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Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 08:19 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 2 Eliminations
By Rick Green





BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 353C Jeff Blanchard                       3384 Mike McGinley                
E2                   0.082 10.441 129.73     ****WINNER****  0.048 11.465 110.86
        FS/G  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.251           H/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-):  0.055
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Whitcher  ) 0.027 10.541  0.371      (J Wayne Tota) 0.026 11.400  0.020
 Qualified:            #29 10.176 -1.174                      #125 11.269 -0.881
Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,573 feet, track temperature 75 degrees.

McGinley with the starting line advantage and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           3207 Andrew Hill                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.005 10.419 125.40
        A/SA  Dial: 9.95 (+/-): 90.049            D/SA  Dial: 10.44 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hawk      ) 0.084  9.957  0.037      (M Welker    ) 0.013 10.442  0.062
 Qualified:            #45  9.888 -1.112                       #13 10.253 -1.297
Wann brought the rpms up and the car jumped the beams and turned on the red light to give Hill the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  172 Matt Butter                           751 Ben Wenzel                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.081 11.368 112.15                     0.007 10.654 123.79
        H/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-):  0.028            C/S  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.144
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Richard   ) 0.016 11.309  0.059      (S Welker    ) -0.016 10.488 -0.002
 Qualified:           #113 11.217 -0.933                      #131 10.503 -0.847
Wenzel with a great light, but Butter holds him off for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5018 Corey Hopkins                        7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E2                   0.043 11.026 116.10     ****WINNER****  0.042 10.346 127.31
        G/SA  Dial: 11.03 (+/-): -0.004           B/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Rogers    ) 0.059 11.005  0.015      (J Bennett   ) 0.045 10.318  0.028
 Qualified:            #64 10.949 -1.051                       #96 10.254 -0.996
Jerome with a tick advantage on the tree and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4192 Brett Candies                        3360 Steve Sullivan               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  9.128 147.63                    -0.004 11.974 110.52
        FS/B  Dial: 9.11 (+/-):  0.018            N/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-): -0.076
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Martel    ) 0.037  9.101  0.081      (B Kopejtka  ) 0.024 12.098  0.078
 Qualified:           #100  9.012 -0.988                       #68 11.957 -1.043
Sullivan is a few ticks too quick and turns on the red light to give Candies the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4341 Bill McClister                        353 Caleb McFarland              
E2                  -0.045 10.846 122.20     ****WINNER****  0.083  9.867 134.30
        F/SA  Dial: 10.81 (+/-):  0.036            A/S  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N on File   ) 0.082 10.815  0.005      (G Russell   ) 0.086  9.855 -1.095
 Qualified:            #80 10.820 -1.030                       #48  9.850 -1.100
McClister turns on the red light to give McFarland the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Phil Mandella Jr.                    3602 Jason McCormack              
E2                  -0.010 11.068 112.57     ****WINNER****  0.000 10.207 130.35
        G/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.042            A/S  Dial: 10.23 (+/-): -0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Michael   ) 0.153 11.105  0.075      (L Galbraith ) -0.017 10.182 -0.038
 Qualified:            #43 10.881 -1.119                      #132 10.106 -0.844
Mandella Jr. goes red and McCormack has a perfect light to get the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Howie Smith                          7356 Scott Loge                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066 11.971 106.43                     0.101 11.337 114.99
        M/SA  Dial: 11.96 (+/-):  0.011           I/SA  Dial: 11.32 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hopkins   ) 0.043 11.974  0.054      (B Fowler    ) 0.020 11.298  0.008
 Qualified:            #67 11.806 -1.044                       #35 11.140 -1.160
Smith with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4411 Phillip Giles                        5500 Randy Mans                   
E2                   0.091  9.473 139.72     ****WINNER****  0.027  9.981 123.97
        FS/C  Dial: 9.47 (+/-):  0.003             A/S  Dial: 9.98 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Weinzapfel) -0.011  9.445  0.045      (J Marshall  ) 0.027 10.019  0.059
 Qualified:           #123  9.400 -0.900                       #91  9.944 -1.006
Mans with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   32 Austin Alvey                         3222 Chris Stephenson             
E2                   0.047 11.273 115.86     ****WINNER****  0.012 11.096 114.65
        G/SA  Dial: 11.20 (+/-):  0.073           F/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.096
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Hoven     ) 0.033 11.191  0.021      (E Buth      ) 0.001 10.967 -0.883
 Qualified:            #95 11.003 -0.997                       #63 10.795 -1.055
Stephenson with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Chris Stephenson's MOV: 0.0121 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  312 Matt Antrobius                        800 Markus Svensson              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046 11.157 116.56                     0.021 10.234 129.90
