Fri, 01 Nov 2019, 11:48 AM Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A119 Don Lavoie                           J712 Chris Hall                   
E1                   0.090 11.669 116.21     ****WINNER****  0.078 10.578 115.65
        C/SA  Dial: 11.57 (+/-):  0.099           B/SA  Dial: 10.51 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #75 11.684  0.094                       #38 10.495 -0.945

8:11 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 46 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 28.11 inches, adjusted altitude 1,675 feet, track temperature 46 degrees.

Hall gets the advantage off the line and goes around Lavoie for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6254 Darcy Clarke                         1018 Adam Strang                  
E1                   0.038 10.491 122.02     ****WINNER****  0.076 10.756 123.55
       AA/SA  Dial: 10.42 (+/-):  0.071            D/S  Dial: 10.73 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #74 10.451 -0.429                       #37 10.741 -0.949

Clarke gets the holeshot but Strang gets the stripe and the win.

Adam Strang's MOV: 0.0079 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5009 Scott Burton                         5306 Johnny Diekema               
E1                   0.023  9.810 120.91     ****WINNER****  0.010 11.583 109.09
        FS/C  Dial: 9.74 (+/-):  0.070            H/SA  Dial: 11.51 (+/-):  0.073
 Qualified:            #73  9.967 -0.503                       #36 11.408 -0.952

Diekema gets the advantage off the line and takes the close win.

Johnny Diekema's MOV: 0.0108 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 464Q Austin Williams                        56 Norman Warling               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.157 114.93                     0.041 12.003 108.01
        E/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.037           M/SA  Dial: 11.96 (+/-):  0.043
 Qualified:            #62 11.119 -0.781                       #25 12.052 -1.018

Williams with the advantage off the line and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2543 Mike McMahan                         2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E1                   0.039 11.319 113.66     ****WINNER****  0.052 10.203 127.17
        H/SA  Dial: 11.34 (+/-): -0.021          AA/SA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #30 11.365 -0.995                       #67 10.178 -0.702

McMahan gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Grubbs.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Mike Cotten                          6851 John Buczynski               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043 11.111 116.67                     0.022 11.094 117.74
        F/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.011           E/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.044
 Qualified:            #19 10.996 -1.054                       #56 11.060 -0.840

Cotten is a little behind off the line but gets the stripe first and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7947 Bill O'Connor                        7022 Nanette Stein                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054 16.916  69.47                     0.059 12.338 104.78
        EF/S  Dial: 16.90 (+/-):  0.016           N/SA  Dial: 12.35 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:            #13 16.661 -1.089                       #50 12.328 -0.892

A coin flip off the line, Stein takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3609 John McCarthy Jr.                    7411 Jon Irving                   
E1                  -0.047 13.887  95.38     ****WINNER**** -0.007 11.911  91.71
        T/SA  Dial: 13.89 (+/-): -0.003           I/SA  Dial: 11.65 (+/-):  0.261
 Qualified:            #63 13.866 -0.774                       #26 11.494 -1.016

McCarthy is too quick off the line and goes red giving the win to Irving.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  420 John Brimer                          7474 Justin Lamb                  
E1                   0.113 10.356 126.59     ****WINNER****  0.041  9.786 130.08
        A/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-):  0.006           FS/D  Dial: 9.72 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:            #57 10.350 -0.840                       #20  9.729 -1.051

Lamb gets a big holeshot and goes around Brimer for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  652 Bob Gullett                          7897 Andy Kimball                 
E1                  -0.014 10.965 119.17     ****WINNER****  0.039 11.471 107.19
         F/S  Dial: 10.99 (+/-): -0.025            E/S  Dial: 10.92 (+/-):  0.551
 Qualified:            #11 10.903 -1.097                       #48 10.947 -0.903

Gullett goes red giving the win to Kimball.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3662 Scott Libersher                      5321 Alan Messer                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  9.123 144.58                    -0.051 10.268 129.72
        FS/B  Dial: 9.13 (+/-): -0.007             A/S  Dial: 10.29 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #18  9.112 -1.058                       #55 10.283 -0.847

Messer goes red giving Libersher the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7593 Richie Pauley                        5415 John Dourlet                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040 10.747 122.92                    -0.014 10.269 127.49
        C/SA  Dial: 10.62 (+/-):  0.127          AA/SA  Dial: 10.27 (+/-): -0.001
 Qualified:            #32 10.606 -0.984                       #69 10.266 -0.614

