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Fri, 27 Oct 2017, 11:23 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3321 Marion Stephenson                     652 Bob Gullett                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 11.765 101.87                     0.021 11.227 113.57
        G/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-):  0.025            G/S  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #75 12.185 -0.015                       #38 11.245 -0.855
7:45 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,266 feet, track temperature 67 degrees.

Gullet gets the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Stephenson.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5054 Jay Randall                           624 Don Little                   
E1                   0.183 14.667  86.78     ****WINNER****  0.057 10.064 122.58
        T/SA  Dial: 14.53 (+/-):  0.137          AA/SA  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #74 14.596 -0.044                       #37 10.023 -0.857
Little gets a big holeshot and goes around Randall for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5680 Marlene Nelson                        715 Justin Jerome                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050 12.457 105.54                     0.024 11.278 111.61
        J/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-):  0.007           F/SA  Dial: 11.29 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #73 12.461 -0.199                       #36 11.186 -0.864
Jerome gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Nelson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                          611 Cal Method                   
E1                   0.034 10.483 116.64     ****WINNER****  0.008 11.511 111.53
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.017           H/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #70 10.439 -0.441                       #33 11.488 -0.872
Method gets the advantage off the line and holds off Clarke for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2543 Mike McMahan                          543 Craig Maddox                 
E1                   0.029 11.460 112.25     ****WINNER****  0.033  9.430 129.31
        H/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-): -0.020           FS/B  Dial: 9.40 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #15 11.406 -0.954                       #52  9.410 -0.760
McMahan runs a little too quick and breaks out giving the win to Maddox.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                            627 Brian Seaburg                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071 10.242 119.49                     0.025 13.677  92.96
        A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.022           T/SA  Dial: 13.59 (+/-):  0.087
 Qualified:             #7 10.202 -0.988                       #44 13.826 -0.814
Seaburg gets the advantage off the line but Wann is able to run him down and go around for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  801 Mikael Lind                          4129 Bill Basham                  
E1                  -0.051 10.692 123.18     ****WINNER****  0.040 11.341 113.90
        C/SA  Dial: 10.73 (+/-): -0.038           F/SA  Dial: 11.38 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #25 10.700 -0.890                       #62 11.382 -0.668
Lind leaves too soon and goes red giving Basham the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3222 Chris Stephenson                      541 Larry DeForrest              
E1                   0.016 11.076 112.42     ****WINNER****  0.025 10.308 124.33
        E/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.076           FS/F  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #39 11.047 -0.853                        #2 10.275 -1.115
DeForrest is a little behind off the line but goes around Stephenson and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  428 Kevin Helms                          457J Jane Braswell                
E1                   0.035 10.430 117.04     ****WINNER****  0.029 11.386 114.08
        B/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-): -0.060           G/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-): -0.044
 Qualified:            #23 10.521 -0.919                       #60 11.491 -0.709
Braswell gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   76 Chad Langdon                         5702 Barry Pollard                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045 11.171 114.64                     0.085 11.426 113.01
        E/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.061           H/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #47 11.093 -0.807                       #10 11.383 -0.977
Chad Langdon's MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                          5020 Norman Warling               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  9.752 123.87                     0.166 12.145 106.77
        FS/C  Dial: 9.68 (+/-):  0.072            M/SA  Dial: 12.14 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #55  9.721 -0.749                       #18 12.134 -0.936
Lamb gets the advantage off the line and goes around Warling for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 John Brimer                          7411 Jon Irving                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034 10.538 124.14                     0.026 10.910 118.99
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.032           D/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-): -0.050
 Qualified:            #72 10.575 -0.305                       #35 10.869 -0.871
Irving gets the advantage off the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Brimer.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7025 Jerry Stein                           580 Steve Couch                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052 10.931 118.56                     0.026 11.260 110.71
        D/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-): -0.009           FS/H  Dial: 11.31 (+/-): -0.050
 Qualified:            #34 10.869 -0.871                       #71 11.317 -0.373
Couch gets the advantage off the line but runs a little too quickly and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6736 Terry Hembree                          79 Nanette Stein                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045 10.981 115.35                     0.097 12.565 103.60
        E/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.021           O/SA  Dial: 12.57 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #16 10.959 -0.941                       #53 12.610 -0.760
Hembree gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5730 Jim Hughes                           7031 Gregg Luneack                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 11.194 118.35                     0.028 10.263 123.96
         D/S  Dial: 11.24 (+/-): -0.046           A/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-): -0.047
 Qualified:            #69 11.246 -0.444                       #32 10.318 -0.872
Hughes gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5227 John Cooper                          7402 Tibor Kadar                  
E1                   0.062 10.075 130.43     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.201 123.98
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.10 (+/-): -0.025           A/SA  Dial: 10.21 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #51 10.118 -0.762                       #14 10.235 -0.955
Kadar gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7635 Roger Hall                             23 Jeff Adkinson                
E1                   0.084 10.782 121.34     ****WINNER****  0.083 10.607 110.32
        B/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -0.658           B/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -0.833
 Qualified:            #65 10.817 -0.623                       #28 10.555 -0.885
A coin flip off the line, Adkinson gets out in front and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Scott Burton                         6383 Will Kelly                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.680  98.36                    -0.001 11.387 114.63
        B/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-):  0.160           G/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #11 10.468 -0.972                       #48 11.400 -0.800
Kelly just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Burton.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6001 Norman LaPointe                        74 Larry Gilley                 
E1                   0.024 12.651 103.47     ****WINNER****  0.013 10.966 108.52
        O/SA  Dial: 12.62 (+/-):  0.031           E/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:            #56 12.632 -0.738                       #19 10.965 -0.935
