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Fri, 05 Oct 2018, 10:02 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 464Q Austin Williams                      4681 Lowell Gerber                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053 11.316 110.69                     0.005 11.067 114.96
        F/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-):  0.056           A/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.127
 Qualified:            #32 11.155 -0.695                       #64 11.083  0.083
7:58 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.42 inches, adjusted altitude 2,857 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Gerber gets the holeshot but can't run the number.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4580 Tim Ames                             4428 John Long Jr.                
E1                   0.033 10.896 120.12     ****WINNER****  0.037 12.251  98.67
         E/S  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.034           I/SA  Dial: 12.24 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #31 10.929 -0.721                       #63 12.184 -0.116
Ames takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Long.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4488 John Cox                             4341 Bill McClister               
E1                  -0.017 11.382 115.81     ****WINNER****  0.102 11.029 120.37
        F/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -0.058           E/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #62 11.727 -0.123                       #30 10.978 -0.722
Cox leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to McClister.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  403 Ed Ridenhour                         4228 Thomas Marlow                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047 11.494 105.12                     0.080 10.243 119.89
        H/SA  Dial: 11.48 (+/-):  0.014           FS/E  Dial: 10.08 (+/-):  0.163
 Qualified:            #38 11.524 -0.626                        #6 10.080 -0.870
Ridenhour gets the advantage off the line and holds off Marlow for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4696 Bill Bogues                           318 Jesse Alexandra              
E1                  -0.020 14.753  87.91     ****WINNER**** -0.046  8.631 158.58
        U/SA  Dial: 14.68 (+/-):  0.073          FS/AA  Dial: 8.62 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #60 14.681 -0.169                       #28  8.669 -0.731
Alexandra goes red giving Bogues the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  412 Chris Chaney                         4133 Butch Marlow                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000 10.213 128.55                    -0.017 11.340 114.73
        A/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.013           G/SA  Dial: 11.40 (+/-): -0.060
 Qualified:            #14 10.199 -0.801                       #46 11.420 -0.580
Marlow leaves too soon and goes red. Chaney is perfect off the line in the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Brett Candies                        4224 Ed Myers                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.409 141.92                    -0.427 10.467 125.83
        FS/B  Dial: 9.40 (+/-):  0.009            B/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #44  9.411 -0.589                       #12 10.441 -0.809
Myers leaves too soon and goes red giving Candies the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4649 Sammy LaPorte                        2007 Daren Poole-Adams            
E1                   0.108 12.034 108.27     ****WINNER****  0.055  9.638 135.82
        L/SA  Dial: 12.07 (+/-): -0.036           FS/D  Dial: 9.60 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #37 12.070 -0.630                        #5  9.720 -0.880
Poole-Adams gets the advantage off the line and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4459 Derek Hake                           4691 Darrell Erwin                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.114 11.218 112.60                     0.000 11.516 113.89
        H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.932           H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.634
 Qualified:             #3 11.234 -0.916                       #35 11.503 -0.647
Heads-up! Erwin is perfect off the line but can't hold off hake.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4705 Bobby Brannon                        4900 Leon Philpot                 
E1                   0.121 10.495 126.80     ****WINNER****  0.063 12.197 106.66
        C/SA  Dial: 10.46 (+/-):  0.035           L/SA  Dial: 12.19 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #15 10.603 -0.797                       #47 12.123 -0.577
Philpot gets the holeshot and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      4694 Todd Erwin                   
E1                   0.057 10.692 117.37     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.663 119.68
        D/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.042           B/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-):  0.033
 Qualified:             #4 10.635 -0.915                       #36 10.609 -0.641
Erwin gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4720 Jerry Doughty                        4035 Danny Rucker                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012 11.595 107.97                     0.105 11.408 114.52
        I/SA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-):  0.025           E/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #26 11.558 -0.742                       #58 11.428 -0.272
Doughty gets the advantage off the line;Rucker breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4555 Woody Gary                           4137 Keith Bakies                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.089 10.218 130.05                     0.034 10.252 131.55
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.24 (+/-): -0.022           A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-): -0.038
 Qualified:            #50 10.208 -0.492                       #18 10.222 -0.778
Bakies 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
 473C James Carter                         4411 Phillip Giles                
E1                  -0.044 16.930 127.97     ****WINNER****  0.075  9.208 144.43
        FS/B  Dial: 10.00 (+/-):  6.930           FS/B  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.792
 Qualified:            #57  9.718 -0.282                       #25  9.254 -0.746
Carter leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Giles.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4129 Bill Basham                          5250 Todd Patterson               
E1                  -0.019 11.186 114.82     ****WINNER****  0.015  8.391 162.90
        F/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.046          FS/AA  Dial: 8.41 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:            #33 11.158 -0.692                        #1  8.419 -0.981
Basham leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Patterson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4442 Hunter Pierdolla                     4860 Jimmy Hidalgo                
E1                   0.055 11.613 113.30     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.238 112.60
        H/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-):  0.053           G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #48 11.604 -0.546                       #16 11.214 -0.786
