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Fri, 09 Nov 2018, 14:17 PM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By David Gerard





POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6273 Angela Bushmaker                     6360 Bill Bushmaker               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032 12.027 108.66                     0.080 11.395 114.39
        K/SA  Dial: 12.01 (+/-):  0.017           I/SA  Dial: 11.39 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Calvert   ) 0.113 11.965  0.035      (J Lamb      ) 0.042 11.361  0.011
 Qualified:             #3 11.650 -1.000                       #18 11.407 -0.893
10:37 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,389 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Angela Bushmaker's MOV: 0.0363 seconds (approximately 6 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                        7411 Jon Irving                   
E2                   0.046 16.513  78.74     ****WINNER****  0.061 10.925 106.51
        EF/S  Dial: 16.42 (+/-):  0.093           D/SA  Dial: 10.87 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Priddy    ) 0.125 16.434 -0.026      (S Burton    ) 0.013 10.849 -0.001
 Qualified:             #8 16.511 -0.939                       #52 10.884 -0.666
About six second head start, but O'Connon gets nipped in the lights. Jon Irving's MOV: 0.0233 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            723R Ryan Smith                   
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.035 11.351  88.20                    -0.007 12.545 103.02
        G/SA  Dial: 11.08 (+/-):  0.271           N/SA  Dial: 12.54 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gibson    ) 0.033 11.212  0.162      (D Skillman  ) 0.024 12.522 -0.478
 Qualified:            #12 11.094 -0.906                       #56 12.518 -0.482
Smith goes red by -0.007 and runs 0.005 to his dial. Lang goes to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  627 Brian Seaburg                        339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E2                   0.033 13.809  95.06     ****WINNER****  0.020 10.621 120.61
        T/SA  Dial: 13.79 (+/-):  0.019           D/SA  Dial: 10.61 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Shaul     ) 0.032 13.769  0.019      (J Calvert   ) 0.039 10.799  0.239
 Qualified:            #55 13.906 -0.494                       #11 10.639 -0.911
Randi Lyn Shipp's MOV: 0.0218 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Larry Gilley                         5400 Al Corda                     
E2                   0.031 10.784 121.74     ****WINNER****  0.000 10.228 121.83
        E/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-):  0.014           B/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Pond      ) 0.023 10.749  0.009      (D Dickens   ) 0.007 10.216  0.016
 Qualified:            #19 10.809 -0.891                        #4 10.257 -0.993
Perfect light for Al Corda for the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0172 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6383 Will Kelly                           1781 Dan Fletcher                 
E2                   0.033 11.124 117.57     ****WINNER****  0.003 10.124 120.74
        G/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.026           FS/E  Dial: 10.13 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Burton    ) 0.021 11.112 -0.008                     0.036 10.188 -0.762
 Qualified:            #45 11.220 -0.780                        #1  9.852 -1.098
Dan Fletcher leaves with a stellar three light and just misses his dial by -0.006 for the really close win. MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0100 seconds (approximately 21 inches) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Jody Lang                            7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024 12.143  98.07                     0.064 10.607 119.44
        M/SA  Dial: 12.12 (+/-):  0.023           C/SA  Dial: 10.63 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Wann      ) 0.020 12.067 -0.013      (S Scherschli) 0.037 10.580  0.010
 Qualified:            #51 12.158 -0.692                       #36 10.591 -0.809
Jody Lang's MOV: Opponent broke out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 T733 Tim Seymour                          7446 Chuck Rayburn                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.090  9.348 143.84                     0.010  9.709 123.00
        FS/B  Dial: 9.22 (+/-):  0.128           AA/SA  Dial: 9.79 (+/-): -0.081
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Svensson  ) 0.065 14.631  5.441      (B Grubbs    ) 0.074  9.735 -0.965
 Qualified:            #38  9.193 -0.807                       #24  9.833 -0.867
Seymore's Camaro hikes the wheels and has the car drive hard towards the center line. He fights it back for the breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7022 Nanette Stein                         373 Bill Skillman                
E2                  -0.061 12.144 108.44     ****WINNER****  0.029  8.796 154.07
        O/SA  Dial: 12.18 (+/-): -0.036           FS/A  Dial: 8.83 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Emmons    ) 0.036 12.154  0.044      (P Lanciers  ) 0.034  8.840  0.110
 Qualified:             #5 12.191 -0.959                       #20  8.816 -0.884
Bill Skillman's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7888 John Roderick                         785 Tony Mandella                
E2                  -0.017 11.115 116.96     ****WINNER****  0.084 10.767 120.39
        G/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-): -0.035           E/SA  Dial: 10.83 (+/-): -0.063
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Stephenson) 0.011 11.113 -0.017      (G Luneack   ) 0.006 10.813  0.063
 Qualified:            #28 11.152 -0.848                       #13 10.799 -0.901
Roderick goes red and Mandella goes to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  244 Jeff Taylor                          4688 Mike Cotten                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  9.209 145.00                     0.001 11.595 114.58
        FS/B  Dial: 9.21 (+/-): -0.001            J/SA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-): -0.005
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.032  9.213  0.013      (D Keen      ) 0.062 11.574  0.004
 Qualified:            #46  9.238 -0.762                       #31 11.610 -0.840
OUCH! Cotton nails the tree with a almost perfect 0.001 light and then breaks out by just -0.005!

Jeff Taylor's MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5526 Dwayne Scheitlin                     7575 Mark Kirby                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.077 10.327 102.73                    -0.004 11.114 102.91
        A/SA  Dial: 10.09 (+/-):  0.237           F/SA  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.174
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.036 10.110  0.010      (J Durham    ) 0.012 10.949  0.039
 Qualified:            #25 10.137 -0.863                       #10 10.937 -0.913
Dwayne Scheitlin's MOV: opponent's -0.004 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Ryan Mangus                          703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.765 118.48                     0.067 10.206 118.94
        E/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-): -0.005           A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-): -0.014
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Scheer    ) 0.024 12.522  1.802      (J Jerome    ) 0.026 10.106 -0.894
 Qualified:            #14 10.800 -0.900                       #29 10.159 -0.841
Ryan Mangus' MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0390 seconds (approximately 7 feet) in a double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  715 Justin Jerome                         795 Brian McClanahan             
E2                   0.030 10.995 119.22     ****WINNER****  0.024  9.711 134.63
        F/SA  Dial: 10.99 (+/-):  0.005          AA/SA  Dial: 9.71 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Gandee Jr ) 0.053 10.951  0.041      (M Williams  ) 0.009  9.710 -0.020
 Qualified:            #21 10.971 -0.879                        #6  9.741 -0.959
Brian McClanahan gets the starting line advantage and then runs 0.001 to his dial for the close win. MOV: 0.0107 seconds (approximately 22 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  791 Randy Bursell                         732 Phil Mandella                
E2                   0.030 11.219 115.94     ****WINNER****  0.039 11.073 117.60
        H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -0.931           H/SA  Dial: 12.15 (+/-): -1.077
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Brown     ) 0.039 11.313 -0.837      (J Stein     ) 0.009 11.310 -0.010
 Qualified:            #44 11.360 -0.790                       #59 24.901 12.751
Heads-up!

Easy win for Mandella to wrap up the round.

10:52 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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