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Thu, 25 Oct 2018, 16:24 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 1 Class Eliminations
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 class eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 L747 Lane Goldstein                        318 Jesse Alexandra              
C1                  -0.052  8.653 156.50     ****WINNER****  0.025  8.688 157.17
       FS/AA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.907           FS/AA Index: 9.56 (+/-): -0.872
 Qualified:            #13  8.618 157.47                       #20  8.643 158.43
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 27.93 inches, adjusted altitude 4,006 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Goldstein goes red to give Alexandra the Class win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7897 Andy Kimball                          652 Bob Gullett                  
C1                   0.038 11.098 119.14     ****WINNER****  0.037 11.073 118.17
         E/S Index: 11.85 (+/-): -0.752            F/S Index: 12.00 (+/-): -0.927
 Qualified:            #47 11.079 121.75                       #14 11.059 118.65
Gullett with a tick advantage on the tree and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7784 Paul Wong                                  Bye
C1   ****WINNER****  0.189 14.103  75.26     
         U/S Index: 14.90 (+/-): -0.797   
 Qualified:             #7 13.916  81.65                     Bye
Wong with the bye and he will face Gullett for the Class trophy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 4129 Bill Basham                           733 Richard Ariotti              
C1   ****WINNER**** -0.013 11.368 113.17                    -0.042 11.453 115.10
        F/SA Index: 12.05 (+/-): -0.682           F/SA Index: 12.05 (+/-): -0.597
 Qualified:            #58 11.327 113.86                       #63 11.356 115.95
Ariotti goes red to give Basham the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  715 Justin Jerome                              Bye
C1   ****WINNER****  0.024 11.244 101.67     
        F/SA Index: 12.05 (+/-): -0.806   
 Qualified:            #19 11.127 117.47                     Bye
Jerome with the bye and he will face Basham in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  713 Jim Durham                              4 Larry Gilley                 
C1                   0.054 11.264 116.47     ****WINNER****  0.028 11.076 101.71
        E/SA Index: 11.90 (+/-): -0.636           E/SA Index: 11.90 (+/-): -0.824
 Qualified:            #57 11.170 118.18                       #12 10.951 120.34
Gilley with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7341 Rick Kolber                          3222 Chris Stephenson             
C1   ****WINNER****  0.032 11.109 102.17                     0.018 11.212 116.08
        E/SA Index: 11.90 (+/-): -0.791           E/SA Index: 11.90 (+/-): -0.688
 Qualified:             #8 10.920 119.33                       #33 11.071 117.79
Stephenson with the starting line advantage, but Kolber chase him down for the win. He will face Gilley for the Class trophy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5016 Steve Scherschligt                    732 Phil Mandella                
C1   ****WINNER****  0.016 11.467 106.02                     0.028 11.619 112.11
        H/SA Index: 12.36 (+/-): -0.893           H/SA Index: 12.36 (+/-): -0.741
 Qualified:            #21 11.443 114.11                       #40 11.557 112.74
Scherschligt with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  603 Larry McLanahan                      3909 Drew Skillman                
C1                   0.036  9.134 152.49     ****WINNER****  0.065  9.058 148.80
        FS/A Index: 9.86 (+/-): -0.726            FS/A Index: 9.86 (+/-): -0.802
 Qualified:            #37  9.050 152.09                       #25  8.974 150.35
McLanahan with the starting line advantage, but Skillman chased him down for the class trophy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                7022 Nanette Stein                
C1                                            ****WINNER****  0.067 12.502 104.32
                                                  N/SA Index: 13.22 (+/-): -0.718
 Qualified:                                                      #45 12.444 104.93
Stein with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5400 Al Corda                             7635 Roger Hall                   
C1   ****WINNER****  0.042 10.458 112.12                     0.230 10.717 122.21
        B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.982           B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.723
 Qualified:             #5 10.434 110.11                       #30 10.606 124.50
Corda with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7707 Dennis Alvey                          800 Markus Svensson              
C1                  -0.001 10.411 128.11     ****WINNER****  0.031 10.343 128.27
         A/S Index: 11.13 (+/-): -0.719            A/S Index: 11.13 (+/-): -0.787
 Qualified:            #65 10.453 127.80                       #56 10.394 128.09
Alvey was a tick too quick on the tree and turned on the red light to give Svensson the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7118 Leroy Duran                          6942 Gary Gandee Jr               
C1                   0.189 14.275  91.61     ****WINNER****  0.117 14.195  87.81
        U/SA Index: 15.10 (+/-): -0.825           U/SA Index: 15.10 (+/-): -0.905
 Qualified:            #53 14.348  91.69                       #42 14.301  86.96
Gandee Jr. with the starting line advantage and wins the Class trophy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  706 Buddy Jensen                          777 Earl Blake                   
