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Sat, 13 Oct 2018, 08:46 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations
By Bob Orme





CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1041 Steve Welker                         2921 Chip Johnson                 
E1                   0.117 10.923 122.46     ****WINNER****  0.077 13.123  91.83
         E/S  Dial: 10.83 (+/-):  0.093           P/SA  Dial: 13.12 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #31 10.792 -0.858                       #62 13.496  0.046
8:04 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 1,567 feet, track temperature 67 degrees.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2892 Eddie Longhany Jr                    1109 John Gray                    
E1                  -0.017 10.303 105.41     ****WINNER****  0.106  9.860 133.09
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -0.697           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -1.140
 Qualified:            #63 11.637  0.637                       #32 10.142 -0.858
Heads-up! Longhany left too soon, giving the win to Gray.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      2561 Gene Jordan                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.567 116.91                     0.053 10.210 124.76
        D/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.003          AA/SA  Dial: 10.25 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:            #30 10.690 -0.860                       #61 10.552 -0.148
Shipp wins in a double-breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1522 Jeffrey Myers                        1725 Larry Miller Jr.             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  8.997 148.90                     0.042 11.354 115.09
        FS/B  Dial: 8.99 (+/-):  0.007            H/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:             #9  9.004 -0.996                       #40 11.344 -0.806
Jeffrey Myers' MOV: 0.0104 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2466 Gale Pinkston                         216 Adam Badgette                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041 11.038 116.06                     0.104 10.224 130.73
        F/SA  Dial: 11.02 (+/-):  0.018           FS/F  Dial: 10.25 (+/-): -0.026
 Qualified:            #43 11.054 -0.796                       #12 10.235 -0.965
Pinkston was better at both ends of the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1262 Ken Robinson                         2803 Randy Parker                 
E1                  -0.042 10.774 122.44     ****WINNER****  0.051 11.711  98.54
        E/SA  Dial: 10.82 (+/-): -0.046           J/SA  Dial: 11.70 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #15 10.742 -0.958                       #46 11.738 -0.712
Robinson left too early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3909 Drew Skillman                        2564 C.J. McDonald                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  8.747 155.13                    -0.004 11.903 111.01
        FS/A  Dial: 8.76 (+/-): -0.013            K/SA  Dial: 11.92 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #16  8.752 -0.948                       #47 11.945 -0.705
McDonald jumps the gun and Skillman goes on to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2540 Blake Hickman                        2586 McNeal Freeman               
E1                   0.237 12.734 105.76     ****WINNER****  0.067 15.379  75.97
        K/SA  Dial: 11.78 (+/-):  0.954           V/SA  Dial: 15.05 (+/-):  0.329
 Qualified:            #27 11.775 -0.875                       #58 15.028 -0.472
Freeman has the big advantage at the tree and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   12 Shane Oakes                           203 Mike Moller                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044 11.159 118.29                    -0.003 13.796  94.26
        G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-): -0.041           U/SA  Dial: 13.81 (+/-): -0.014
 Qualified:            #39 11.188 -0.812                        #8 13.842 -1.008
Moller leaves too early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 296B Brent Pozzi                          4903 Brandon Bakies               
E1                   0.104 10.367 127.16     ****WINNER****  0.015 11.246 112.10
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-): -0.073           F/SA  Dial: 11.27 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:            #60 10.439 -0.261                       #29 10.986 -0.864
Bakies gets the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2964 Dell Gene Britt                      148K Karl Martel                  
E1                   0.103 11.421 112.20     ****WINNER****  0.035 10.112 118.17
        G/SA  Dial: 11.31 (+/-):  0.111           A/SA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #50 11.325 -0.675                       #19 10.071 -0.929
Karl Martel's MOV: 0.1378 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1967 Jim Marshall                         1741 Matt Welker                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023 11.445 113.48                     0.051 10.697 119.69
        J/SA  Dial: 11.47 (+/-): -0.025            E/S  Dial: 10.73 (+/-): -0.033
 Qualified:            #11 11.470 -0.980                       #42 10.849 -0.801
Marshall gets the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  294 Marvin Dunahoo                       1150 Russell Linke                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039 11.915 106.07                     0.035 10.501 123.05
        N/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-):  0.015           C/SA  Dial: 10.52 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:             #3 11.897 -1.103                       #34 10.554 -0.846
Linke took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2074 Brian Oakes                          1309 Jon Pellicane                
E1                  -0.016 11.157 116.63     ****WINNER****  0.056 10.740 122.43
        H/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.093           C/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-): -0.030
 Qualified:            #22 11.230 -0.920                       #53 10.750 -0.650
Oakes left too early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  154 Anthony Fetch                        1117 J. Wayne Totaro              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085  9.913 126.29                           No Time      
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.89 (+/-):  0.023             B/S  Dial: 10.16 (+/-): 89.839
 Qualified:            #37  9.886 -0.814                        #6 10.181 -1.019
Totaro got timed out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 K102 Robert Kelliher                      1035 Todd Hoven                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040 12.219 108.06                    -0.004  9.730 136.19
        L/SA  Dial: 12.04 (+/-):  0.179          AA/SA  Dial: 9.77 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:            #51 12.027 -0.673                       #20  9.771 -0.929
