a no show...Cable gets the freebie.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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