Fri, 13 May 2016, 11:54 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Class Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 class eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
456 Gary Robillard P270 Ricky Pennington
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 10.592 124.17 -0.003 10.552 125.30
FS/H Index: 11.50 (+/-): -0.908 FS/H Index: 11.50 (+/-): -0.948
Qualified: #26 10.785 98.33 #16 10.694 124.06
11:27 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent,
barometer 29.22 inches, adjusted altitude 2,907 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.Pennington
just misses the tree and goes red giving the class win to Robillard.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2561 Gene Jordan Bye
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.147 10.516 123.85
AA/SA Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.084
Qualified: #48 10.502 124.22 Bye
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
131 Sterling Simmons 2885 David Rampy
C1 0.080 10.552 124.67 ****WINNER**** 0.042 10.559 122.82
C/SA Index: 11.40 (+/-): -0.848 C/SA Index: 11.40 (+/-): -0.841
Qualified: #12 10.576 124.71 #24 10.674 121.73
Rampy gets the holeshot and holds off Simmons for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2032 Jack Zimmerman 2707 Mickey Whaley
C1 -0.020 10.750 93.82 ****WINNER**** 0.007 10.725 97.58
B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -0.500 B/SA Index: 11.25 (+/-): -0.525
Qualified: #28 10.563 123.63 #25 10.524 124.51
Zimmerman leaves a little too soon and goes red.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 2066 Adam Davis
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 11.214 105.43
F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.636
Qualified: #19 11.098 117.55
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2154 Jimmy Parker 2059 Bill Howell
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 12.360 105.65 0.126 14.412 90.73
N/SA Index: 13.00 (+/-): -0.640 CF/S Index: 15.15 (+/-): -0.738
Qualified: #33 12.369 105.47 #20 14.412 85.75
Jimmy Parker's MOV: 0.0005 seconds (approximately 1 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 3014 Steve Novosel
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 9.734 136.52
FS/D Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.866
Qualified: #5 9.678 137.15
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 3321 Marion Stephenson
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.028 11.647 87.16
I/SA Index: 12.30 (+/-): -0.653
Qualified: #13 11.482 114.30
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 373 Bill Skillman
C1 ****WINNER**** -0.017 8.644 145.74
FS/A Index: 9.70 (+/-): -1.056
Qualified: #2 8.613 157.63
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2007 Daren Poole-Adams 23 Jeff Hairrington
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 10.446 127.85 0.044 10.146 131.66
FS/G Index: 11.35 (+/-): -0.904 FS/E Index: 10.95 (+/-): -0.804
Qualified: #29 10.694 124.38 #15 10.142 131.46
Poole-Adams gets the holeshot and holds off Hairrington for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 2211 Russell Johnson
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.100 10.741 104.31
C/SA Index: 11.40 (+/-): -0.659
Qualified: #8 10.557 122.78
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
286 Jeff Adkinson 2020 Brenda Grubbs
C1 0.020 10.839 91.94 ****WINNER**** 0.037 10.389 125.72
A/SA Index: 11.00 (+/-): -0.161 A/SA Index: 11.00 (+/-): -0.611
Qualified: #47 10.858 90.76 #34 10.377 125.99
Adkinson gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Grubbs.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
N229 Lee Norton 2061 Robert Strane
C1 -0.018 12.652 100.52 ****WINNER**** 0.020 12.648 102.28
O/SA Index: 13.15 (+/-): -0.498 O/SA Index: 13.15 (+/-): -0.502
Qualified: #44 12.865 102.99 #41 12.741 101.25
Norton leaves too soon and gives the class win to Strane.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
286K Kaitlyn Adkinson 3320 Nichole Stephenson
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.116 11.966 109.68 0.327 25.729 42.90
J/SA Index: 12.45 (+/-): -0.484 J/SA Index: 12.45 (+/-): 13.279
Qualified: #38 11.957 109.42 #9 11.611 111.34
The tree came down and Stephenson's car barely moved off the line. Adkinson takes the stripe
and gets the class win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. 4903 Brandon Bakies
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.034 10.946 115.14 0.030 11.047 106.19
