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Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 11:23 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
        Bye                                7980 Steve Wann                   
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.012 10.734  88.04
                                                  A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.456
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (C Hall      ) 0.035 10.184 -0.016
 Qualified:                                                       #1 10.027 -1.163
8:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,299 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.



 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         3222 Chris Stephenson             
E2                  -0.014 10.461 125.27     ****WINNER****  0.056 11.054 118.32
        A/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-): -0.009           E/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.056
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Scherschli) 0.041 10.473  0.023      (M Stephenson) 0.013 11.132 -0.008
 Qualified:            #62 10.469 -0.721                       #43 11.071 -0.829
Clarke leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Stephenson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6383 Will Kelly                            318 Jesse Alexandra              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.069 11.390 114.59                    -0.017  8.594 160.98
        G/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-): -0.020          FS/AA  Dial: 8.60 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Madison   ) 0.045 11.425  0.025      (B Basham    ) 0.038  8.623 -0.007
 Qualified:            #42 11.369 -0.831                       #22  8.643 -0.917
Alexandra goes red giving Kelly the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 L747 Lane Goldstein                         76 Jerry Stein                  
E2                  -0.500 17.487  76.44     ****WINNER****  0.072 10.897 118.84
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.57 (+/-):  8.917            D/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Stein     ) 0.052  8.659  0.059      (B Grubbs    ) 0.045 10.903  0.003
 Qualified:            #13  8.618 -0.942                       #32 10.855 -0.885
Goldstein leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Stein.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Earl Blake                           7411 Jon Irving                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031 11.164 117.03                     0.017 11.433 112.55
        F/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.006           E/SA  Dial: 11.45 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Kimball   ) 0.031 11.187  0.037      (C Ashley    ) 0.086 11.382 -0.098
 Qualified:            #15 11.112 -0.938                       #73 11.437 -0.463
Irving 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
 2543 Mike McMahan                         3909 Drew Skillman                
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.026  8.911 150.98
        H/SA  Dial: 12.36 (+/-): 87.639           FS/A  Dial: 9.86 (+/-): -0.949
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Webber    ) 0.044 11.364 -0.036      (J Irving    ) 0.085  8.958 -0.002
 Qualified:            #11 11.398 -0.962                       #30  8.974 -0.886
McMahan is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            6636 Mick Alley                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.001 11.429 113.37                     0.019 10.313 126.99
        G/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-):  0.009           A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Gandee Jr ) 0.007 11.533  0.073      (C Rayburn   ) 0.020 10.310  0.010
 Qualified:            #64 11.487 -0.713                       #45 10.371 -0.819
Lane gets a great light and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                           9 Jerry Emmons                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.043 17.003  76.29                     0.079 10.420 127.19
        EF/S  Dial: 16.97 (+/-):  0.033           A/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-): -0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Gullett   ) 0.106 16.992  0.032      (R Pauley    ) -0.007 10.476 -0.714
 Qualified:            #53 16.979 -0.771                       #33 10.315 -0.875
O'Connor gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  244 Jeff Taylor                          5809 Brad Burton                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  9.379 134.39                     0.031 10.902 117.61
        FS/B  Dial: 9.36 (+/-):  0.019            D/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Jerome    ) 0.024  9.407  0.037      (P Lanciers  ) 0.008 10.863 -0.877
 Qualified:            #59  9.413 -0.757                       #39 10.898 -0.842
Taylor 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
 6633 Joe Sorensen                          713 Jim Durham                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037 11.454 110.73                     0.082 11.186 117.49
        G/SA  Dial: 11.42 (+/-):  0.034           E/SA  Dial: 11.16 (+/-):  0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.058 11.422 -0.008      (B Pollard   ) 0.153 11.170  0.010
 Qualified:             #2 11.078 -1.122                       #60 11.170 -0.730
Sorenson gets the holeshot and holds off Durham for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7888 John Roderick                         541 Larry DeForrest              
