Fri, 10 Sep 2021, 11:47 AM Stock Eliminator Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   19 Katie Sepanek                         142 Bob Bielaszka                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007 11.474 105.88                    -0.060 10.658 124.97
        I/SA  Dial: 11.44 (+/-):  0.034           C/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-): -0.112
 Qualified:            #32 11.468 -0.832                       #66 10.983 -0.417

Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 79 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,484 feet.

Bielaszka goes red to give Sepanek the win, who had a great light.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  137 Bobby Fazio                          1788 Bruce Noland                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048 12.202 100.18                     0.057 10.587 124.82
        L/SA  Dial: 12.19 (+/-):  0.012           C/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #68 12.606 -0.094                       #34 10.572 -0.828

Fazio with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Bobby Fazio's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 11 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1965 Scott Giordano                       1966 Pete Oakes                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018 12.506 104.57                     0.084 11.643 108.35
        K/SA  Dial: 12.43 (+/-):  0.076           J/SA  Dial: 11.63 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #67 12.383 -0.267                       #33 11.620 -0.830

Giordano with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Scott Giordano's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1089 Donald Moulton                        190 Frank Aragona                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015 11.128 116.89                     0.015 10.348 119.08
        F/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.028           B/SA  Dial: 10.35 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #46 11.081 -0.769                       #12 10.334 -0.916

They have identical reaction times and Aragona takes a little too much stripe to give Moulton the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   31 Kevin Wells                          1035 Todd Hoven                   
E1                  -0.055 11.287 116.45     ****WINNER****  0.030 10.184 103.67
        H/SA  Dial: 11.27 (+/-):  0.017          AA/SA  Dial: 9.98 (+/-):  0.204
 Qualified:            #18 11.265 -0.885                       #52  9.968 -0.732

Wells goes red to give Hoven the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1901 Rick Mattioli                        1049 Ron Infantino                
E1                   0.042 10.940 120.75     ****WINNER****  0.049 10.922 118.23
        E/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-):  0.060           F/SA  Dial: 10.89 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #37 10.883 -0.817                        #3 10.890 -0.960

Mattioli with a starting line advantage, but Infantino held on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1233 Carl Massafra                        1759 Anthony Bongiovanni          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002 10.982 119.18                     0.094  8.895 152.64
        D/SA  Dial: 10.96 (+/-):  0.022           FS/A  Dial: 8.86 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #61 10.961 -0.589                       #27  8.855 -0.845

Massafra with a great light and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1656 Kenneth Miele                        1120 Scott Goshert                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  8.415 163.20                     0.086 10.885 112.53
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.40 (+/-):  0.015            E/SA  Dial: 10.90 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:             #4  8.448 -0.952                       #38 10.892 -0.808

Miele with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   15 Dan Lynch                            2892 Eddie Longhany Jr            
E1                  -0.059 11.276 116.36     ****WINNER****  0.074 10.216 128.89
        H/SA  Dial: 11.23 (+/-):  0.046           A/SA  Dial: 10.22 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:             #7 11.214 -0.936                       #41 10.201 -0.799

Lynch goes red to give Longhany Jr the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  144 Bob Bender Sr.                       1317 Joe DeMarzo                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029 12.676 104.41                     0.015 11.249 114.19
        P/SA  Dial: 12.67 (+/-):  0.006           H/SA  Dial: 11.22 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #44 12.664 -0.786                       #10 11.220 -0.930

DeMarzo with the starting line advantage, but Bender Sr. holds on for the win in a close one. Bob Bender Sr.'s MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1117 Wayne Totaro                         1925 Tim Barrett                  
E1                  -0.031 11.049 119.27     ****WINNER****  0.111 11.085 119.46
        G/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.951           G/SA  Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.915
 Qualified:            #55 11.285 -0.715                       #21 11.120 -0.880

Heads-up!