        H/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.027            A/S  Dial: 10.17 (+/-):  0.064
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Gere      ) 0.070 11.249  0.129      (R Boyle     ) 0.056 10.176  0.066
 Qualified:            #23 10.950 -1.200                      #133 10.107 -0.843
Svensson with the starting line advantage, but Antrobius holds on for the win in a close one. Matt Antrobius' MOV: 0.0120 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 8608 Dan Williams                         1021 Gene Monahan                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025 10.095 130.00                    -0.069 12.324 104.87
         A/S  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.025           K/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-):  0.584
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Butcher   ) 0.017 10.070  0.030      (C Utsler    ) 0.073 11.627 -1.023
 Qualified:            #84  9.926 -1.024                       #52 11.564 -1.086
Monahan goes red to give Williams the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1525 Daniel Lynch                         3922 Julie Biermann               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024 11.161 115.38                    -0.066 10.895 120.29
        H/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.051           E/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Maddox    ) 0.073 11.099 -0.011      (J Lopez     ) 0.006 10.831  0.021
 Qualified:            #26 10.961 -1.189                      #122 10.799 -0.901
biermann goes red to give Lynch the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3218 Paul Boster                          3186 Drew Whalen                  
E2                   0.008 11.609 111.94     ****WINNER****  0.072 10.638 120.93
        I/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.099           C/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Parker    ) 0.022 11.546  0.116      (M Pustelny  ) 0.051 10.570 -0.010
 Qualified:           #126 11.424 -0.876                       #94 10.401 -0.999
Boster with a great light, but Whalen chased him down for the win in a close one. Drew Whalen's MOV: 0.0177 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 158N Eddie Brooks                          181 Frank Federico               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.108 11.369 113.78                    -0.076 11.681 112.32
        H/SA  Dial: 11.33 (+/-):  0.039           J/SA  Dial: 11.61 (+/-):  0.071
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Weisinger ) 0.049 11.353  0.013      (M Cotten    ) 0.047 11.604  0.004
 Qualified:            #70 11.108 -1.042                      #102 11.472 -0.978
Federico goes red to give Brooks the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1499 Jim Boudreau                         173L Phil Lankford                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008 10.101 127.47                     0.126  9.176 145.81
        B/SA  Dial: 10.06 (+/-):  0.041           FS/B  Dial: 9.24 (+/-): -0.064
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Walther   ) -0.048 10.053  0.043      (T Turner    ) 0.115  9.238  0.008
 Qualified:            #12  9.936 -1.314                      #108  9.032 -0.968
Boudreau with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1994 Katie Sepanek                         396 Mike Fuller                  
E2                  -0.016 11.426 109.49     ****WINNER**** -0.032 10.063 133.22
        I/SA  Dial: 11.41 (+/-):  0.016           FS/E  Dial: 10.02 (+/-):  0.043
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Bishop    ) 0.044 11.381  0.051      (J Larsen    ) 0.037  9.994 -0.006
 Qualified:            #60 11.230 -1.070                       #92  9.945 -1.005
Sepanek goes red to give Fuller the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  317 Steven Dziorny                       1883 Eric Merryfield              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.058 11.973  99.00                     0.157 10.400 129.69
        K/SA  Dial: 11.87 (+/-):  0.103           FS/H  Dial: 10.37 (+/-):  0.030
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Bongiovann) 0.059 11.861  0.091      (C Hansen    ) 0.102 10.369  0.059
 Qualified:           #115 11.724 -0.926                       #19 10.283 -1.217
Dziorny with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2543 Mike McMahan                         3321 Marion Stephenson            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 11.175 115.88                     0.077 10.229 116.97
        H/SA  Dial: 11.15 (+/-):  0.025           B/SA  Dial: 10.28 (+/-): -0.051
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Ford      ) 0.032 11.233  0.103      (K Miele     ) -0.008 10.185  0.105
 Qualified:            #47 11.048 -1.102                       #15  9.996 -1.254
McMahan with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4109 Sheila Holt                          4312 Paul Candies                 
E2                  -0.090 10.595 123.50     ****WINNER****  0.005  9.386 142.67
         D/S  Dial: 10.56 (+/-):  0.035           FS/D  Dial: 9.37 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Shipp     ) 0.078 10.549  0.069      (B Kelly     ) 0.041  9.342 -0.038
 Qualified:            #46 10.393 -1.107                       #14  9.331 -1.269
Holt goes red and Candies with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7784 Paul Wong                            3492 Donnie Beeler                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017 12.262 102.27                     0.072 10.936 112.49
        O/SA  Dial: 12.20 (+/-):  0.062            H/S  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Moller    ) -0.119 12.208 -0.392      (L Smith     ) 0.100 10.919 -0.001
 Qualified:            #89 12.140 -1.010                       #57 10.928 -1.072
