Sat, 02 Nov 2019, 11:31 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, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7980 Steve Wann                           4129 Bill Basham                  
E2                   0.013 10.006 122.66     ****WINNER****  0.021 11.302 112.75
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.99 (+/-):  0.016            F/SA  Dial: 11.30 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Wong      ) 0.093  9.968  0.008      (D Holder    ) 0.112 11.298  0.048
 Qualified:            #47  9.973 -0.907                       #66 11.304 -0.746

8:11 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 51 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 28.11 inches, adjusted altitude 1,865 feet, track temperature 52 degrees.

Wann gets the advantage off of the line but Basham gets the stripe and takes the win.

Bill Basham's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7897 Andy Kimball                         2020 Brenda Grubbs                
E2                  -0.001 10.968 120.63     ****WINNER****  0.089 10.211 127.17
         E/S  Dial: 10.94 (+/-):  0.028          AA/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-): -0.009
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Gullett   ) 0.039 11.471  0.551      (M McMahan   ) 0.052 10.203  0.023
 Qualified:            #48 10.947 -0.903                       #67 10.178 -0.702

Kimball just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Grubbs.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Mike Johnston                        7857 John Gray                    
E2                   0.249 10.812 115.84     ****WINNER****  0.038 11.264  95.52
        FS/D  Dial: 9.66 (+/-):  1.152            F/SA  Dial: 11.05 (+/-):  0.214
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Pond      ) 0.099  9.630 -0.050      (D Muller    ) 0.016 11.128  0.088
 Qualified:            #12  9.685 -1.095                       #31 11.065 -0.985

Gray gets a big holeshot and holds off Johnston for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Jon Irving                           5400 Al Corda                     
E2                   0.066 11.602 112.20     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.307 123.25
        I/SA  Dial: 11.69 (+/-): -0.088           B/SA  Dial: 10.31 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J McCarthy J) -0.007 11.911  0.261      (J Braswell  ) 0.006 10.325  0.015
 Qualified:            #26 11.494 -1.016                        #7 10.325 -1.115

Corda gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  543 Craig Maddox                         6942 Gary Gandee Jr               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.093  9.567 113.56                     5.363 14.528  80.16
        FS/B  Dial: 9.39 (+/-):  0.177            U/SA  Dial: 14.30 (+/-):  0.228
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Bursell   ) 0.022  9.389  0.019      (M Svensson  ) 0.196 14.288  0.078
 Qualified:            #28  9.166 -1.004                        #9 14.001 -1.099

Gandee 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
 7593 Richie Pauley                        7947 Bill O'Connor                
E2                   0.038 10.669 110.26     ****WINNER****  0.029 16.939  69.50
        C/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.031           EF/S  Dial: 16.83 (+/-):  0.109
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Dourlet   ) 0.040 10.747  0.127      (N Stein     ) 0.054 16.916  0.016
 Qualified:            #32 10.606 -0.984                       #13 16.661 -1.089

O'Connor gets the holeshot;Pauley breaks out trying to run him down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 464Q Austin Williams                      7688 Paula Cotten                 
E2                  -0.008 11.137 117.10     ****WINNER****  0.061 11.599 112.43
        E/SA  Dial: 11.17 (+/-): -0.033           I/SA  Dial: 11.60 (+/-): -0.001
 Prior rounds:
E1    (N Warling   ) 0.034 11.157  0.037      (D Morris    ) 0.059 11.599  0.019
 Qualified:            #62 11.119 -0.781                       #43 11.580 -0.930

Williams is a little too quick off the line and goes red giving the win to Cotten.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3662 Scott Libersher                      1018 Adam Strang                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  9.149 141.73                     0.007 10.718 120.97
        FS/B  Dial: 9.15 (+/-): -0.001             D/S  Dial: 10.77 (+/-): -0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Messer    ) 0.068  9.123 -0.007      (D Clarke    ) 0.076 10.756  0.026
 Qualified:            #18  9.112 -1.058                       #37 10.741 -0.949

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 J712 Chris Hall                             74 Mike Cotten                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040 10.491 124.21                     0.045 11.089 115.94
        B/SA  Dial: 10.50 (+/-): -0.009           F/SA  Dial: 11.13 (+/-): -0.041
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D LaVoie    ) 0.078 10.578  0.068      (J Buczynski ) 0.043 11.111  0.011
 Qualified:            #38 10.495 -0.945                       #19 10.996 -1.054

Hall gets a small holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7474 Justin Lamb                           701 John Calvert                 
E2                   0.053  9.773 133.99     ****WINNER****  0.033  8.348 164.83
        FS/D  Dial: 9.77 (+/-):  0.003           FS/AA  Dial: 8.33 (+/-):  0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Brimer    ) 0.041  9.786  0.066                     0.006  9.889  0.329
 Qualified:            #20  9.729 -1.051                        #1  8.313 -1.247