Totaro goes red to give Barrett the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1977 Michael Iacono                       1578 Jim Roberts                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024 11.127 112.59                     0.054 11.083 117.75
        G/SA  Dial: 11.10 (+/-):  0.027            G/S  Dial: 11.12 (+/-): -0.037
 Qualified:             #8 11.067 -0.933                       #42 11.107 -0.793

Iacono with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1666 Bryan Valentine                      1069 Tim Partash                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061 11.811 104.74                     0.023 10.680 127.93
        J/SA  Dial: 11.79 (+/-):  0.021           D/SA  Dial: 10.70 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #59 11.786 -0.664                       #25 10.695 -0.855

Partash with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Valentine the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Howie Smith                          1018 Adam Strang                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068 11.896 109.90                    -0.003 10.563 126.70
        L/SA  Dial: 11.91 (+/-): -0.014            D/S  Dial: 10.59 (+/-): -0.027
 Qualified:            #39 11.894 -0.806                        #5 10.553 -0.947

Strang goes red to give Smith the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1152 Ed Bednaz                            E103 Richard Epprecht             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057 10.298 129.21                     0.060 10.671 120.47
         B/S  Dial: 10.29 (+/-):  0.008           C/SA  Dial: 10.66 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #14 10.286 -0.914                       #48 10.643 -0.757

Bednaz with a slight starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Ed Bednaz's MOV: 0.0063 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1783 Allison Doll                         1985 Robert Costantin             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032 10.496 125.74                     0.048 11.891 107.74
        C/SA  Dial: 10.45 (+/-):  0.046            L/S  Dial: 11.91 (+/-): -0.019
 Qualified:             #6 10.458 -0.942                       #40 11.895 -0.805

Doll with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 K120 Lauren Kanuik                        1414 Billy Pires                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.189 12.344 108.52                    -0.010 13.422  76.58
        O/SA  Dial: 12.33 (+/-):  0.014           N/SA  Dial: 12.57 (+/-):  0.852
 Qualified:            #30 12.312 -0.838                       #64 12.482 -0.518

Pires goes red to give Kanuik the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   12 Shane Oakes                          1150 Russell Linke                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011 11.224 115.02                     0.033 10.410 123.23
        G/SA  Dial: 11.18 (+/-):  0.044           B/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #54 11.276 -0.724                       #20 10.368 -0.882

Oakes with the starting line advantage and the win in a close one. Shane Oakes' MOV: 0.0082 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1056 Todd Bednaz                           154 Anthony Fetch                
E1                  -0.022 10.602 126.47     ****WINNER****  0.015 10.001 125.87
         D/S  Dial: 10.62 (+/-): -0.018          AA/SA  Dial: 9.99 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #19 10.617 -0.883                       #53  9.969 -0.731

Bednaz goes red to give Fetch the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  104 Jim Whitehead                        1151 Ron Urquhart                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033 10.842 122.12                     0.033 11.023 117.55
        C/SA  Dial: 10.84 (+/-):  0.002           F/SA  Dial: 11.02 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #62 10.852 -0.548                       #28 11.010 -0.840

They have identical reaction times and they both run dead-on. Whitehead with a two for the win. Jim Whitehead's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 3 inches). Urquhart with a three in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1911 Timothy Stickles                     3969 Joe Martens                  
E1                  -0.021 11.980 110.81     ****WINNER****  0.028  9.975 135.04
        M/SA  Dial: 12.01 (+/-): -0.030            A/S  Dial: 9.99 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:            #35 12.026 -0.824                        #1  9.925 -1.025

Stickles goes red to give Martens the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1222 Joe Cokinos                          1711 John Warhime                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.185 12.712 104.15                    -0.020 11.868 108.94
        O/SA  Dial: 12.34 (+/-):  0.372           L/SA  Dial: 11.80 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #50 12.397 -0.753                       #16 11.806 -0.894

Warhime goes red to give Cokinos the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1021 Gene Monahan                         1375 Mike Letellier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012 12.074 108.65                    -0.003 10.368 128.26
        K/SA  Dial: 12.02 (+/-):  0.054           B/SA  Dial: 10.41 (+/-): -0.042
 Qualified:            #58 11.985 -0.665                       #24 10.394 -0.856