Gilley gets the holeshot and goes around LaPointe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6633 Joe Sorensen                           75 Chris Hall                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 12.246 105.86                     0.055 10.532 114.83
        M/SA  Dial: 12.22 (+/-):  0.026           B/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.038
 Qualified:             #3 11.992 -1.078                       #40 10.590 -0.850
Sorensen gets the holeshot;Hall breaks out trying to run him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6247 Eddy Plaizier                        7010 Duane Dickens                
E1                   0.047 10.781 122.16     ****WINNER****  0.070 11.830 106.87
        C/SA  Dial: 10.80 (+/-): -0.019           K/SA  Dial: 11.84 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #43 10.770 -0.820                        #6 11.844 -1.016
Plaizier gets the advantage off the line but takes to much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Dickens.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5526 Dwayne Scheitlin                     6969 Greg Marshall                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.407 119.68                     0.036 12.160 106.01
        A/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.027           K/SA  Dial: 12.21 (+/-): -0.050
 Qualified:            #20 10.255 -0.935                       #57 12.127 -0.733
Scheitlin gets the holeshot;Marshall breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 771C Karen Comstock                         77 Mike Cotten                  
E1                  -0.022  9.095 148.95     ****WINNER****  0.044 11.182 117.66
       FS/AA  Dial: 9.11 (+/-): -0.015            F/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #68  9.101 -0.459                       #31 11.176 -0.874
Comstock leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Cotten.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                        6636 Mick Alley                   
E1                   0.029 10.583 123.94     ****WINNER****  0.011 10.437 122.41
        B/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.033           A/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #42 10.603 -0.837                        #5 10.167 -1.023
Alley gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  795 Brian McClanahan                     7341 Rick Kolber                  
E1                   0.090 10.053 123.72     ****WINNER****  0.064 10.939 111.39
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-): -0.007           E/SA  Dial: 10.91 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #45 10.066 -0.814                        #8 10.918 -0.982
Kolber gets the holeshot;McClanahan breaks out trying to run him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    2 Brad Burton                          603M Larry McLanahan              
E1                   0.056 10.978 114.58     ****WINNER****  0.013  8.894 152.38
        D/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.038           FS/A  Dial: 8.89 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:            #49 10.956 -0.784                       #12  8.891 -0.969
McLanahan gets the advantage off the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5400 Al Corda                             5576 Stephen Hagberg              
E1                  -0.047 10.172 119.95     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.129 129.17
        A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -1.018           A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -1.061
 Qualified:            #59 10.461 -0.729                       #22 10.263 -0.927
Heads-up! Corda leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Hagberg.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6851 John Buczynski                        713 Jim Durham                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006 11.242 116.05                     0.061 11.116 116.08
        E/SA  Dial: 11.18 (+/-):  0.062           F/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.034
 Qualified:            #61 11.196 -0.704                       #24 11.134 -0.916
Buczynski gets the advantage off the line;Durham breaks out trying to run him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                       727 Mike Johnston                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076 10.737 105.55                     0.051 10.846 121.47
        C/SA  Dial: 11.59 (+/-): -0.853           C/SA  Dial: 11.59 (+/-): -0.744
 Qualified:            #21 10.659 -0.931                       #58 10.860 -0.730
Johnston gets out of the gate first but Glasbrenner reels him in and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  701 John Calvert                          732 Phil Mandella Jr.            
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.031  8.596 157.59                    -0.002 11.428 114.08
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.59 (+/-):  0.006            G/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-):  0.028
 Qualified:            #13  8.593 -0.967                       #50 11.418 -0.782
Mandella just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Calvert.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      7784 Paul Wong                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045 10.890 112.75                     0.138 13.847  89.22
        D/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.010            U/S  Dial: 13.87 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #54 10.982 -0.758                       #17 13.961 -0.939
Shipp gets the advantage off the line;Wong breaks out trying to hold him off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7307 Jeffrey Jerome                        706 Buddy Jensen                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040 10.566 125.27                    -0.012 11.559 110.69
        B/SA  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.006           F/SA  Dial: 11.50 (+/-):  0.059
 Qualified:            #30 10.557 -0.883                       #67 11.585 -0.465
Jensen leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Jerome.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                             754 Lindy Lindholm               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040 12.459 104.86                     0.065 11.765 111.77
        N/SA  Dial: 12.44 (+/-):  0.019           I/SA  Dial: 11.75 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #63 12.567 -0.653                       #26 11.621 -0.889
Lang gets the advantage off the line and holds off Lindholm for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5799 Brian Schultz                        7360 Mike Loge                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.088 10.864 121.06                     0.046 11.399 112.22
        E/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.036           H/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -0.041
 Qualified:             #4 10.861 -1.039                       #41 11.521 -0.839
Loge gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Jim Meador                           7067 Broc Broaddus                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.928 113.93                     0.007 12.891 101.82
        D/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.068           O/SA  Dial: 12.79 (+/-):  0.101
 Qualified:            #29 10.856 -0.884                       #66 12.818 -0.552
Broaddus gets the advantage off the line but Meador reels him in and goes around for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  741 John Irving                           737 Dwight Machael               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054 11.046 118.12                           No Time      
        E/SA  Dial: 11.03 (+/-):  0.016           A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): 88.809
 Qualified:            #27 11.014 -0.886                       #64 10.557 -0.633
Machael is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                        7797 Don Keen                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.124 17.024  76.48                           No Time      
        EF/S  Dial: 16.90 (+/-):  0.124           C/SA  Dial: 11.59 (+/-): 88.409
 Qualified:            #46 16.942 -0.808                        #9 10.609 -0.981
Keen is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                7702 B.J. Graham                  
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.142 13.492  95.94
                                                  T/SA  Dial: 13.46 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:                                                       #1 13.466 -1.174

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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