F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.904 F/SA Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.803
Qualified: #23 11.116 118.29 #40 11.382 82.72
Bakies gets a small advantage off the line but it isn't enough to hold off Hidalgo.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2324 Garry Glazener 2608 Tom Joseph
C1 -0.026 11.274 116.77 ****WINNER**** 0.034 15.242 57.29
E/SA Index: 11.70 (+/-): -0.426 E/SA Index: 11.70 (+/-): 3.542
Qualified: #39 11.208 116.92 #43 11.360 113.80
Glazener goes red and gives the class win to Joseph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
10 Charlie Downing 2124 Jeff Strickland
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 10.803 125.56 0.047 9.527 128.64
FS/J Index: 11.80 (+/-): -0.997 FS/C Index: 10.30 (+/-): -0.773
Qualified: #4 10.825 124.03 #22 9.564 123.22
Downing gets the win and will have a bye in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
505B Michael Brand 2466 Gale Pinkston
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 11.310 100.75 0.045 11.444 113.24
G/SA Index: 12.00 (+/-): -0.690 G/SA Index: 12.00 (+/-): -0.556
Qualified: #14 11.189 116.90 #32 11.369 114.12
Brand gets the advantage off the line and takes the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 4860 Jimmy Hidalgo
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 11.305 92.08
G/SA Index: 12.00 (+/-): -0.695
Qualified: #10 11.164 116.94
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3569 Patrick Downing 3685 PJ North
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.137 11.912 107.90 0.030 12.542 104.19
L/SA Index: 12.70 (+/-): -0.788 L/SA Index: 12.70 (+/-): -0.158
Qualified: #7 11.852 109.15 #46 12.446 NS
North gets a big holeshot but Downing is able to run him down and go around for the class
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
339L Randi Lyn Shipp 4739 Greg Stanfield
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 9.849 135.31 0.000 9.916 132.79
FS/D Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.751 FS/D Index: 10.60 (+/-): -0.684
Qualified: #30 9.958 135.39 #37 10.100 110.05
Stanfield did everything he could, a perfect light and his quickest run so far, but Shipp is
able to reel him in and go around for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2952 Jeff Longhany 383 Larry Hill
C1 0.043 10.268 127.43 ****WINNER**** 0.069 10.091 117.05
A/SA Index: 11.00 (+/-): -0.732 A/SA Index: 11.00 (+/-): -0.909
Qualified: #35 10.404 126.46 #11 10.173 127.80
Longhany gets the advantage of the line but Hill reels him in and goes around for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3909 Drew Skillman 1 Kevin Helms
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 9.000 149.13 No Time
FS/B Index: 10.00 (+/-): -1.000 FS/B Index: 10.00 (+/-): 89.999
Qualified: #3 8.978 149.63 #6 9.148 145.53
Helms is a no-show and Skillman takes the class win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
26 Butch Payne 3613 Randall Campbell
C1 0.023 11.194 118.40 ****WINNER**** 0.043 12.694 102.46
D/SA Index: 11.55 (+/-): -0.356 P/SA Index: 13.45 (+/-): -0.756
Qualified: #42 11.169 118.79 #21 12.713 102.13
Payne gets the advantage off the line but can't run down Campbell.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2213 Kenneth Stott 4422 Wes Neely
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 11.617 103.10 0.027 11.744 111.45
I/SA Index: 12.30 (+/-): -0.683 I/SA Index: 12.30 (+/-): -0.556
Qualified: #17 11.502 114.37 #36 11.727 111.56
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3499 Gary Summers Bye
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.142 13.999 73.55
U/SA Index: 14.85 (+/-): -0.851
Qualified: #1 13.759 94.39 Bye
Summers gets the bye and moves to the next round in the Auto Stock Combo.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1967 Jim Marshall 1584 Don Pires
C1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 11.475 102.56 0.032 12.097 106.88
H/SA Index: 12.15 (+/-): -0.675 K/SA Index: 12.65 (+/-): -0.553
Qualified: #31 11.514 113.10 #45 12.369 80.82
Pires gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Marshall.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2217 Brian Rogers 3074 Tommy Turner
C1 -0.026 10.793 121.62 ****WINNER**** 0.072 12.547 85.06
D/S Index: 11.50 (+/-): -0.707 M/S Index: 12.85 (+/-): -0.303
Qualified: #27 10.796 121.57 #18 12.098 108.38
Rogers leaves too soon and gives the Stick Combo win to Turner.
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