Wong with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Paul Wong's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 464Q Austin Williams                      3540 Charley Downing              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022 11.254 110.29                     0.089 10.072 133.34
        H/SA  Dial: 11.24 (+/-):  0.014           FS/E  Dial: 10.11 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Fagnilli  ) 0.091 11.197  0.067      (B Parker    ) 0.048 10.093  0.013
 Qualified:            #56 11.070 -1.080                       #88  9.937 -1.013
Williams with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3522 Gary Merrick                          362 Rich Rinke                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022 10.215 129.02                     0.031  9.952 133.38
        A/SA  Dial: 10.20 (+/-):  0.015           FS/F  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.102
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Beach     ) 0.070 10.174  0.054      (K Richard   ) 0.056  9.969  0.109
 Qualified:           #106 10.029 -0.971                       #10  9.852 -1.348
Merrick with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1204 Don Carson                           313Y T.C. Morris                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.109  9.459 141.31                     0.086 10.752 116.72
        FS/C  Dial: 9.45 (+/-):  0.009            E/SA  Dial: 10.78 (+/-): -0.028
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Widuch    ) 0.011  9.432  0.052      (J Boburka   ) 0.044 10.753  0.033
 Qualified:           #118  9.384 -0.916                       #86 10.681 -1.019
Morris with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Carson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3310 Cody Herron                          4041 Verne Buchanan               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  9.125 147.99                     0.102 11.101 117.65
        FS/C  Dial: 9.09 (+/-):  0.035            G/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Howes     ) -0.095  9.079  0.009      (D Steiger   ) 0.084 11.090  0.040
 Qualified:            #18  9.077 -1.223                      #114 11.074 -0.926
Herron with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 173B Donald Belles                        3569 Patrick Downing              
E2                   0.013  9.069 133.79     ****WINNER****  0.001 10.735 124.26
        FS/B  Dial: 9.04 (+/-):  0.029            FS/J  Dial: 10.70 (+/-):  0.035
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Line      ) 0.006  9.002  0.102      (B Sempsrott ) 0.063 10.704  0.024
 Qualified:            #71  8.959 -1.041                       #39 10.658 -1.142
Downing with a near perfect light and the win in a close one. Patrick Downing's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5243 Dale Findell                         3611 Jimmy Ronzello               
E2                   0.099 11.938 106.03     ****WINNER****  0.020  8.884 133.83
        M/SA  Dial: 11.85 (+/-):  0.088           FS/B  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.084
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B McFarland ) 0.023 11.820  0.070      (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.079  8.738 -0.082
 Qualified:            #40 11.709 -1.141                        #8  8.620 -1.380
Ronzello with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                        43 Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.            
E2                   0.116 10.572 122.63     ****WINNER****  0.047 10.698 113.46
        D/SA  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.032           E/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.078
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Cassil    ) 0.136 10.531  0.021      (D Martins   ) 0.015 10.568 -0.082
 Qualified:            #66 10.502 -1.048                       #34 10.538 -1.162
Hidalgo Jr. with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         4860 Jimmy Hidalgo                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023 10.280 121.80                     0.045 11.015 118.19
        FS/F  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.030           G/SA  Dial: 11.00 (+/-):  0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Dyer      ) 0.020 10.189 -0.021      (G Herche    ) 0.069 10.982  0.032
 Qualified:            #65 10.149 -1.051                       #33 10.838 -1.162
Fletcher with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Dan Fletcher's MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1044 John Shaul                              3 Jeff Taylor                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.332 107.16                     0.088 11.702  81.47
        A/SA  Dial: 9.94 (+/-):  0.392            FS/D  Dial: 9.89 (+/-):  1.812
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Martens   ) -0.004  9.944  0.004      (B Seaburg   ) 0.060 10.524  0.994
 Qualified:            #37  9.852 -1.148                       #69  9.557 -1.043
Shaul with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  243 Roy Hill                             5221 Wayne Stephenson             
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.107 11.803 110.63
        FS/B  Dial: 11.73 (+/-): 88.269           K/SA  Dial: 11.73 (+/-):  0.073
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gillam    ) 0.242  8.662  0.042      (G Wright    ) 0.018 11.834  0.084
 Qualified:             #9  8.622 -1.378                      #105 11.675 -0.975
Hill is a no-show to give Stephenson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  444 John Duzac                           4402 Jerry Emmons                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.041 10.321 127.43
         C/S  Dial: 11.35 (+/-): 88.649           B/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-): -0.929
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Tolston Jr) -0.397 10.395  0.065      (D Duell     ) 0.103 10.335  0.015
 Qualified:            #53 10.265 -1.085                       #85 10.229 -1.021
Duzac is a no-show to give Emmons the win.

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