Hidalgo gets the holeshot and goes around Pierdolla for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4109 Sheila Mae Holt                      4153 Will Carrell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053 10.793 121.55                    -0.016 10.470 112.63
         D/S  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.063          AA/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.090
 Qualified:            #23 10.737 -0.763                       #55 10.386 -0.314
Carrell leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving Holt the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 John Brimer                            45 Heather Park                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034 10.417 122.63                     0.018 10.697 121.40
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-):  0.007           C/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #56 10.416 -0.284                       #24 10.646 -0.754
Park gets the advantage off the line but Brimer is able to go around and take the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4274 Jacob Pitt                            256 Amy Faulk                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066 10.813  98.66                     0.033 14.426  61.43
        C/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  0.243           A/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  4.056
 Qualified:             #7 10.558 -0.842                       #39 10.380 -0.620
Faulk gets the advantage off the line but has problems and is out of power early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5147 James Tolston                        4006 Dale Hulquist                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062 10.865 124.53                     0.013 11.001 104.76
         E/S  Dial: 10.80 (+/-):  0.065           D/SA  Dial: 11.01 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #13 10.844 -0.806                       #45 10.961 -0.589
Hulquist gets the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Tolston.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4110 Charles Brubaker                     477D David Buckner                
E1                  -0.039 11.616 113.04     ****WINNER****  0.074 10.774 108.49
        G/SA  Dial: 11.35 (+/-):  0.266           D/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.174
 Qualified:            #34 11.327 -0.673                        #2 10.603 -0.947
Brubaker leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Buckner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4116 Justin Hutto                            7 Jeff Lopez                   
E1                   0.034 10.076 131.54     ****WINNER****  0.077  9.496 139.40
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.066           FS/C  Dial: 9.48 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #43 10.103 -0.597                       #11  9.466 -0.834
Jeff Lopez's MOV: 0.0075 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  385 Bruno Massel                         4765 Troy Domangue                
E1                   0.025  8.765 158.93     ****WINNER****  0.071 10.771 111.50
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.58 (+/-):  0.185            B/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.051
 Qualified:            #17  8.614 -0.786                       #49 10.740 -0.510


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4444 Tim Snively                          4865 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E1                   0.017 11.942 110.39     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.989 117.69
        I/SA  Dial: 11.88 (+/-):  0.062           E/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:            #53 11.908 -0.392                       #21 10.929 -0.771
Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.'s MOV: 0.0093 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4723 Kenny Doughty                        4686 Sharon Bogues                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 11.565 104.59                     0.201 12.226 107.52
        H/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-):  0.105           J/SA  Dial: 12.25 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:            #27 11.410 -0.740                       #59 12.251 -0.199
Doughty gets a big holeshot and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4520 David Latino                         400D Slate Cummings               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024 10.645 114.97                     0.023 10.458 111.01
        C/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-):  0.005           B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.058
 Qualified:            #42 10.795 -0.605                       #10 10.416 -0.834
A coin flip off the line, Latino gets the stripe and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   49 Austin Ford                          4903 Brandon Bakies               
E1                   0.015 10.852 121.86     ****WINNER****  0.037 11.380 109.69
        C/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.082           G/SA  Dial: 11.37 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:             #8 10.561 -0.839                       #40 11.385 -0.615
Ford gets the advantage off the line but he can't run the number.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  795 Brian McClanahan                     423V Dustin Vassar                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  9.929 126.90                     0.011 10.854 123.60
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.93 (+/-): -0.001            B/SA  Dial: 10.87 (+/-): -0.016
 Qualified:            #22  9.935 -0.765                       #54 10.894 -0.356


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  383 Larry Hill                           4582 Roger Warren                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.244 120.67                     0.043 10.900 116.45
        A/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.026           D/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-): -0.060
 Qualified:             #9 10.163 -0.837                       #41 10.939 -0.611
Hill gets the advantage off the line;Warren breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 407B Don Davidson                         4222 Fred Henson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.231 11.054 119.15                     0.089  9.605 118.22
         F/S  Dial: 11.07 (+/-): -0.016           FS/A  Dial: 9.69 (+/-): -0.085
 Qualified:            #29 11.074 -0.726                       #61  9.554 -0.146
Henson gets a big holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Arthur Allen Espinoza                400B Britt Cummings               
E1                   0.368  8.931 153.07     ****WINNER****  0.012 10.441 115.86
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.95 (+/-): -0.019            B/SA  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.071
 Qualified:            #52  9.001 -0.399                       #20 10.475 -0.775
Cummings gets a big holeshot;Espinoza breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4361 Parker Devore                        4041 Verne Buchanan               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.068 11.257 116.78
        I/SA  Dial: 12.30 (+/-): 87.699           G/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.743
 Qualified:            #51 11.820 -0.480                       #19 11.225 -0.775
Devore does not make a pass.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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