C1   ****WINNER****  0.135 11.463 112.72                    -0.032 11.112 118.05
        F/SA Index: 12.05 (+/-): -0.587           F/SA Index: 12.05 (+/-): -0.938
 Qualified:            #62 11.347 115.55                       #26 11.175 117.10
Blake goes red to give Jensen the win. He will have a bye in the Class final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5020 Norman Warling                        627 Brian Seaburg                
C1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.061 13.995  73.50
        M/SA Index: 13.07 (+/-): 86.929           T/SA Index: 14.64 (+/-): -0.645
 Qualified:            #76 12.752 102.40                       #66 13.990  88.05
Warling is a no show to give Seaburg the win in Auto Combo.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7446 Chuck Rayburn                        2020 Brenda Grubbs                
C1   ****WINNER****  0.067  9.957 127.50                    -0.008 10.335 125.87
       AA/SA Index: 10.88 (+/-): -0.923          AA/SA Index: 10.88 (+/-): -0.545
 Qualified:             #6  9.887 134.20                       #70 10.311 126.08
Grubbs goes red to give Rayburn the win. He will have a bye into the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                          6636 Mick Alley                   
C1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.041 10.371 126.83
        A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): 88.809           A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.819
 Qualified:            #16 10.258 127.88                       #38 10.380 127.07
Kadar broke before staging to give Alley the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7307 Jeff Jerome                          5576 Stephen Hagberg              
C1                   0.022 10.766  98.04     ****WINNER****  0.051 10.284 122.38
        A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.424           A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.906
 Qualified:            #73 10.779  93.17                       #35 10.367 112.89
Jerome with the starting line advantage, Hagberg chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         7410 Robert Pond                  
C1                  -0.045 10.490 124.95     ****WINNER****  0.097 10.364 128.03
        A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.700           A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.826
 Qualified:            #59 10.469 125.38                       #27 10.339 127.91
Clarke goes red to give Pond the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7024 Mark Madison                               Bye
C1   ****WINNER****  0.041 10.353 105.90     
       AA/SA Index: 10.88 (+/-): -0.527   
 Qualified:             #3  9.856 134.56                     Bye
Madison with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                                 Bye
C1   ****WINNER****  0.031 10.027 131.46     
        A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -1.163   
 Qualified:             #2 10.124 130.48                     Bye
Wann with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7881 Chris Ashley                         4688 Mike Cotten                  
C1   ****WINNER****  0.085 11.790 111.22                    -0.011 11.899 111.22
        J/SA Index: 12.66 (+/-): -0.870           J/SA Index: 12.66 (+/-): -0.761
 Qualified:            #39 11.851 110.62                       #64 11.980 110.51
Cotten goes red to give Ashley the Class win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                3321 Marion Stephenson            
C1                                            ****WINNER****  0.077 11.047  93.26
                                                  B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.393
 Qualified:                                                       #4 10.429 113.31
Stephenson with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  420 John Brimer                           795 Brian McClanahan             
C1                   0.025 10.559 125.37     ****WINNER****  0.021  9.994 132.66
       AA/SA Index: 10.88 (+/-): -0.321          AA/SA Index: 10.88 (+/-): -0.886
 Qualified:            #74 10.536 124.93                       #55 10.143 107.95
McClanahan with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Madison in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 T733 Tim Seymour                           244 Jeff Taylor                  
C1   ****WINNER****  0.019  9.400 140.72                     0.034  9.428 140.85
        FS/B Index: 10.17 (+/-): -0.770           FS/B Index: 10.17 (+/-): -0.742
 Qualified:            #54  9.421 140.42                       #51  9.413 142.06
Seymour with the starting line advantage and the Class win. Tim Seymour's MOV: 0.0436 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   76 Jerry Stein                          7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
C1   ****WINNER****  0.005 10.855 119.34                     0.036 10.893 119.65
        D/SA Index: 11.74 (+/-): -0.885           D/SA Index: 11.74 (+/-): -0.847
 Qualified:            #34 10.912 118.74                       #44 10.945 119.01
Stein with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6635 Norm Webber                          5809 Brad Burton                  
C1                   0.069 10.973 121.41     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.924 119.30
        D/SA Index: 11.74 (+/-): -0.767           D/SA Index: 11.74 (+/-): -0.816
 Qualified:            #43 10.944 117.56                       #29 10.898 119.42
Burton with the starting line advantage and the win. He will face Stein in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2543 Mike McMahan                         5702 Barry Pollard                
C1                   0.023 11.453 114.57     ****WINNER****  0.019 11.442 112.97
