Fri, 27 Oct 2017, 11:23 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe
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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
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