E2                   0.023 11.438 107.59     ****WINNER****  0.018  9.832 136.88
        G/SA  Dial: 11.45 (+/-): -0.012           FS/D  Dial: 9.81 (+/-):  0.022
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Jerome    ) 0.028 11.452  0.052      (T Seymour   ) 0.006 10.090  0.310
 Qualified:            #35 11.345 -0.855                       #16  9.848 -0.932
DeForrest gets the advantage off the line;Roderick breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7784 Paul Wong                             737 Dwight Machael               
E2                   0.170 13.975  93.41     ****WINNER****  0.059 10.549 118.40
         U/S  Dial: 14.05 (+/-): -0.075           B/SA  Dial: 10.57 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.031 14.013 -0.077      (B Jensen    ) 0.046 10.545 -0.025
 Qualified:             #7 13.916 -0.984                       #26 10.538 -0.902
Machael gets the advantage off the line and goes around Wong for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5009 Scott Burton                          778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E2                   0.006 10.431 123.34     ****WINNER****  0.119 10.298 124.11
        B/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -1.009           B/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-): -1.142
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Meador    ) -0.037 19.679  9.209      (J Braswell  ) 0.055 10.582  0.022
 Qualified:            #10 10.476 -0.964                       #68 10.809 -0.631
Burton gets a big holeshot but he can't hold off DeFrank.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7402 Tibor Kadar                          7410 Robert Pond                  
E2                  -0.002 10.250 102.28     ****WINNER****  0.038 10.164 130.90
        A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.940           A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -1.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lamb      ) 0.001 10.236 -0.014      (J Brimer    ) 0.032 10.274 -0.036
 Qualified:            #17 10.258 -0.932                       #36 10.339 -0.851
Kadar misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Pond.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7707 Dennis Alvey                         5400 Al Corda                     
E2                   0.027 10.370 126.22     ****WINNER****  0.028 10.411 115.81
         A/S  Dial: 10.34 (+/-):  0.030           B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hagberg   ) 0.026 10.353  0.013      (L Duran     ) 0.039 10.395 -0.045
 Qualified:            #63 10.411 -0.719                        #5 10.434 -1.006
A coin flip off the line, Corda holds off Alvey and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                      5027 Donald Morris                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036 10.933 116.27                     0.029 10.248 126.47
        D/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-):  0.003           A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.033 10.987  0.057      (M Cotten    ) 0.045 10.247  0.037
 Qualified:            #37 10.893 -0.847                       #18 10.260 -0.930
Morris gets the advantage off the line but he can't run down Glasbrenner.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                             603 Larry McLanahan              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003 12.261 106.79                     0.019  9.000 152.42
        N/SA  Dial: 12.27 (+/-): -0.009           FS/A  Dial: 9.01 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Ariotti   ) 0.009 12.332  0.082      (R Kolber    ) -0.011  9.020 -0.020
 Qualified:            #27 12.318 -0.902                       #47  9.050 -0.810
Lang gets the holeshot and takes the double-breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
E2                   0.023 10.354 118.20     ****WINNER****  0.016 10.210 127.86
        FS/E  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.024           A/SA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.020
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Seaburg   ) 0.017 10.310  0.010      (P Mandella J) 0.018 10.185 -0.015
 Qualified:            #28 10.233 -0.897                        #9 10.220 -0.970
Scheitlin gets the holeshot and takes the win.

Dwayne Scheitlin's MOV: 0.0112 seconds (approximately 23 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Larry Gilley                          795 Brian McClanahan             
E2                   0.027 10.943 119.41     ****WINNER****  0.012  9.969 126.41
        E/SA  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.023          AA/SA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Svensson  ) 0.020 10.957  0.017      (L Lindholm  ) 0.041  9.941 -0.939
 Qualified:            #12 10.951 -0.949                       #31  9.994 -0.886
McClanahan gets the advantage off the line and goes around Gilley for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7680 Tom Ferruggia                        339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E2                   0.025  9.514 141.11     ****WINNER****  0.053 10.830 115.86
        FS/C  Dial: 9.52 (+/-): -0.006            D/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Marshall  ) 0.000  9.537  0.007      (N Warling   ) 0.044 10.936 -0.804
 Qualified:            #19  9.543 -0.927                       #38 10.896 -0.844
Ferruggia gets the holeshot but he can't run down Shipp.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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