Dourlet leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Pauley.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           7784 Paul Wong                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.093  9.968 131.77                     0.122 13.970  89.76
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.96 (+/-):  0.008             U/S  Dial: 14.03 (+/-): -0.060
 Qualified:            #47  9.973 -0.907                       #10 13.803 -1.097

Wong is a little behind off the line and breaks out trying to hold off Wann.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                        7410 Robert Pond                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.099  9.630 138.22                     0.077  9.971 131.61
        FS/D  Dial: 9.68 (+/-): -0.050           AA/SA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-): -0.059
 Qualified:            #12  9.685 -1.095                       #49  9.979 -0.901

Pond gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Johnston.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7857 John Gray                            R797 Dave Muller                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016 11.128 105.24                     0.027 12.636 102.03
        F/SA  Dial: 11.04 (+/-):  0.088           N/SA  Dial: 12.54 (+/-):  0.096
 Qualified:            #31 11.065 -0.985                       #68 12.601 -0.619

Gray gets the advantage off of the line and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7688 Paula Cotten                         5027 Don Morris                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059 11.599 111.67                     0.064 10.209 120.94
        I/SA  Dial: 11.58 (+/-):  0.019           A/SA  Dial: 10.19 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #43 11.580 -0.930                        #6 10.064 -1.126

Cotten gets the holeshot and holds off Morris for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Phil Mandella Jr.                    7025 Jerry Stein                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058 11.116 115.78                     0.054 10.742 119.98
        G/SA  Dial: 11.11 (+/-):  0.006           C/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #16 11.134 -1.066                       #53 10.713 -0.877

A coin flip off the line, Mandella holds off Stein and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4739 Greg Stanfield                        776 Doug Lambeck                 
E1                  -0.028 10.423 110.12     ****WINNER****  0.044 10.350 105.69
        A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.767           A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -0.840
 Qualified:            #61 10.391 -0.799                       #24 10.156 -1.034

Stanfield leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Lambeck.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 457J Jane Braswell                        5400 Al Corda                     
E1                   0.006 11.284 115.93     ****WINNER****  0.006 10.325 120.80
        G/SA  Dial: 11.26 (+/-):  0.024           B/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.015
 Qualified:            #44 11.278 -0.922                        #7 10.325 -1.115

A dead heat off the line, Corda is able to go around Braswell and take the stripe for the win.

Al Corda's MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4705 Bobby Brannon                          54 Chris Knudsen                
E1                   0.034 10.353 126.39     ****WINNER****  0.010 10.581 123.71
        C/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-): -0.027            C/S  Dial: 10.57 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:             #2 10.387 -1.203                       #39 10.601 -0.939

Knudsen gets the advantage off of the line;Brannon breaks out trying to run him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Joe Sorensen                         6636 Mick Alley                   
E1                   0.042 11.367 111.78     ****WINNER****  0.032 10.352 112.55
        G/SA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-):  0.067           A/SA  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:             #5 11.067 -1.133                       #42 10.260 -0.930

Alley gets the holeshot and takes the win.

Mick Alley's MOV: 0.0152 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7500 Doug Holder                          4129 Bill Basham                  
E1                  -0.024 12.013  94.63     ****WINNER****  0.112 11.298 112.94
        K/SA  Dial: 11.90 (+/-):  0.113           F/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.048
 Qualified:            #29 11.860 -1.000                       #66 11.304 -0.746

Holder is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Basham.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  791 Randy Bursell                         543 Craig Maddox                 
E1                   0.054 11.582 108.17     ****WINNER****  0.022  9.389 140.02
        H/SA  Dial: 11.62 (+/-): -0.038           FS/B  Dial: 9.37 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #65 11.601 -0.759                       #28  9.166 -1.004

Maddox gets the holeshot;Bursell breaks out trying to hold him off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Larry DeForrest                         9 Ryan Mangus                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  9.850 133.75                     0.044 10.832 117.43
        FS/D  Dial: 9.84 (+/-):  0.010            D/SA  Dial: 10.86 (+/-): -0.028
 Qualified:            #14  9.692 -1.088                       #51 10.851 -0.889

No advantage off of the line, Mangus gets the stripe but runs too quick and breaks out giving the win to DeForrest.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   68 Larry McLanahan                      7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E1                   0.101  8.769 157.95     ****WINNER****  0.115 10.331 125.55
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.73 (+/-):  0.039            A/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-):  0.021
 Qualified:            #60  8.749 -0.811                       #23 10.149 -1.041

Jerome is a little behind off of the line but is able to hold off McLanahan and take the win.