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

John Calvert's MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 12 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5730 Jim Hughes                           7307 Jeff Jerome                  
E2                   0.048 10.702 123.88     ****WINNER****  0.040 10.382 123.24
         C/S  Dial: 10.65 (+/-):  0.052           A/SA  Dial: 10.33 (+/-):  0.052
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Scheitlin ) 0.028 10.648 -0.012      (L McLanahan ) 0.115 10.331  0.021
 Qualified:            #41 10.605 -0.935                       #23 10.149 -1.041

Jerome gets the holeshot and goes around Hughes for the win.

Jeff Jerome's MOV: 0.0081 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7341 Rick Kolber                            54 Chris Knudsen                
E2                  -0.058 12.634  86.91     ****WINNER****  0.026 10.743 109.22
        E/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  1.534            C/S  Dial: 10.61 (+/-):  0.133
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hall      ) 0.046 11.030  0.080      (B Brannon   ) 0.010 10.581  0.011
 Qualified:            #21 10.854 -1.046                       #39 10.601 -0.939

Kolber misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving Knudsen the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6636 Mick Alley                            776 Doug Lambeck                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015 10.103 128.11                     0.026 10.135 128.53
        A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -1.087           A/SA  Dial: 11.19 (+/-): -1.055
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Sorensen  ) 0.032 10.352  0.062      (G Stanfield ) 0.044 10.350 -0.840
 Qualified:            #42 10.260 -0.930                       #24 10.156 -1.034

Alley gets out of the gate first and pulls away for the heads-up win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Brian McClanahan                     3222 Chris Stephenson             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.007  9.839 126.55                     0.038 10.743 120.92
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.80 (+/-):  0.039            D/SA  Dial: 10.72 (+/-):  0.023
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Loeffler  ) 0.004  9.801  0.031      (R Lyn Shipp ) 0.068 10.579 -1.161
 Qualified:             #8  9.773 -1.107                       #27 10.736 -1.004

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

Brian McClanahan's MOV: 0.0157 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  732 Phil Mandella Jr.                    4035 Danny Rucker                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054 11.142 116.99                    -0.043 11.663 110.51
        G/SA  Dial: 12.20 (+/-): -1.058           G/SA  Dial: 12.20 (+/-): -0.537
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Stein     ) 0.058 11.116  0.006      (J Adkinson  ) 0.042 11.736  0.096
 Qualified:            #16 11.134 -1.066                       #72 11.669 -0.531

Rucker leaves a little too quickly and goes red giving Mandella the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   55 Larry DeForrest                      2426 Mitch Kight                  
E2                   0.056  9.863 135.56     ****WINNER****  0.021 11.123 113.98
        FS/D  Dial: 9.85 (+/-):  0.013            F/SA  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mangus    ) 0.045  9.850  0.010      (J Cramer    ) 0.165 11.169  0.079
 Qualified:            #14  9.692 -1.088                       #33 11.077 -0.973

Kight gets the advantage off of the line and holds off DeForrest for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 400D Slate Cummings                       5306 Johnny Diekema               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024 10.433 116.06                     0.018 11.518 110.92
        B/SA  Dial: 10.47 (+/-): -0.037           H/SA  Dial: 11.56 (+/-): -0.042
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Jensen    ) 0.043 10.510  0.060      (S Burton    ) 0.010 11.583  0.073
 Qualified:            #17 10.379 -1.061                       #36 11.408 -0.952

Diekema gets the holeshot but takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Cummings.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Jeff Taylor                           601 Cody Lane                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  9.125 144.12                     0.071  9.146 144.92
        FS/B  Dial: 10.17 (+/-): -1.045           FS/B  Dial: 10.17 (+/-): -1.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.024  9.245  0.015      (D Gibson    ) 0.005  9.164  0.024
 Qualified:            #40  9.233 -0.937                       #22  9.126 -1.044

Taylor gets out of the gate first and pulls away for the heads-up win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Leo Glasbrenner                       594 Daria Kramer                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014 10.082 130.12                     0.122  8.735 155.99
        FS/E  Dial: 10.08 (+/-):  0.002          FS/AA  Dial: 8.84 (+/-): -0.105
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Seaburg   ) 0.043 10.072  0.002      (G Luneack   ) -0.096  9.037  0.237
 Qualified:            #15 10.054 -1.076                       #71  9.029 -0.531

Glasbrenner gets a big holeshot;Kramer breaks out.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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