        H/SA Index: 12.36 (+/-): -0.907           H/SA Index: 12.36 (+/-): -0.918
 Qualified:            #11 11.398 115.11                       #22 11.456 112.45
Pollard with the starting line advantage and the win. Barry Pollard's MOV: 0.0155 seconds (approximately 3 feet). He will face Scherschligt in the Class final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 J712 Chris Hall                           5009 Scott Burton                 
C1                   0.017 10.604 124.26     ****WINNER****  0.007 10.545 119.38
        B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.836           B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.895
 Qualified:            #31 10.606 124.16                       #10 10.476 125.02
Burton with a great light and the win. He will face Stephenson in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7888 John Roderick                        457J Jane Braswell                
C1   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.345 114.34                     0.046 11.422 114.90
        G/SA Index: 12.20 (+/-): -0.855           G/SA Index: 12.20 (+/-): -0.778
 Qualified:            #60 11.481 113.02                       #24 11.309 116.24
Roderick with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7031 Gregg Luneack                        5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
C1                  -0.001 10.399 126.32     ****WINNER****  0.033 10.623  96.97
        A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.791           A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.567
 Qualified:            #36 10.377 126.65                        #9 10.220 130.47
Luneack is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Scheitlin the win. He will face Pond in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Jerry Emmons                         5027 Donald Morris                
C1                  -0.003 10.315 127.69     ****WINNER****  0.149 10.492  99.47
        A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.875           A/SA Index: 11.19 (+/-): -0.698
 Qualified:            #49 10.431 126.09                       #17 10.260 109.44
Emmons a too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Morris the win. He will face Wann in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                         754 Lindy Lindholm               
C1   ****WINNER****  0.062 16.990  76.52                     0.092 12.117 105.63
        EF/S Index: 17.75 (+/-): -0.760           I/SA Index: 12.51 (+/-): -0.393
 Qualified:            #46 16.979  76.31                       #69 11.913 109.74
O'connor with the starting line advantage and the win. He will have the bye in the next round. Lindholm blew up on the top end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 723R Ryan Smith                              5 Jody Lang                    
C1                   0.017 12.993  99.66     ****WINNER****  0.029 12.318 106.59
        N/SA Index: 13.22 (+/-): -0.227           N/SA Index: 13.22 (+/-): -0.902
 Qualified:            #75 12.896  99.84                       #77 12.912  64.72
Smith with the starting line advantage, but Lang chased him down for the win. He will face Stein in the Class final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  541 Larry DeForrest                      1781 Dan Fletcher                 
C1                  -0.047 10.298  92.84     ****WINNER****  0.021 10.233 113.65
        FS/D Index: 10.78 (+/-): -0.482           FS/E Index: 11.13 (+/-): -0.897
 Qualified:            #15  9.848 136.17                       #52 10.374 128.69
DeForrest goes red to give Fletcher the Class trophy.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7680 Tom Ferruggia                           1 Justin Lamb                  
C1   ****WINNER****  0.078  9.615 139.16                     0.003  9.732 136.65
        FS/C Index: 10.47 (+/-): -0.855           FS/C Index: 10.47 (+/-): -0.738
 Qualified:            #18  9.543 139.53                       #48  9.704 136.87
Lamb with a great light, but Ferruggia chased him down for the Class win. Tom Ferruggia's MOV: 0.0425 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            6383 Will Kelly                   
C1   ****WINNER****  0.041 11.556  98.42                    -0.023 11.380 107.64
        G/SA Index: 12.20 (+/-): -0.644           G/SA Index: 12.20 (+/-): -0.820
 Qualified:            #61 11.487 114.46                       #32 11.369 114.99
Kelly goes red to give Lane the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                6633 Joe Sorensen                 
C1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.006 11.509 113.55
                                                  G/SA Index: 12.20 (+/-): -0.691
 Qualified:                                                       #1 11.078 117.72
Sorensen with the bye. He will face Lane in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7593 Richie Pauley                        6969 Greg Marshall                
C1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.107 12.207 107.10
        C/SA Index: 11.59 (+/-): 88.409           K/SA Index: 12.86 (+/-): -0.653
 Qualified:            #71 11.027 123.42                       #50 12.102 107.47
Pauley is a no show to give Marshall the win. He will face Seaburg in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  778 Jimmy DeFrank                         737 Dwight Machael               
C1   ****WINNER****  0.018 10.829 103.79                    -0.013 10.548 125.74
        B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.611           B/SA Index: 11.44 (+/-): -0.892
 Qualified:            #67 10.809 103.20                       #23 10.538 125.73
Machael goes red to give DeFrank the win. He will face Corda in the semifinal.

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