Jeff Jerome's MOV: 0.0043 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5730 Jim Hughes                           5526 Dwayne Scheitlin             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028 10.648 124.04                     0.044 10.204 125.63
         C/S  Dial: 10.66 (+/-): -0.012           A/SA  Dial: 10.23 (+/-): -0.026
 Qualified:            #41 10.605 -0.935                        #4 10.046 -1.144

Hughes gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 H770 Jerry Cramer                         2426 Mitch Kight                  
E1                   0.065  9.412 158.46     ****WINNER****  0.165 11.169 107.07
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.612            F/SA  Dial: 11.09 (+/-):  0.079
 Qualified:            #70  9.016 -0.544                       #33 11.077 -0.973

Cramer gets a big holeshot but must have spun a little off of the line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  627 Brian Seaburg                        7155 Leo Glasbrenner              
E1                   0.040 13.964  92.68     ****WINNER****  0.043 10.072 127.40
        T/SA  Dial: 13.95 (+/-):  0.014           FS/E  Dial: 10.07 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #52 13.755 -0.885                       #15 10.054 -1.076

Seaburg gets the advantage off of the line but can't hold off Glasbrenner.

Leo Glasbrenner's MOV: 0.0098 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                            7650 Doug Gibson                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  9.164 144.04                     0.056 10.927 114.71
        FS/B  Dial: 9.14 (+/-):  0.024            D/SA  Dial: 10.93 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:            #22  9.126 -1.044                       #59 10.918 -0.822

Lane gets the holeshot;Gibson breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  800 Markus Svensson                      6942 Gary Gandee Jr               
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.196 14.288  91.69
         A/S  Dial: 10.16 (+/-): 89.839           U/SA  Dial: 14.21 (+/-):  0.078
 Qualified:            #46 10.214 -0.916                        #9 14.001 -1.099

Svensson takes too long to stage and times out giving the win to Gandee.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Brian McClanahan                      707 Jesse Loeffler               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  9.801 129.69                     0.033 11.168 115.89
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.77 (+/-):  0.031            F/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:             #8  9.773 -1.107                       #45 11.133 -0.917

McClanahan gets a great light and goes around Loeffler for the win.

Brian McClanahan's MOV: 0.0365 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jeff Taylor                          4406 Jim Hale                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.245 142.70                     0.005 11.711 106.66
        FS/B  Dial: 9.23 (+/-):  0.015            K/SA  Dial: 11.75 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #40  9.233 -0.937                        #3 11.709 -1.151

Hale gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Taylor.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3222 Chris Stephenson                     339L Randi Lyn Shipp              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068 10.579 122.09                     0.032 10.617 122.44
        D/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-): -1.161           D/SA  Dial: 11.74 (+/-): -1.123
 Qualified:            #27 10.736 -1.004                       #64 10.967 -0.773

Shipp gets the holeshot but Stephenson as able to pull around and take the heads-up win.

Chris Stephenson's MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 400D Slate Cummings                        706 Buddy Jensen                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043 10.510 105.76                    -0.149 11.191 115.39
        B/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.060           F/SA  Dial: 11.14 (+/-):  0.051
 Qualified:            #17 10.379 -1.061                       #54 11.198 -0.852

Jensen leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Cummings.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   24 Jeff Adkinson                        4035 Danny Rucker                 
E1                   0.044  9.494 129.35     ****WINNER****  0.042 11.736 103.05
        FS/C  Dial: 9.50 (+/-): -0.006            G/SA  Dial: 11.64 (+/-):  0.096
 Qualified:            #35  9.510 -0.960                       #72 11.669 -0.531

A coin flip off of the line, Adkinson takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Rucker.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7635 Roger Hall                           7341 Rick Kolber                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.046 11.030 118.18
        B/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-): 89.049           E/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.080
 Qualified:            #58 10.604 -0.836                       #21 10.854 -1.046

Hall does not make a pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7031 Gregg Luneack                         594 Daria Kramer                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.096  9.037 154.46
        B/SA  Dial: 8.80 (+/-): 91.199           FS/AA  Dial: 8.80 (+/-):  0.237
 Qualified:            #34 10.471 -0.969                       #71  9.029 -0.531

Luneack is a no-show.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                 701 John Calvert                 
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.006  9.889 114.14
                                                 FS/AA  Dial: 9.56 (+/-):  0.329
 Qualified:                                                       #1  8.313 -1.247

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