Fri, 08 Feb 2019, 12:14 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, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   63 Darrick Ellam                         728 Brent Calvert                
E2                   0.016 16.441  72.84     ****WINNER****  0.005  8.308 165.52
        W/SA  Dial: 16.46 (+/-): -0.019          FS/AA  Dial: 8.26 (+/-):  0.048
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Hall      ) 0.010 16.621  0.161      (P Mandella J) 0.108  8.268 -0.362
 Qualified:            #58 16.460 -0.190                       #43  8.605 -0.795

8:56 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 54 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted altitude 1,032 feet, track temperature 57 degrees.

Huge difference in dial ins!

Two great lights and Calvert pushes Ellam out for the breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7931 Cliff Hanson                 
E2                   0.098  9.770 134.00     ****WINNER****  0.030 10.276 127.96
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-): -0.050            A/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Meador    ) 0.108  9.846  0.016      (B McClanahan) 0.018 10.311  0.011
 Qualified:            #33  9.819 -0.881                       #48 10.264 -0.736

Cliff Hanson runs six to his dial MOV: Took the stripe by 0.0120 seconds (approximately 2 feet), Wann broke out after a late light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         7010 Duane Dickens                
E2                   0.050 10.160 127.98     ****WINNER****  0.018 11.507 112.51
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  0.030           J/SA  Dial: 11.46 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.024 10.295  0.145      (T Seymour   ) 0.106 11.512  0.012
 Qualified:            #54 10.139 -0.561                        #9 11.457 -0.993

Hole shot win for Duane Dickens. MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7784 Paul Wong                              74 Mike Cotten                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.520 115.19                    -0.018 11.218  99.36
        C/SA  Dial: 10.49 (+/-):  0.030           F/SA  Dial: 10.79 (+/-):  0.428
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mangus    ) 0.045 10.550  0.000      (J Jerome    ) 0.072 10.802 -1.048
 Qualified:            #17 10.464 -0.936                        #2 10.790 -1.060

Cotten goes red and Wong goes on.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3609 John McCarthy Jr.                     713 Jim Durham                   
E2                   0.012 13.298  97.48     ****WINNER****  0.051 10.806 122.00
        R/SA  Dial: 13.36 (+/-): -0.062           E/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-): -0.044
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Williams  ) 0.080 13.447  0.017      (B Gullett   ) 0.065 10.854  0.004
 Qualified:            #50 13.402 -0.648                       #35 10.829 -0.871

Jim Durham's MOV: Double breakout.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 723R Ryan Smith                           7688 Paula Cotten                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047 12.568 102.97                    -0.057 11.343 116.78
        N/SA  Dial: 12.57 (+/-): -0.002           I/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ashley    ) 0.038 12.689  0.079      (L Cox       ) 0.157 11.366 -0.934
 Qualified:            #57 12.552 -0.448                       #12 11.342 -0.958

The other Cotten goes way red in the same lane. Smith gets the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7356 Scott Loge                             10 Jody Lang                    
E2                  -0.038 11.444 111.39     ****WINNER****  0.020 12.076 108.62
        I/SA  Dial: 11.43 (+/-):  0.014           M/SA  Dial: 12.08 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Bursell   ) 0.011 11.449 -0.851      (L Gilley    ) 0.014 12.162  0.062
 Qualified:            #29 11.401 -0.899                       #44 12.085 -0.765

Loge is red this time. Lane gets the free pass to round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  777 Earl Blake                           7888 John Roderick                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.012 10.996 104.27                    -0.027 11.101 117.22
        F/SA  Dial: 10.85 (+/-):  0.146           G/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Jensen    ) 0.149 10.834 -1.016      (G Hampton   ) 0.008 11.189  0.069
 Qualified:             #6 10.829 -1.021                       #21 11.088 -0.912

And another red light!

Ouch! Roderick runs 0.001 to his dial!

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5415 John Dourlet                         7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E2                  -0.014 10.077 123.56     ****WINNER****  0.027 10.467 124.82
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.04 (+/-):  0.037           C/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Method    ) 0.015 10.079  0.039      (L Lindholm  ) 0.023 10.478  0.008
 Qualified:            #49 10.016 -0.684                       #34 10.520 -0.880

And again!

Leo Glasbrenner's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7410 Robert Pond                          703D Kyle Rizzoli                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.095  9.783 135.37                    -0.001 10.374 113.12
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.79 (+/-): -0.007            B/SA  Dial: 10.26 (+/-):  0.114
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.041  9.865  0.025      (B O'Connor  ) 0.063 10.321  0.071
 Qualified:            #26  9.797 -0.903                       #11 10.260 -0.990

This is getting to be repetitive!

Robert Pond's MOV: opponent's red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                             778 Jimmy DeFrank                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060 11.234 114.55                    -0.007  9.951 116.25
        H/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.004          AA/SA  Dial: 9.79 (+/-):  0.161
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.042 11.254  0.014      (L Duran     ) 0.034  9.841  0.031
 Qualified:            #16 11.211 -0.939                       #31  9.809 -0.891

Cody Lane runs 0.004 to his dial and will have the bye run next round. MOV: opponent's -0.007 red light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5400 Al Corda                              741 John Irving                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.033 10.026 125.44                     0.043 12.465 102.00
        A/SA  Dial: 10.01 (+/-):  0.016           N/SA  Dial: 12.45 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Taylor    ) 0.002 10.023  0.013      (K Comstock  ) 0.187 12.789  0.339
 Qualified:             #7  9.983 -1.017                       #52 12.434 -0.566

WHOA! TWO GREEN LIGHTS!

A great race with just 0.001difference to their dials.

Al Corda's MOV: 0.0095 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7707 Dennis Alvey                         7650 Doug Gibson                  
E2                   0.071 10.177 130.89     ****WINNER****  0.052 10.655 121.63
         A/S  Dial: 10.13 (+/-):  0.047           D/SA  Dial: 10.64 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Mandella  ) 0.002 10.168  0.048      (B Pott      ) 0.051 10.680  0.030
 Qualified:            #40 10.121 -0.829                       #25 10.645 -0.905

Doug Gibson's MOV: 0.0516 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         7031 Gregg Luneack                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036 10.155 117.80                     0.019 10.624 123.55
        FS/E  Dial: 10.08 (+/-):  0.075           B/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-):  0.124
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Ariotti   ) 0.040 10.319  0.229      (R Pauley    ) 0.104 10.535  0.055
 Qualified:            #30 10.056 -0.894                       #45 10.501 -0.749

Big wheels up leave for Fletcher and Luneack can't run the number after a better RT.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5526 Dwayne Scheitlin                     7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.045  9.857 132.52                     0.068  9.881 133.74
        A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -1.143           A/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-): -1.119
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.063 10.209  0.049      (P Lanciers  ) 0.077 10.098 -0.022
 Qualified:            #38 10.137 -0.863                       #23 10.090 -0.910

Heads-up!

Higher qualifier, Dwayne Scheitlin, takes the win. MOV: 0.0472 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

9:09 a.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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