Hoven guns the gun, giving the win to Kelliher.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4137 Keith Bakies                         2902 Cody Phillips                
E1                  -0.004 10.244 113.80     ****WINNER****  0.018 10.709 111.35
        A/SA  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  0.114           B/SA  Dial: 10.48 (+/-):  0.229
 Qualified:            #13 10.039 -0.961                       #44 10.474 -0.776
Bakies leaves to early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1470 Adam Keir                              28 Kenneth Stott                
E1                   0.123 10.083 129.26     ****WINNER****  0.025 11.230 113.12
        A/SA  Dial: 10.08 (+/-):  0.003           H/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.090
 Qualified:            #56 10.377 -0.623                       #25 11.241 -0.909
Stott has a big advantage at the tree. Kenneth Stott's MOV: 0.0119 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  144 Bob Bender                           2400 Monty Bogan                  
E1                   0.033 12.785 103.27     ****WINNER****  0.030 10.893 112.55
        P/SA  Dial: 12.80 (+/-): -0.015           D/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #54 12.804 -0.646                       #23 10.632 -0.918
Bogan gets the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Aaron Allison                        1587 Don Fezell                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.375 128.77                    -0.073  8.346 157.06
         B/S  Dial: 10.36 (+/-):  0.015          FS/AA  Dial: 8.29 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #33 10.345 -0.855                        #2  8.286 -1.114
Fezell leaves to early and Allison gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1994 Katie Sepanek                        2952 Jeff Longhany                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060 11.687  89.00                     0.047 11.338 116.30
        I/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-):  0.257           A/SA  Dial: 10.60 (+/-):  0.738
 Qualified:            #28 11.433 -0.867                       #59 10.726 -0.274
Longhany was off the throttle early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  202 Daniel Blabolil                      1135 Nick Reiter                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.078 10.414 125.12                     0.027 10.533 124.04
        D/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -1.136           D/SA  Dial: 11.55 (+/-): -1.017
 Qualified:            #49 10.863 -0.687                       #18 10.619 -0.931
Heads-up! Daniel Blabolil's MOV: 0.0681 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 505B Michael Brand II                     1340 Scott Gove                   
E1                   0.032 10.818 117.79     ****WINNER****  0.045 10.013 132.14
        D/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-): -0.062           A/SA  Dial: 10.07 (+/-): -0.057
 Qualified:            #35 10.704 -0.846                        #4  9.905 -1.095
Scott Gove's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 W200 James Williamson                     224T Terry Taylor                 
E1                   0.037 11.451 115.42     ****WINNER****  0.038 10.933 111.73
        I/SA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-): -0.119           F/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-): -0.057
 Qualified:            #36 11.466 -0.834                        #5 10.817 -1.033
Taylor gets the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1557 Fred Thibeault                       1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012 10.124 130.20                     0.036 10.126 128.58
        B/SA  Dial: 10.13 (+/-): -0.006           FS/E  Dial: 10.16 (+/-): -0.034
 Qualified:            #14 10.292 -0.958                       #45 10.205 -0.745
Thibeault gets the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1381 Mark Howes                           2007 Daren Poole-Adams            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.123 117.53                           No Time      
        D/SA  Dial: 10.68 (+/-):  0.443           FS/D  Dial: 10.60 (+/-): 89.399
 Qualified:            #38 10.736 -0.814                        #7  9.592 -1.008
Poole-Adams was a no show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2032 Jack Zimmerman                       1710 Jerry MacNeish               
E1                   0.066 10.600 110.36     ****WINNER****  0.081 10.672 125.03
        B/SA  Dial: 10.65 (+/-): -0.050            D/S  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  0.102
 Qualified:            #57 10.656 -0.594                       #26 10.592 -0.908
Zimmerman took too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1578 Jim Roberts                          1364 Raymond Skipper              
E1                   0.026 11.032 112.47     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.683 118.13
         G/S  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.112           B/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.133
 Qualified:            #17 10.963 -0.937                       #48 10.561 -0.689
Raymond Skipper's MOV: 0.0045 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  243 Roy Hill                                   Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077  8.866 155.45     
        FS/B  Dial: 8.95 (+/-): -0.084    
 Qualified:             #1  8.870 -1.130                     Bye
Hill has the bye run here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2543 Mike McMahan                         250Y Daniel Young                 
E1                   0.072 11.197 115.29     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.634 117.70
        H/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.067           C/SA  Dial: 10.55 (+/-):  0.084
 Qualified:            #10 11.163 -0.987                       #41 10.598 -0.802
Daniel Young's MOV: 0.0224 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3751 Terry Nagel                          1151 Ronald Urquhart              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.125 10.799 120.02                     0.101 11.117 117.20
        F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -1.051           F/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-): -0.733
 Qualified:            #21 10.927 -0.923                       #52 11.194 -0.656
Heads-up! Terry Nagel's MOV: 0.2942 seconds (approximately 51 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1789 Thomas Fletcher                         3 Jeff Strickland              
E1                   0.013 11.513 111.58     ****WINNER****  0.032  9.389 136.73
        H/SA  Dial: 11.52 (+/-): -0.007           FS/C  Dial: 9.35 (+/-):  0.039
 Qualified:            #55 11.518 -0.632                       #24  9.384 -0.916
Fletcher took too much stripe.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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