Letellier goes red to give Monahan the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 173L Phil Lankford                         594 Daria Kramer                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  9.216 147.09                    -0.022  8.455 160.50
        FS/B  Dial: 9.22 (+/-): -0.004           FS/AA  Dial: 8.47 (+/-): -0.015
 Qualified:            #43  9.207 -0.793                        #9  8.468 -0.932

Kramer goes red to give Lankford the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1547 Jack Matyas                          1908 Carl Siwek                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  9.647 127.57                     0.065 11.485 112.24
        FS/D  Dial: 9.65 (+/-): -0.003            I/SA  Dial: 11.49 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:             #2  9.627 -0.973                       #36 11.483 -0.817

Matyas with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1074 Stephen Smyth                          17 Bob Latellier                
E1                   0.061  9.786 122.16     ****WINNER****  0.049  9.323 139.98
        FS/D  Dial: 9.75 (+/-):  0.036            FS/B  Dial: 9.30 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:            #22  9.727 -0.873                       #56  9.287 -0.713

Latellier with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1036 Kevin Anderson                       2952 Jeff Longhany                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034 11.279 111.81                     0.045 10.393 115.05
        H/SA  Dial: 11.25 (+/-):  0.029           B/SA  Dial: 10.40 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #17 11.264 -0.886                       #51 10.513 -0.737

Anderson with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1109 John Gray                            1276 Dean Ribeiro                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.278 106.04                     0.260 33.007  44.32
       AA/SA  Dial: 9.86 (+/-):  0.418            C/SA  Dial: 10.88 (+/-): 22.127
 Qualified:            #29  9.860 -0.840                       #63 10.880 -0.520

Gray with the starting line advantage and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1351 Tex Miller                           1603 James Jeschke Jr.            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074 11.195 114.01                     0.013 11.288 114.45
        E/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-): -0.015            I/S  Dial: 11.36 (+/-): -0.072
 Qualified:            #65 11.224 -0.476                       #31 11.366 -0.834

Jeschke Jr. with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Miller the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1778 Joe Santangelo                       1608 Gary Richard                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019 10.341 127.88                    -0.002 10.540  99.80
        B/SA  Dial: 10.38 (+/-): -0.039           A/SA  Dial: 10.11 (+/-):  0.430
 Qualified:            #49 10.495 -0.755                       #15 10.104 -0.896

Richard goes red to give Santangelo the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 338H Tony Fagnilli                        1941 George Vignogna              
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.007  8.545 161.50                    -0.041 10.344 129.03
       FS/AA  Dial: 8.56 (+/-): -0.015            A/SA  Dial: 10.34 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:            #26  8.550 -0.850                       #60 10.348 -0.652

Vignogna goes red to Fagnilli the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1135 Nick Reiter                            13 Matt Lisa                    
E1                   0.023 10.953 120.40     ****WINNER****  0.008 10.755 118.19
        F/SA  Dial: 10.95 (+/-):  0.003           D/SA  Dial: 10.75 (+/-):  0.005
 Qualified:            #11 10.929 -0.921                       #45 10.781 -0.769

Lisa with a great light and the win. Matt Lisa's MOV: 0.0132 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1423 Kevin Fogerty                        1352 Bill Hawk                    
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.018 10.212 120.75
        M/SA  Dial: 12.85 (+/-): 87.149           A/SA  Dial: 10.15 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:            #57 12.177 -0.673                       #23 10.144 -0.856

Fogerty is a no-show to give Hawk the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2566 John Evans                              5 John Shaul                   
E1                  -0.032 12.581  73.42     ****WINNER****  0.123  9.781 135.21
        FS/B  Dial: 9.26 (+/-):  3.321           AA/SA  Dial: 9.82 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #47  9.241 -0.759                       #13  9.786 -0.914

Evans goes red to give Shaul the win.

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